The Columbia drop off location for Operation Christmas Child held their annual ribbon cutting ceremony Monday evening for the 2024 shoebox campaign. Pictured are Kerry Radford, Terri Radford, Jon Conover, Peggy Conover, and Mark Fudge. The central drop off location in Adair County is located at the Wheet Fellowship Hall at The Columbia First Church of the Nazarene located at 1200 Jamestown St..
The children at Harrods Fork Baptist Church were very excited about the boxes that they had packed for OCC. Pictured are Elsie Nagode, Bowen Nagode and Braylan Bryant.
Jon and Peggy Conover Made the first drop off Monday evening at the Wheet Fellowship Hall. The Conover’s have dropped off shoebox gifts every year for several years.
JeanAnn Weis delivered boxes that were prepared by the Antioch Church.
The Bloomington Chapel Women’s Mission has been packing OCC shoeboxes for many years. Making the drop off Monday evening were Cathy McCawley and Heather Wiseman.
Richard Miles and Amy Young dropped off shoebox gifts Monday evening at the Wheet Fellowship Hall. Amy said that her family had been packing boxes for nearly 15 years.
The Murphy children have been packing OCC shoebox gifts since they were old enough to walk. This marks the 12th year in a row they have dropped off boxes for Operation Christmas Child. pictured are: Seth Murphy, Kevin Murphy, Elizabeth Murphy and Tyler Murphy.
(Mark Fudge – Operation Christmas Child)