Cardington students pack it up for OCC

By Eve­lyn Long –

Pack­ing shoe boxes for the Oper­a­tion Christ­mas Child pro­gram are Card­ing­ton first grade stu­dents Kenia Williamson, Ash­ley Fos­ter and Shawnna Holcomb.

Pack­ing 94 shoe boxes for Oper­a­tion Christ­mas Child — Samar­i­tan Purse were Cardington-Lincoln first grade stu­dents whose excite­ment while car­ry­ing out the project will only be sur­passed by that of the young­sters who will open them in other parts of the world.

The shoe boxes, pre-wrapped with Christ­mas paper, were each filled in an assem­bly line fash­ion from con­tain­ers filled with a vari­ety of items for children.

Melissa Deems, first grade teacher, in whose class­room the pack­ing took place, had placed on the tables con­tain­ers, some with some­thing to love, some with some­thing for school; oth­ers held some­thing to wear, some­thing to play with; and oth­ers with some­thing for per­sonal hygiene, etc. The vari­ety included books, tablets, note­books, tooth paste, combs, tooth brushes, glue, crayons, col­ored pen­cils, pens, toys, erasers, “Twiz­zles,” yo yo’s, etc.

Shoe boxes wait to be packed by students.

Franklin Gra­ham, son of Evan­ge­list Billy Gra­ham, is pres­i­dent and CEO of Samar­i­tan Purse, a pro­gram ini­ti­ated in 1970 that has helped the sick and needy in over 100 coun­tries. Oper­a­tion Christ­mas Child began 20 years as part of the Samar­i­tan Purse Pro­gram. Deems said this year the 100 mil­lionth shoe box will be deliv­ered. The boxes are taken to Galion Free Methodist Church and Gilead Chris­t­ian School from where they are picked up by trucks and taken to an appointed pick up point.

The love and car­ing con­cern of these Cardington-Lincoln stu­dents will be packed in those boxes along with the vari­ety of “gifts.”

The teach­ers of the other classes par­tic­i­pat­ing are Kathy Gard­ner, Diane Tucker, Ash­ley Volk and Melissa Hughes.

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