Children in Fiji receive shoeboxes filled with supplies and gifts
A call for Queens residents to
volunteer to help those in need
BY JENNA BAGCAL
A project run by an international
Christian organization wants Queens
residents to take a worldwide trip with
a shoebox ahead of the holiday season.
On Friday, Oct. 4, Operation Christmas
Child is calling on locals to pack
shoeboxes of school supplies, hygiene
items and toys for children around
the world. According to Samaritan’s
Purse, the organization that runs
the project, this year’s goal is to pack
enough boxes for 12,000 children in
need.
Beginning at 4:30 p.m., participants
can go to Queens Herald Church
in Fresh Meadows to experience the
shoebox’s journey from packing to its
worldwide impact
The Incredible Journey of a Shoebox
event features firsthand accounts
of gift distributions in Tanzania including
the story of Yves Dushime,
who found comfort in his shoebox at
age 11 after fleeing the ripple effects of
the Rwandan genocide.
Dushime recalls receiving a warm
scarf, an item he saw as a promise
from God that he and his family would
Courtesy of Operation Christmas Child
escape life as refugees. Three years
later, Dushime and his family moved
to Buffalo, New York through a refugee
resettlement program.
“This showed me that God can use
anything and anywhere to bring hope
where all hope is lost,” Dushime said
in a video. “These shoeboxes that you
pack, not only can they change individual
lives but they can also change
entire communities like I have seen in
my life.”
Samarian’s Purse established
Operation Christmas Child in 1993
and has collected and delivered more
than 168 million gift shoeboxes to
children in more than 160 countries
and territories around the world.
The project’s mission is to “demonstrate
God’s love in a tangible way
to children in need” and spread the
message of Christianity.
“Many of these children have never
received a gift before in their lives,”
says Regional Area Coordinator Danielle
McCarty. “We wanted to share
through first-hand accounts how these
simple messages of love and hope are
delivered and the life-changing impact
they have.”
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