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Help Operation Christmas Child in East Brunswick This Week
Donations accepted at Calvary Korean United Methodist Church, located at 572 Ryders Lane.
This holiday season, East Brunswick residents are joining millions of people across the U.S. and around the world to fill empty shoeboxes with toys, school supplies and hygiene items for 9.8 million impoverished children.
During Operation Christmas Child’s National Collection Week, Nov. 18–25, nine collection sites in the Central New Jersey area will receive the packed boxes. The shoebox gifts are then processed, prepared and delivered to suffering children in more than 100 countries using whatever means necessary—trains, airplanes, boats, elephants, bikes and even dog sleds.
This year, Central New Jersey residents hope to contribute 11,000 gifts to the global collection goal of 9.8 million gift-filled shoeboxes. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has collected more than 100 millionshoebox gifts and delivered them to needy children.
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In East Brunswick, the Collection Center will be open through Nov. 25 at the Calvary Korean United Methodist Church, located at 572 Ryders Lane. Call Starr Ramella at 908-769-0287 for more information.
The center is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Anyone can participate in Operation Christmas Child. The time to pack a shoebox gift is now! For more information on how to participate in Operation Christmas Child, or to find the nearest drop-off site, call 410-772-7360 or visit samaritanspurse.org.
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A year-round, online giving tool conveniently allows anyone to build a box. By visiting the project’s website at samaritanspurse.org, participants can select a child’s age and gender, shop through an online selection of gifts, virtually “pack” an empty shoebox and complete it by writing a note of encouragement. Operation Christmas Child volunteers will pack the shoebox gifts and ship them on behalf of the donors.
Using special tracking technology, participants can also “follow” their shoebox and discover the country in which their gift will be delivered to a child in need. To register a shoebox gift, use the donation form online.
--Operation Christmas Child
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