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OCC Collects 2,001 Shoe Box Gifts

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Operation Christmas Child has completed another successful campaign in Adair County collecting 2,001 shoebox gifts for children in need. OCC is one of many outreach projects of Samaritans Purse. They have been collecting shoebox gifts for over 25 years and sending them to boys and girls around the world.

"Needless to say we are once again overwhelmed by the generosity of the people of Adair County. We thought that we were going to come up just a few boxes shy of 2000 and then we received some items that had been collected by residents of Angel Manor Apartments which enabled us to pack an additional number of shoeboxes to reach our goal of 2,000," said Community Relations Coordinator Mark Fudge.

This year the boxes collected in Adair County will travel to the Charlotte, North Carolina Processing Center. The boxes will go from there to children all around the world. "This outpouring of love by the people of Adair County is nothing short of amazing, especially considering the pandemic that we are experiencing," said Fudge.


Sunday totals and photos: OCC 2020: 1,713 shoe box gifts donated so far

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OCC: Purdy Separate Baptist Church



2020-11-23 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Mark Fudge.
Volunteer Connie Scott (right) helps Debbie Cowan with the boxes from the Purdy Separate Baptist Church. She made her drop off early Monday morning.

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OCC: Trinity United Methodist Church and LWC donations



2020-11-23 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Mark Fudge.
Beth Boisvert delivered the boxes prepared by the Trinity United Methodist Church. Beth does double duty by helping pack the boxes at her church as well as boxes from Lindsey Wilson College.

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OCC: Columbia Christian Church



2020-11-23 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Mark Fudge.
Columbia Christian Church packed 100 OCC boxes and dropped them off Monday morning. Pictured are John Davis, Nathan Ballou, Adam Shepard, Sallie Ballou, Hunter Ballou, Mary Beth Phelps, Wanda Sanders, and Clay Turner.

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