Drop off Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts

The Times-Reporter
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Shoeboxes filled with school supplies, hygiene items and toys are prepared for shipment during Operation Christmas Child in 2019.
Shoeboxes filled with school supplies, hygiene items and toys are prepared for shipment during Operation Christmas Child in 2019.

Six Tuscarawas County churches will be open this week to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts for the Samaritan’s Purse project.

Individuals, families, and groups transform empty shoeboxes into gifts filled with school supplies, hygiene items and toys. The project partners with churches across the globe.

Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering shoebox gifts to children worldwide since 1993. It hopes to collect enough shoeboxes to reach another 11 million children this year. Since 2013, the Ohio East Area of Operation Christmas Child has packed and shipped 265,643 shoeboxes.

Here's where shoebox gifts can be donated:

  • Faith Baptist Church, 9481 state Route 212 NE, Bolivar: 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday; 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday; and 9 to 11 a.m. Nov. 21.

  • Riverside Community Church, 2201 Progress St., Dover: 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 1:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday; and 9 to 11 a.m. Nov. 21.

  • First Baptist, 135 S. River St., Newcomerstown: 10 a.m. to noon Monday; 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Nov. 21; 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Sunday.

  • New Philadelphia Nazarene, 233 Fair Ave. NE, New Philadelphia: 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday; and 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday.

  • Oasis Tabernacle, 531 Dover Road NE, Sugarcreek: 9 a.m. to noon Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; and 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday; and 9 to 11 a.m. Nov. 21.

  • Uhrichsville Christian Fellowship, 132 Kutcham Drive, Uhrichsville: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday; 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday; noon to 4 p.m. Sunday; and 8 to 10 a.m. Nov. 21.

For more details, go to www.samaritanspurse.com/occ or call Lynette Mahaffey, Ohio East area coordinator, at 330-204-7244.

This article originally appeared on The Times-Reporter: Drop off Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts at area churches