Operation Christmas Child 2008

OPC IT is an enthusiastic and committed supporter of many charity organisations and community events each year. Again this year we are thrilled to be supporting ‘Operation Christmas Child’.

‘Operation Christmas Child’ is an organisation run by Samaritan’s Purse that delivers a little bit of hope and happiness to underprivileged and needy children in third world countries.

It quite simply involves filling Christmas ‘shoe boxes’ with fun and useful gifts, which are then hand delivered to children in the most desperate parts of the world. Our target for this year is 25,000 shoe boxes so please help us to help all those needy children.

When you have filled your shoe boxes all you need to do is drop them off to OPC in Phillip.

Just ‘One Box’ will make a difference!!

History

The concept of Operation Christmas Child began on 10 October 1990, when Dave and Jill Cooke of Wrexham, Wales were watching a broadcast on Romanian orphanages. They asked the question: How can we help the real victims, the children, who live in these situations day after day? They knew they could not stop the wars, but they could offer something - the gift of love. Together, they filled a convoy of nine trucks with medical supplies, food, clothing and Christmas gifts for children, and headed into Romania, which had recently been devastated by war. This was the beginning of the world's largest children's Christmas program.

In 1993, Franklin Graham, International President of Samaritan's Purse, adopted Operation Christmas Child. Since then, more than 61 million shoe boxes have been delivered to hurting children in more than 135 countries.