Video: ‘Operation Christmas Child’ Begins Shoebox Collection

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COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) — Operation Christmas Child kicked off it’s national collection week Monday. Collection centers here in North Mississippi and across the country are taking up shoe boxes filled with donated items to send to children in developing countries and those affected by natural disasters.

The organization urges donors to give toys, school supplies, and non-liquid personal hygiene items.

Collection Centers Across North Mississippi Include:

Aberdeen – First Baptist Church / Amory – First Baptist Church / Booneville – First Baptist Church / Columbus – Boy Scout Hut at Hitching Lot Farmers Market/ Derma – Derma Baptist Church / Fulton – First Baptist Church / Houston- Cornerstone Church / Macon – Calvary Baptist Church / Mathiston – First Baptist Church / Nettleton – First Baptist Church / New Albany – Hillcrest Baptist Church / Oxford (Ole Miss) – Wesley Foundation / Pontotoc – West Heights Baptist Church / Ripley – First Baptist Church/ Starkville – Starkville Community Church/ Tupelo – Hydro Hose (1731 McCullough Blvd) / West Point – Faith Baptist Church