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QUEENS WEEKLY, OCTOBER 6, 2019
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 called
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 were expected
to visit 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 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.”
Reach reporter Jenna
Bagcal by e-mail at jbagcal@
qns.com or by phone at
(718) 260-2583.
Children in Fiji receive shoeboxes filled with supplies and gifts.
Courtesy of Operation Christmas Child
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.
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