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Donate Shoebox Gifts for Children Overseas, 2 Dallas Sites Available

Celebrating Its 20th Anniversary, Operation Christmas Child Collects Shoebox Gifts for Children Overseas during National Collection Week—Nov. 18 through 25.

This holiday season, Paulding County residents are joining millions of people across the U.S. and around the world to fill empty shoeboxes with toys, school supplies and hygiene items for 9.8 million impoverished children.

During Operation Christmas Child’s National Collection Week, Nov. 18 through 25, two collection sites in Paulding County, Pickett’s Mill Baptist Church and Pumpkinvine Baptist Church, will receive the packed boxes. The shoebox gifts are then processed, prepared and delivered to suffering children in more than 100 countries using whatever means necessary—trains, airplanes, boats, elephants, bikes and even dog sleds.

Anyone can participate in Operation Christmas Child. The time to pack a shoebox gift is now! For more information on how to participate in Operation Christmas Child, or to find the nearest drop-off site and drop-off times, visit samaritanspurse.org.

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During Operation Christmas Child’s National Collection Week—Nov. 18–25 – two collection sites in the Dallas area (see below), will be bustling with activity as thousands of colorfully wrapped shoebox gifts are dropped off by residents. Hundreds of local volunteers will be working hard to pack and transport the boxes to the next stop on their journey to a child in need. 

Paulding Collection Centers 

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Pumpkinvine Baptist Church

2156 Buchanan Highway, Dallas, GA 30157

Mon – Nov 18: 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Tues – Nov 19: 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Wed – Nov 20: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Thurs – Nov 21: 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Fri – Nov 22: 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Sat – Nov 23: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Sun – Nov 24: 12: 30 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Mon – Nov 25: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Pickett’s Mill Baptist Church

7147 Hiram Acworth Highway, Dallas, GA 30157
Daily Hours:

Mon ­– Nov 18 thru Sat – Nov 23: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m
Sun – Nov 24: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Mon – Nov 25: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Operation Christmas Child, a project of international Christian relief and evangelism organization Samaritan’s Purse, headed by Franklin Graham, is the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind. Through simple gifts and a message of hope, children learn they are loved and not forgotten. For many of these children, the shoebox gift will be the first gift they have ever received. 

A year-round, online giving tool also conveniently allows anyone to build a box. By visiting the project’s website at samaritanspurse.org, participants can select a child’s age and gender, shop through an online selection of gifts, virtually “pack” an empty shoebox, and finish it off by writing a note of encouragement. Operation Christmas Child volunteers will pack the shoebox gifts and ship them on behalf of the donors.

Using special tracking technology, participants can also “follow” their shoebox and discover the country in which their gift will be delivered to a child in need. To register a shoebox gift, use the donation form online.


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