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OCC 2025: Final Day for Operation Christmas Child collections

From Mark Fudge

OCC shoebox donations will be accepted from 8amCT to 10amCT on Monday, November 24, 2025, at Wheet Fellowship Hall, to wrap up this year's donation drive.

Saturday and Sunday were both busy for shoebox collections at the Columbia First Church of the Nazarene. Several hundred boxes were collected over the weekend, bringing the total going into Monday morning to 3429 shoebox gifts collected in Adair County thus far. This number is only 156 shoeboxes short of last year's total of 3,585 shoebox gifts.

The First Church of the Nazarene/Wheet Fellowship Hall is located at 1200 Jamestown Street Columbia, KY.




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OCC 2025: First Sunday drop off



2025-11-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mark Fudge.
Hailey Hovious, Gavin York, and Haiden Russell dropped off their three boxes Sunday afternoon at the Wheet Fellowship Hall. They said this was the first year they had packed shoebox gifts. They were the first individuals to drop off on Sunday afternoon.

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OCC 2025: Jones Chapel Church



2025-11-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mark Fudge.
Kaden Richard and Ally Brown put the Adair County total over 3,000 with their delivery. They dropped off these beautiful plastic boxes from Jones Chapel Church.

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OCC 2025: Megan and Kailyn Shepard



2025-11-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mark Fudge.
Megan and Kailyn Shepard dropped off shoebox gifts for Operation Christmas Child on Sunday afternoon.

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OCC 2025: Shirley Jones



2025-11-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mark Fudge.
Shirley Jones has been packing individual shoeboxes for OCC for several years.

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OCC 2025: Purdy Separate Baptist Church



2025-11-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mark Fudge.
Doug and Debbie Cowan and Clifton and RoseMary Bennett dropped off these wonderful boxes packed by Purdy Separate Baptist Church.

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OCC 2025: Little Cake Christian Church.



2025-11-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mark Fudge.
Delaine Corbin dropped off boxes that were packed by Little Cake Christian Church.

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OCC 2025: Columbia Christian Church



2025-11-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mark Fudge.
Clay Turner and Jenny Myers dropped off boxes that were packed by the Columbia Christian Church.

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OCC 2025: Grayson and Maxton Fudge



2025-11-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mark Fudge.
Eight year old Grayson and seven year old Maxton Fudge said they enjoyed shopping for toys more than any other item in their OCC boxes. They made their drop off Sunday afternoon.

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OCC 2025: Hayes Chapel Church



2025-11-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mark Fudge.
The Hayes Chapel Church delivered these beautiful plastic boxes Sunday afternoon to the drop-off center. Pictured with the boxes are Brian and Julie Campbell.

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OCC 2025: Prince of Peace Lutheran Church



2025-11-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mark Fudge.
The Prince of Peace Lutheran Church has been making regular drop offs at the Wheet Fellowship Hall the last few years. Pictured with their boxes is Ginny Reed.

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OCC 2025: Kasey Blue Kessler



2025-11-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mark Fudge.
Kasey Blue Kessler dropped off shoebox gifts for the 14th straight year. For each year Kasey gets older, he adds one more box. He dropped off 14 boxes this year.

Pictured with him is his dad Eddie Kessler. The Kesslers track their boxes and have had boxes go to the countries of Colombia, Madagascar, and a French province in South Africa among other places.

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OCC 2025: Rheber Nazarene Church



2025-11-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mark Fudge.
The Rheber Nazarene Church in Casey County has delivered shoebox gifts to the Wheet Fellowship Hall for the past 15 years. Pictured with their beautiful boxes is Anna Huff.

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OCC 2025: Glens Fork Church of the Nazarene



2025-11-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mark Fudge.
The final drop off of the day on Sunday was made by the Glens Fork Church of the Nazarene. This year they packed a record number of boxes. They brought in several cartons of boxes in addition to the ones that the children are holding. Pictured are Marlee Fudge, Tate Fudge, Jagger, Collins, and Nash Collins. Grandparents Jerry and Lee Ann Collins brought their grandchildren by to drop off their beautiful boxes.

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OCC 2025: Columbia First Church of the Nazarene



2025-11-24 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Mark Fudge.
Columbia First Church of the Nazarene had people of all ages packing boxes Sunday evening. The Wheet Fellowship Hall of the Columbia First Church of the Nazarene has served as the central drop off location for many years. In addition to boxes from Adair County, boxes from Metcalfe, Casey and Hart County also are delivered to the Columbia First Church of the Nazarene.

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