The Transylvania Times -

More than 4,000 locations will now offer a curbside drop-off option for the Samaritan’s Purse project, Operation Christmas Child (www.samaritanspurse.org). Volunteers are preparing to collect shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, Nov. 16 - 23.

Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering shoebox gifts — filled with school supplies, hygiene items and fun toys — to children worldwide for more than two decades.

This is a project that everyone can still be a part of, even with COVID-19 restrictions.

There’s still time for individuals, families, and groups t...