Operation Christmas Child

OCC_logo    2025

Each year we support Samaritan’s Purse Ministries through Operation Christmas Child.  We collect items throughout the year and have a “Shoe Box Packing Party” each November.  Everyone in the church shares in this great ministry that reaches people whom we would never normally come into contact.  The items we have collected for Operation Christmas Child this year are listed below:

School Supplies:
Pens, pencils and sharpener, crayons or markers, paper, notebooks, and solar calculators.

Hygiene Items:
Toothbrush, combs, brushes, washcloths, etc.

Other:
T-shirts, socks, ball caps, sunglasses, hair clips, flip flops, etc.

Do Not Include:
Used or damaged items, war-related items, chocolate or food, candy, liquids or lotions, medications or vitamins, aerosol cans, toothpaste, or breakable items. Also do not include seeds, sand, rocks, playing cards with gambling themes.  Batteries must be in their original packaging.

And most importantly, be sure that all items can fit into a shoebox!

We were able to pack over 100 boxes for OCC during the 2024 Christmas season!

Operation Christmas Child

Christmas 2025

List of Items Needed

  • Markers
  • Colored Pencils
  • Toothbrushes
  • Hair Brushes
  • Erasers
  • Coloring Books
  • Scissors
  • Glue Sticks

List of Items On-Hand

School Supplies

  • 52 Boxes Crayons
  • 34 Boxes Colored Pencils
  • 123 Pens
  • 316 Pencils
  • 105 Pencil Sharpeners
  • 23 Small Scissors
  • 20 Large Scissors
  • 38 Glue Sticks
  • 5 Coloring Books
  • 61 Spirals
  • 2 Scotch Tape
  • 2 Pkg Kleenex
  • 19 Boxes Markers
  • 230 Pencil Top Erasers
  • 32 Lg Pink Erasers
  • 144 Sm Pink Erasers
  • 1 Pencil Bag
  • 4 Dry Erase Marker Board Sets
  • 4 Folders

Hygiene Supplies

  • 85 Combs
  • 4 Hair Brushes
  • 170 Wash Clothes
  • 68 Large Toothbrushes with Cases

Toys

  • 16 Stuffed Animals
  • 20 Fishing Kits
  • 19 Wooden Toys
  • 2 Barbie’s
  • 7 Fold Out
  • 6 Gliders
  • 2 Yo-Yo’s
  • 3 Small Dolls
  • 1 Sticky Catch Game
  • 1 Checkers Game
  • 1 Rubix Cube
  • 1 Medical Play Set
  • 10 Punch Balloons
  • 5 Coin Purse with Jewelry
  • 7 Coin Purses
  • 1 Necklace
  • 24 Harmonicas
  • 12 Kids Card Games
  • 12 Board Games
  • 28 Flying Disks

Clothes

  • 2 – 4T Underwear
  • 10 – Hats
  • 6 – Pair Socks size 2-9
  • 6 – Pair Socks size 4-10
  • 6 – Pair Socks size 6-12
  • 1 – 6-7 T-Shirt
  • 1 – 6-7 Leggings
  • 1 – 7-8 Shorts
  • 2 – 7-8 T-Shirts
  • 2 – 7-8 Undershirts
  • 1 – 2-3 Sandals
  • 2 – 10-12 size Sweaters
  • 1 – 14 size Sweater

Updated:  Sept. 29, 2025