Local organizers hope to collect 850 shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child
Filling a shoe box has the potential to impact a child that’s half way across the world this Christmas.
Operation Christmas Child kicked off in Rocky Mountain House on November 6, where local residents have the chance to focus on the true meaning of Christmas to kids who need it most.
This year the boxes will be sent to places in Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti and Nicaragua), South America (Chile), Africa (Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Senegal, Sierra Leone) and Europe (Ukraine). When filling the shoe box, you can select the age of the child you’d like to send the box to which the ages are 2-4, 5-9, and 10-12. You can pack anything you would like, but you can’t pack candy or toothpaste.
Last year, 725 shoe boxes were collected in Rocky and the surround area.