Operation Christmas Child (OCC) is a ministry of Samaritans Purse International Relief which was started by Franklin Graham. If you arent familiar with OCC, they organize local churches and individuals to pack shoeboxes with small gifts and necessities as well as gospel tracts to be sent all around the world to children at Christmas time. Story after story is now being shared about children who received these boxes and are now grown; what it meant to them to know that someone far away was praying for them; and taking the time to pack a box and send it to them.
 
In 2024  Calvary Baptist Church packed and shipped 800 shoeboxes. All year long we fundraise to pay for shipping and collect small items to pack in the shoeboxes. Each year in November our church family hosts a packing party in the gym and we pack hundreds of boxes. 
Packing Party November 13, 2024
 
 
Load & Transport 2024