Kissimmee church to collect gifts for children

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Kissimmee church to collect gifts for children

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Wednesday, 03 November 2010 00:00

Christmas is arriving early in Kissimmee, as First Baptist Church prepares to serve as a collection point for Operation Christmas Child.
Soon, with the help of local volunteers, the site will be brimming with festively wrapped shoe boxes full of gifts. Through Operation Christmas Child, the world’s largest Christmas project, Kissimmee residents are helping send shoe box gifts this year to more than 8 million children in 100 countries suffering from natural disaster, war, terrorism, disease, famine and poverty. From Kissimmee, the shoe box gifts will be sorted and sent using whatever means necessary — sea containers, trucks, trains, airplanes, boats, camels and even dog sleds — to reach suffering children around the world.
Operation Christmas Child uses tracking technology that allows donors to “follow your box” to the destination country where it will be hand-delivered to a child in need. To register shoe box gifts and find out what country they are delivered to, use the EZ Give donation form found at www.samaritans purse.org. Donators also can use the ZIP code locator to find the nearest collection point.
Local collection sites:
• First Baptist Church, 1700 N. John Young Parkway, Kissimmee, 407-460-5487
Dates and times: Monday through Thursday, noon to 6 p.m.; Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Sunday, 12:30 to 5:30 p.m.
• College Park Presbyterian Church, 118 E. Par St., Orlando, 407-898-4671.
Dates and times: Monday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 3 p.m.
• Community Presbyterian Church, 511 Celebration Ave., Celebration, 407-566-1633.
Dates and times: Monday, 10 a.m. to noon; Tuesday, 1 to 3 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, 6 to 8 p.m.; Friday, 4 to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon; Sunday, 1 to 3 p.m.
What you can do to get involved:
Prepare: Enlist families, churches, scout troops, community groups and businesses to take part in creating shoe box gifts for needy children worldwide.
Pack: Fill shoe boxes with school supplies, toys, necessity items, hard candy and a letter of encouragement. Step-by-step shoe box packing instructions are available at www.samaritanspurse.org.
Process: Sign up to join Operation Christmas Child volunteers at collection sites in Kissimmee as part of the effort to prepare millions of shoe box gifts for delivery to underprivileged children on six continents.