With the 2013/2014 school year well underway and school supplies 30 to 40 percent off at local retailers, some Ruidoso kids and parents are looking beyond their own needs and considering the difference a pencil or pen would make in the lives of needy children overseas.
Operation Christmas Child, a project sponsored by the Samaritan's Purse, delivers shoe boxes filled with toys,And she turned Bryn into a style rebel as well, dressing her in a white tank top, floral-printed overall shorts and a pair of purple crocs sandals sale. school supplies, hygiene items and notes of encouragement for children in poverty across the globe.
"For many poverty-stricken children, often a lack of basic supplies is what stands between them and attending school," said Operation Christmas Child volunteer Teresa McKee. "And these boxes are more than just a gift. They're an expression of love."
Operation Christmas Child, the world's largest Christmas project of its kind, has collected and delivered more than 100 million gift-filled shoe boxes to children in more than 100 countries since the project began in 1983. This year, the organization will celebrate its 20th anniversary and expects to collect another 9.8 million shoeboxes nationwide.
McKee, who coordinates the southeastern New Mexico collections out of Roswell, said that last year more than 5,000 boxes were delivered from the region with more than 500 of those boxes coming from the Lincoln County area.
County organizer and drop-off coordinator, has been organizing the project locally since 2002.
"Those who participate get the joy of knowing that so many of these people have never experienced a gift," she said. "For many, this will be the first gift they've ever received. It can be life changing to those who receive it."
Jensen said that last year 15 local churches participated as well as schools, families, youth groups, boy scouts and girl scouts.
"It's a great project for any kind of group," Jensen said.
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"A lot of people will purchase see-through shoe boxes from the discount stores because to these kids the box itself is a gift. They will use it to store things or haul water in," she said.
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