Operation Christmas Child

 
 
 

operation Christmas Child

Each year, Oakridge Community Church packs shoe boxes with items such as toys, health and beauty, school supplies, mittens, etc. and sends them out through Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child to children all over the world. For many children, this will be the only gift they receive for Christmas. For some children, it is the only gift they have EVER received. In each box is information about Jesus, and how each child can become a child of the King.

Oakridge is also the designated drop-off site for our community for this vital ministry.

This year, our shoeboxes went to Benin, Africa.

Located in West Africa, Benin ranks high among the continent’s cotton producers, but still remains one of the world’s poorest countries. Samaritan’s Purse began distributing Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts here in 1999. Since 2010, many of the Benin’s children have also participated in The Greatest Journey, our follow-up discipleship course for shoebox recipients.

Check out the videos below to learn more about the country of Benin, and Operation Christmas Child’s impact in that nation!