On Wednesday, October 22, 2025 Lifegate Church and their 30 volunteers, packed 200 boxes for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child. They collects shoebox gifts filled with fun toys, school supplies and hygiene items—and delivers them to children in need around the world to demonstrate God’s love in a tangible way. For many of these children, the gift-filled shoebox is the first gift they have ever received. Delivered into the hands of children through local churches, every shoebox gift is an opportunity to share about Jesus Christ and God’s love.

Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child, has collected and delivered more than 220 million shoebox gifts to children in more than 170 countries and territories.

Anyone can pack a shoebox. Individuals, families, churches and groups fill empty shoeboxes with school supplies, hygiene items and fun toys, such as dolls or soccer balls. During the November National Collection Week, Samaritan’s Purse will collect the gift-filled shoeboxes at over 4,700 drop-off locations in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.