Operation Christmas Child shoebox campaign set to begin

Mickey Starling reporter3@greenepublishing.com Though summer’s heat is still packing a punch, it will soon pack up and leave, making way for cooler temperatures and the arrival of the holidays. Now is the perfect time to begin filling shoeboxes with toys, socks and school supplies for Samaritan’s Purse’s annual Operation Christmas Child (OCC), a ministry that has now distributed over 200 million shoeboxes since its beginning in 1993. Each year, during the third week of November, Operati