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Local volunteers exceed goal

FAIRMONT — Fairmont area volunteers have collected enough gift-filled shoeboxes to reach more than 11,000 children in need through the Samaritan’s Purse project, Operation Christmas Child.

This season’s collection surpassed last year’s gift donations. For many of these children, the shoebox gift delivered through this local project will be the first gift they will have ever received.

Although local dropoff locations have closed for the season, there is still time to pack a gift-filled shoebox online for children suffering from poverty, natural disaster war, terror, disease and famine. Like online shopping, visitors can browse samaritanspurse.org/occ to select gifts matched to a child’s specific age and gender, then finish by uploading a photo and writing a note of encouragement to be included in the shoebox they build online.

They also can follow their box to discover where in the world it will be delivered.

Participants can give a $25 gift card to a family member or friend so they can join in Operation Christmas Child by packing a shoebox gift online. These shoeboxes — filled with school supplies, toys, hygiene items and notes of encouragement — are delivered to children in some of the hardest-to-reach countries around the world.

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