Seeking the welfare of our city while spreading the Gospel around the world. Adopted by the middle school as their theme this year, students are being challenged to consider the needs of others. In our third year of participating in the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child mission as a middle school service project, we have set a lofty goal of filling more than 300 boxes.
LCA has adopted this service project for middle schoolers to provide an opportunity for students to learn the value of giving, to foster a sense of global awareness and empathy by providing essential items and gifts to children in need, and to experience servant leadership in action by being “hands-on” while packing the boxes themselves, praying over them, and adding a personalized note at our MS Packing Party on November 12th. Take a look at the video below for a glimpse of this amazing experience for our middle schoolers.
The gift of an OCC shoebox is often the first gift a child receives. These simple boxes of gifts are gospel opportunities, used by local missionaries and churches to witness to and bring countless children to Jesus.
HOW TO SUPPORT LCA OCC’S PACKING PARTY
Serve
Sign up to volunteer! There are 2 opportunities to volunteer.
1. Sorting Party - Monday, Nov. 11
2. Packing Party - Tuesday. Nov. 12 20 volunteers needed
More details will be released closer to the event but for now, please use this form to add your name to the volunteer team.
Pray
Join us in prayer for:
—Items to fill the shoeboxes
—Planning and organization for the packing party
—MS students to realize the impact
—The local churches abroad who are distributing the boxes
—The children who will receive boxes
Give
Help us pack 300+ shoe boxes by donating. All donations are tax deductible.
Amazon Wishlist: Purchase items from our specially curated OCC Amazon Wishlist. All items will be directly to the OCC Project Chair.
—Included on the list are Wow Items. There are more expensive items that the kids go crazy for such as soccer balls, portable ball pumps, or backpacks. Donors may wish to partner with another family or business for these items.
— Not sure what to pick? Select the Amazon Gift Card option. This allows us to purchase remaining items needed to complete the shoe boxes.
Monetary Donation: Funds collected will go directly to our OCC Packing Party account to be used to purchase needed items to complete the boxes and to ship the OCC boxes.
Give here.
““Packing shoeboxes for a child who never even received a gift before makes me realize how lucky we all are. My favorite part of the packing party was writing a note to the child receiving the box.””
More Information About Operation Christmas Child
+ Are My Gifts Tax Deductible?
Yes! Donations purchased through the Amazon Wish List are considered in-kind donations and are tax deductible as well as monetary donations made through the LCA OCC giving site.
+ What is Operation Christmas Child?
The mission of Operation Christmas Child is to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way to children in need around the world. Through this project, Samaritan’s Purse partners with the local church worldwide to share the Good News of Jesus Christ and make disciples of the nations.
For more information, you can visit OCC's website here.
+ OCC's Impact by the Numbers
In 2023, 11 million shoeboxes were collected worldwide including over 10 million from the US. Since 1993, more than 220 million children in over 170 countries and territories have received a shoebox.
+ What is OCC's Goal for 2024?
The 2024 goal is to collect 12 million shoeboxes globally with 10.6 million from the US.
