Should you wish to contribute to our Operation Christmas Child Shoebox mission, please click on the green button below.
Thank you so much for your faithfulness and for sharing your joy and God’s love to kids in need throughout the world.

Mission

Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Ministry provides local partners around the world with shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items, and school supplies as a means of reaching out to children in their own communities with the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Impact on individual lives

The shoeboxes bless children with joy, hope, and love.  Their shoebox is the first gift many children have ever received! The treasures and personal letters inside communicate that someone cares for them and give them an opportunity to experience the love of God.

 

When

This ongoing project runs Jan-Nov 2026.

National collection week is Nov 16-23, 2026.  Our Operation Christmas Child shoebox packing party (date: TBD) is a great opportunity to gather together to help assemble the shoeboxes. 

Who will receive the Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes

The Operation Christmas Child team has let us know that in previous years fewer boxes have been donated for boys and girls ages 2 – 4 and so the boxes we prepare this year will be focused on this age group.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

Come and join the fun at the
Packing Party for Operation Christmas Child!
Date: TBD

 

February – March:  Box contents purchased.


February – December:  Donate money to help pay our costs which are specified in the chart below.

         If you would like to contribute, please visit: unionpc.org/give or send a check to the church and make note of OCC shoebox on the memo line.

February-July:  Join in on the Wrapping Fellowship.  (All supplies will be provided.)


October:  Help as we put the finishing touches on 150 shoeboxes.  Simple, personal notes are needed for each child who will get a box. (Cards will be provided.)


October or November (Date: TBD): Come and join the fun at the Packing Party for Operation Christmas Child!

WAYS TO GIVE

Since all of the supplies for the shoeboxes have been acquired, we are asking for monetary donations to cover the supplies and shipping for the boxes. 
We have two ways to donate:

  1. Make checks out to “Union Presbyterian Church” and make note on the memo line: OCC or Operation Christmas Child.

    or

  2. Donate online by clicking on the button below.  In the Give To drop-down menu, select OCC – Operation Christmas Child.
    In the Note/Memo section of the form, you may also add OCC.
Give to our Operation Christmas Child Project online

Where your money goes

To get a sense of what your generous financial support will go towards, below is a list of items which will be placed in each OCC shoebox, the estimated cost of 150 of each, as well as the total cost to cover the $10.00 shipping fee for each box.

More simply, the cost for one box is about $32, plus shipping of $10 per box (or a total of $42/box).  Please note that donations of any amount will be gladly accepted and go a long way to blessing children throughout the world. 

   

150 of each item below will be purchased for the OCC shoebox mission

Cost for 150 of each item

Eraser

$ 7.88

Toothbrush

$81.00

Flash cards

$205.50

Jumbo Crayons

$205.50

Pick Comb

$99.90

Bandana

$135.00

Wash cloth

$84.00

Pencil sharpener

$31.50

Big plush toy (9”)

$205.50

Small plush toy (3”)

$166.50

Tennis ball

$123.00

Small writing tablet

$205.50

Coloring book

$205.50

Comb & brush

$114.00

Water bottle

$205.50

Wooden trucks

$253.00

Rubber ducks (3″)

$396.00

2 primary Pencils

$114.00

Small tablet of colored paper

$205.50

Heavy plastic fork and spoon

$265.50

Drawing pad

$205.50

Greeting Card

$37.50

Total for contents

$3287.28

Shipping @ $10/box

$1,500.00

Total amount needed

$4787.28
More information on Samaritan’s Purse
Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet the needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God’s love through His son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
What Samaritan’s Purse aims to solve
Whether due to famine, conflict, persistent poverty, or natural disasters, people around the world are brought low by circumstances and catastrophes. Fallen along the wayside of life, these families and communities are in need of both physical assistance and the love of Christ. Recognizing these needs, Samaritan’s Purse provides physical aid while sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and ministering to the broken.
Operation Christmas Child, the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind, makes it possible for millions of children around the world to experience God’s love through shoeboxes filled with gifts. In the hands of local churches, these simple shoebox gifts become Gospel opportunities through which children and families come to faith in Christ, churches are planted, and new believers are discipled in some of the most unreached places in the world. Since 1993, we have collected and delivered more than 168 million shoebox gifts to children in more than 160 countries. Last year, more than 10.6 million shoeboxes were collected and sent from eight countries.
Samaritan’s Purse has a Gold  on Guidestar.