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Churches and families fill shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child

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TULSA, Okla. — Believe it or not, Christmas is just over a month away.

As you're looking for gifts for family and friends and want to do something extra for a child in need this holiday season, one organization says all you need is a shoebox.

Operation Christmas Child, through Samaritan's Purse, makes giving a gift to a child simple.

All you have to do is pick up a shoebox either, decide whether it’s for a boy or a girl, and fill it with goodies.

Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has delivered to children in over 160 different countries.

Many of the children have been affected by war, disease, poverty and famine.

The goal this year is to send out 11 million shoebox gifts.

You can fill the boxes with anything you want, from hygiene items, school supplies, new clothes and of course, a toy.

The project also gives families a chance to spend time together and teaches children valuable life lessons.

“When the children see that they’ve got so much and they’re able to share with a child who may have never received a gift before in their life, that really is a great teaching lesson," Phil Blotevogel, Tulsa Area Logistics Coordinator with Operation Christmas Child, said. "Teaching kids how to give, how to love, and really how to become a missionary.”

In the Tulsa area, the goal is to fill 18,300 shoeboxes to send overseas.

There are 17 churches you can drop the boxes off at.

The list and times are listed below:

Jenks, OK - Crossroads Freewill Baptist Church
2525 W Main Street
Jenks OK 74037-3443

Mon, Nov. 18: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Tue, Nov. 19: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Wed, Nov. 20: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Thu, Nov. 21: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Fri, Nov. 22: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Sat, Nov. 23: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, Sun, Nov. 24: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Mon, Nov. 25: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM


Bristow, OK - First Church of God
320 S Walnut Street
Bristow OK 74010-3030

Mon, Nov. 18: 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM, Tue, Nov. 19: 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM, Wed, Nov. 20: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Thu, Nov. 21: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM, Fri, Nov. 22: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Sat, Nov. 23: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Sun, Nov. 24: 12:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Mon, Nov. 25: 7:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Broken Arrow, OK - Southpark Assembly of God
5850 S Elm Place
Broken Arrow OK 74011-4845

Mon, Nov. 18: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM; Tue, Nov. 19: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM; Wed, Nov. 20: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM; Thu, Nov. 21: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM; Fri, Nov. 22: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM; Sat, Nov. 23: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Sun, Nov. 24: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM; Mon, Nov. 25: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM


Bixby, OK - Bixby Free Will Baptist Church
15801 S Memorial Drive
Bixby OK 74008-4117

Mon, Nov. 18: 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM; Tue, Nov. 19: 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM; Wed, Nov. 20: 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM; Thu, Nov. 21: 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM; Fri, Nov. 22: 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM; Sat, Nov. 23: 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM; Sun, Nov. 24: 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM; Mon, Nov. 25: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Tulsa, OK - Iglesia Nueva Jerusalem
12435 E 31st Street
Tulsa OK 74146-2203

Mon, Nov. 18: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Mon, Nov. 18: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM; Tue, Nov. 19: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM; Wed, Nov. 20: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM; Thu, Nov. 21: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM; Fri, Nov. 22: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM; Sat, Nov. 23: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM; Sun, Nov. 24: 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM; Mon, Nov. 25: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM


Tulsa, OK - Good News Church
19529 E 4th Place
Tulsa OK 74108-7911

Mon, Nov. 18: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM; Tue, Nov. 19: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM; Wed, Nov. 20: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM; Thu, Nov. 21: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM; Fri, Nov. 22: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Sat, Nov. 23: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM; Sun, Nov. 24: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM; Mon, Nov. 25: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM


Tulsa, OK - Believers Church
4705 S Memorial Drive
Tulsa OK 74145-6904

Mon, Nov. 18: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Tue, Nov. 19: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Wed, Nov. 20: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM; Thu, Nov. 21: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM; Fri, Nov. 22: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Sat, Nov. 23: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Sun, Nov. 24: 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM; Mon, Nov. 25: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM


Sapulpa, OK - First Baptist Church of Sapulpa
200 S Elm Street
Sapulpa OK 74066-4212

