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OCC 2024: 3,585 shoebox gifts collected in Adair Co.

From Mark Fudge

The 2024 Operation Christmas Child shoebox drive came to a close on Monday, November 25, 2024, in Adair County and all across the United States. 3,585 shoebox gifts were collected from Adair Countians at the Wheet Fellowship Hall of the Columbia First Church of the Nazarene.

We want to thank all of the individuals, churches, and organizations that made this year's shoebox drive such a huge success. We also would like to give a special thanks to all of the volunteers that donated countless hours at the drop off center.

A special thanks to the Columbia First Church of the Nazarene for providing their Wheet Fellowship Hall during the eight days of collection. Also a special thanks to all of the coaches and athletes from Lindsey Wilson College and other individuals that loaded the boxes from Adair and surrounding counties on to Semi trailers.


The 3,585 shoebox gifts surpassed last year's total of 3,300 Gospel Opportunities. It's the most shoebox gifts collected in Adair County since 2016 when the county collected 3,777 shoebox gifts.

Please pray for the boxes as they now make their way to the next stop of their journey. The boxes will make their way to the processing center in Charlotte, North Carolina. From there the boxes will make their way to children and families in countries all around the world.


This story was posted on 2024-11-25 16:10:07
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OCC 2024: Faith General Baptist Church



2024-11-25 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Mark Fudge.
Teresa Gaskins made the first drop off of the day on the final day of drop offs, Monday, November 25, 2024. She dropped off shoebox gifts prepared by the Faith General Baptist Church.

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OCC 2024: Mount Hope Separate Baptist Church



2024-11-25 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Mark Fudge.
The Mount Hope Separate Baptist Church drops off their boxes in Russell County. However, these two boxes came in late, so Sharon Harris dropped them off in Columbia on Monday morning, November 25, 2024.

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OCC 2024: Glens Fork Church of Good News



2024-11-25 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Mark Fudge.
The Glens Fork Church of Good News was among the last churches to drop off shoebox gifts in Adair County in 2024. Dropping off their shoebox gifts is Carol Klingberg.

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OCC 2024: Wendy Dykes brought total to 3,557



2024-11-25 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Mark Fudge.
Making one of the final drop offs in 2024 was Wendy Dykes. Her Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts brought the total number collected to 3,557.

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OCC 2024: Melson Ridge Community Church



2024-11-25 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Mark Fudge.
Richie Melson turned out to be the final Adair County drop off Monday, November 25, 2024. He dropped off Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts from the Melson Ridge Community Church.

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OCC 2024: LWC softball loading final boxes from Hart Co.



2024-12-03 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Mark Fudge.
Students and athletes from Lindsey Wilson College helped pack and load shoebox gifts from Adair, Casey, Hart, Green and Metcalfe Counties. This group of Lindsey Wilson College softball players loaded the final cartons which were delivered from Hart County. The boxes from this area will now travel to Charlotte, North Carolina to an OCC processing center.

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OCC 2024: LWC Softball loads a truck to Charlotte



2024-12-03 - Columbia, KY - Photo from Mark Fudge.
The Lindsey Wilson College softball team finished loading OCC shoebox gifts from Adair County onto this pup trailer last week. The shoebox gifts are now on their way to Charlotte, North Carolina, where they will be processed. A total of 3,585 shoebox gifts were collected in Adair County in 2024.

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