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Operation Christmas Child is underway locally` Melodie Phelps News Editor Itıs never too early to start thinking about the season of giving, and churches around the county are already preparing to bring joy to children in need around the world. Operation Christmas Child is underway, and First Baptist Church in Monticello will serve as a relay center for this yearıs event. The local church will serve as a drop-off site for the gift-filled shoe boxes during National Collection Week, which is November 15-19. According to Dennis Wheeler, who is serving as relay center coordinator for First Baptist Church, this is part of the effort to provide more regionalized drop-off centers around this area. First Baptist Church was added as a relay center last year, but during previous years, shoe boxes were taken to Pulaski County. Those who participate in areas of Clinton, Cumberland and McCreary counties will have a more convenient location to drop off their boxes, if they bring them to Wayne County. Operation Christmas Child has continued to grow each year. Last year, Wayne County gave about 500 of the boxes and this year the goal is just a little higher, at 750. Over 6.6 million gift-filled boxes were collected worldwide last year, and distributed to children living in countries where poverty, terrorism, famine, disaster and disease are a way of life. This yearıs international goal is to collect and distribute 7 million shoe box gifts. Reader Comments elvie perry (11/6/2004) my heart goes out to all the kids and i hope that this year there cheistmas is even bigger and better than ever.. christams is time for familys and my christams is to watch children open theres that is most of what its all bout is the children and my heart will be with them always Add a comment |
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