Johnson County volunteers with Operation Christmas Child are filling shoe boxes with toys, school supplies and hygiene items for needy children overseas.
The program is a year-round project of international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse, headed by Franklin Graham. In 1993, Samaritan’s Purse kicked off Operation Christmas Child in the United States with just 28,000 shoe box gifts. This year, Operation Christmas Child expects to reach a milestone with more than 100 million children receiving shoe boxes since the first year of the project. These simple gifts are packed, collected, transported and hand-delivered to suffering children around the globe.
The goal for central Indiana is to collect more than 42,000 gift-filled boxes during National Collection Week, Nov. 12 to 19. Across the United States the goal is for over 6.5 million shoe box gifts to be received this year.
The boxes will be hand-delivered to underprivileged children in 100 countries around the world.
Operation Christmas Child uses tracking technology to allow participants to “follow” their box to the destination country where it will be given to a child in need. To register shoe box gifts and find out the destination country, use the “Follow Your Box” donation form found at www.samaritanspurse.org.
For more information on Operation Christmas Child, call 317-850-6058 or visit the website.
Liberty Christian School
2025 Hillcrest Drive
Anderson, IN 46012
HOURS:
Mon, Nov 12 – Fri, Nov 16: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Sat – Nov 17: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Sun – Nov 18: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Mon – Nov 19: 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.Avon
Bartlett Chapel United Methodist Church
4396 E Main Street
Avon, IN 46123
HOURS:
Mon – Nov 12: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Tues – Nov 13: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Wed – Nov 14: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Thur – Nov 15: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Fri – Nov 16: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Sat – Nov 17: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Sun – Nov 18: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Mon – Nov 19: 9 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Brownsburg
Hope Community Church
3350 N State Road 267
Brownsburg, IN 46112
HOURS:
Mon, Nov 12 – Tues, Nov 13: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Wed – Nov 14: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Thur – Nov 15: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Fri – Nov 16: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Sat – Nov 17: 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Sun – Nov 18: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Mon – Nov 19: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Clayton
First Baptist Church
4797 Iowa Street
Clayton, IN 46118
HOURS:
Mon – Nov 12: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Tues – Nov 13: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Wed – Nov 14: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Thur – Nov 15: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Fri – Nov 16: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Sat – Nov 17: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Sun – Nov 18: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Mon – Nov 19: 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Fishers
Christ’s Community Church
13097 Allisonville Road
Fishers, IN 46038
HOURS:
Mon, Nov 12 – Thur, Nov 15: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Fri – Nov 16: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Sat – Nov 17: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Sun – Nov 18: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Mon – Nov 19: 8 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Franklin
Franklin First Assembly of God
1035 Hospital Road
Franklin, IN 46131
HOURS:
Mon – Nov 12: 8 a.m. – 10 a.m., 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Tues, Nov 13 – Fri, Nov 16: 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Sat – Nov 17: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Sun – Nov 18: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Mon – Nov 19: 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Greenfield
Mount Comfort United Methodist Church
3179 N 600 W
Greenfield, IN 46140
HOURS:
Mon, Nov 12 – Fri, Nov 16: 1 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Sat – Nov 17: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sun – Nov 18: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Mon – Nov 19: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Evangel Christian Church
1221 E Main Street
Greenfield, IN 46140
HOURS:
Mon – Nov 12: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Tues – Nov 13: 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Wed – Nov 14: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Thur – Nov 15: 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Fri – Nov 16: 12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Sat – Nov 17: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sun – Nov 18: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Mon – Nov 19: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Greenwood
New Hope Church
5307 W Fairview Road
Greenwood, IN 46142
HOURS:
Mon, Nov 12 – Fri, Nov 16: 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Sat – Nov 17: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Sun – Nov 18: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Mon – Nov 19: 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Indianapolis
Heritage Christian School
6401 E 75th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46250
HOURS:
Mon, Nov 12 – Fri, Nov 16: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Sat – Nov 17: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Sun – Nov 18: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Southeastern Christian Fellowship Church
4751 E Minnesota Street
Indianapolis, IN 46203
HOURS:
Mon, Nov 12 – Tues, Nov 13: 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Wed – Nov 14: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Thur – Nov 15: 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Fri – Nov 16: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sat – Nov 17: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sun – Nov 18: 12 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Mon – Nov 19: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m
Chapel Rock Christian Church
2020 N Girls School Road
Indianapolis, IN 46214
HOURS:
Mon – Nov 12: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Tues – Nov 13: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Wed – Nov 14: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Thur – Nov 15: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Fri – Nov 16: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Sat – Nov 17: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Sun – Nov 18: 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Mon – Nov 19: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Muncie
University Christian Church
2400 N Nebo Road 400 W
Muncie, IN 47304
HOURS:
Mon, Nov 12 – Sat, Nov 17: 1 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Sun – Nov 18: 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Mon – Nov 19: 8 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Noblesville
Legacy Christian School
470 Lakeview Drive
Noblesville, IN 46060
HOURS:
Mon, Nov 12 – Fri, Nov 16: 3:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Sat – Nov 17: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Sun – Nov 18: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Mon – Nov 19: 8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Shelbyville
Crossroads Community Church
475 E Progress Parkway
Shelbyville, IN 46176
HOURS:
Mon, Nov 12 – Fri, Nov 16: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sat – Nov 17: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Sun – Nov 18: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Mon – Nov 19: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Westfield
Crossroads Church of Westfield
19201 Grassy Branch Road
Westfield, IN 46074
HOURS:
Mon, Nov 12 – Wed, Nov 14: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Thur – Nov 15: 12 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Fri – Nov 16: 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Sat – Nov 17: 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Sun – Nov 18: 12 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Mon – Nov 19: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Whitestown
New Hope Christian Church
5780 S 650 E
Whitestown, IN 46075
HOURS:
Mon, Nov 12 – Fri, Nov 16: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sat – Nov 17: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Sun – Nov 18: 8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Mon – Nov 19: 8 a.m. – 11 a.m.
