Churches, community groups, and families across Southwestern Pennsylvania are preparing to collect gift-filled shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child during National Collection Week, Nov. 16-23. Nearly 5,000 drop-off locations, including several curbside and indoor sites will open nationwide ...

As shoe boxes pour into area drop off locations for Operation Christmas Child (OCC), a project of the International Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse, volunteers are busy loading cartons of filled shoe boxes for the next leg of their journey. The shoe boxes collected during ...