Mon, Nov. 18: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM; Tue, Nov. 19: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Wed, Nov. 20: 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM; Thu, Nov. 21: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM; Fri, Nov. 22: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Sat, Nov. 23: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM; Sun, Nov. 24: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Mon, Nov. 25: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM


Glenpool, OK - Glenpool First Baptist Church
75 E Main Street
Glenpool OK 74033-3923

Mon, Nov. 18: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM; Mon, Nov. 18: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM; Tue, Nov. 19: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM; Tue, Nov. 19: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM; Wed, Nov. 20: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM; Thu, Nov. 21: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM; Thu, Nov. 21: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM; Fri, Nov. 22: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM; Sat, Nov. 23: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM; Sun, Nov. 24: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Mon, Nov. 25: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Coweta, OK - Cedar Ridge Christian Church
14085 S 296th East Avenue
Coweta OK 74429-7654

Mon, Nov. 18: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM; Tue, Nov. 19: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM; Wed, Nov. 20: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM; Thu, Nov. 21: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM; Fri, Nov. 22: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM; Sat, Nov. 23: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM; Sun, Nov. 24: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Mon, Nov. 25: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM


Tulsa, OK - Christ United Methodist Church
3515 S Harvard Avenue
Tulsa OK 74135-1840

Mon, Nov. 18: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM; Tue, Nov. 19: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM; Wed, Nov. 20: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM; Thu, Nov. 21: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM; Fri, Nov. 22: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM; Sat, Nov. 23: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Sun, Nov. 24: 12:30 PM - 4:00 PM; Mon, Nov. 25: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM


Jennings, OK - Silver City Freewill Baptist Church
44840 W 51st Street S
Jennings OK 74038-2401

Mon, Nov. 18: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM; Tue, Nov. 19: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM; Wed, Nov. 20: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM; Thu, Nov. 21: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM; Fri, Nov. 22: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM; Sat, Nov. 23: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Sun, Nov. 24: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM; Mon, Nov. 25: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM


Tulsa, OK - Eastwood Baptist Church
948 S 91st E Avenue
Tulsa OK 74112

Mon, Nov. 18: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM; Tue, Nov. 19: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Wed, Nov. 20: 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM; Thu, Nov. 21: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Fri, Nov. 22: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM; Sat, Nov. 23: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Sun, Nov. 24: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM; Mon, Nov. 25: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM


Cushing, OK - Oak Grove Baptist Church
420 N Oak Grove Road
Cushing OK 74023-6252

Mon, Nov. 18: 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM; Tue, Nov. 19: 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM; Wed, Nov. 20: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM; Thu, Nov. 21: 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM; Fri, Nov. 22: 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM; Sat, Nov. 23: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM; Sun, Nov. 24: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM; Mon, Nov. 25: 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM


Stillwater, OK - Eagle Heights Baptist Church
2617 N Jardot Road
Stillwater OK 74075-8781

Mon, Nov. 18: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM; Tue, Nov. 19: 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM; Wed, Nov. 20: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM; Wed, Nov. 20: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM; Thu, Nov. 21: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM; Thu, Nov. 21: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM; Fri, Nov. 22: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM; Fri, Nov. 22: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM; Sat, Nov. 23: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Sat, Nov. 23: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM; Sun, Nov. 24: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM; Mon, Nov. 25: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM


Inola, OK - Calvary Baptist Church
5 S Broadway
Inola OK 74036-6087

Mon, Nov. 18: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Tue, Nov. 19: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Wed, Nov. 20: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Thu, Nov. 21: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Fri, Nov. 22: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Sat, Nov. 23: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM; Sun, Nov. 24: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM; Mon, Nov. 25: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM


Perry, OK - First Baptist Church
601 N 7th Street
Perry OK 73077-4202

Mon, Nov. 18: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM; Mon, Nov. 18: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM; Tue, Nov. 19: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM; Tue, Nov. 19: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM; Wed, Nov. 20: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM; Wed, Nov. 20: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM; Thu, Nov. 21: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM; Thu, Nov. 21: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM; Fri, Nov. 22: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM; Fri, Nov. 22: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM; Sat, Nov. 23: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM; Sat, Nov. 23: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM; Sun, Nov. 24: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Mon, Nov. 25: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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