ColumbiaMagazine.com
Printed from:

Welcome to Columbia Magazine  
 



































 
OCC 2022 Total: 2,701 OCC Shoe Box Gifts

By Mark Fudge

The 2022 Operation Christmas Child shoe box drive came to a close Monday in Adair County and all across the United States. 2,701 shoebox gifts were collected from Adair Countians at the Wheet Fellowship Hall of the Columbia First Church of the Nazarene.

We want to thank all of the individuals, churches, and organizations that made this year's shoebox drive such a huge success. We also would like to give a special thanks to all of the volunteers that donated countless hours at the drop off center.

A special thanks to the Columbia First Church of the Nazarene for providing their Wheet Fellowship Hall during the eight days of collection. Also a special thanks to Mike Talley and all of the coaches and athletes from Lindsey Wilson College and other individuals that loaded the boxes from Adair and surrounding counties on to Semi trailers.


In total, 13,272 boxes were collected from Adair, Taylor, Green, Casey, and Metcalfe Counties by the Green River Team. This is an increase of 1,063 boxes from last year.

Please pray for the boxes as they now make their way to the next stop of their journey. The boxes will make their way to the processing center in Boone North Carolina. From there the boxes will make their way to children and families in countries all around the world.


This story was posted on 2022-11-22 08:02:20
Printable: this page is now automatically formatted for printing.
Have comments or corrections for this story? Use our contact form and let us know.



OCC 2022: Fry Baptist Church



2022-11-22 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Mark Fudge.
Mark writes, "The Fry Baptist Church packed a record number of shoe box gifts. Delivering the boxes on the final day for drop offs was Jamie Wisdom."

Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.



OCC 2022: LWC Baseball helps load the truck



2022-11-22 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Mark Fudge.
Mark writes, "Members of the Lindsey Wilson College Blue Raider baseball team form an assembly line to help load the OCC boxes that had been delivered over the weekend. All of the Green River Area boxes will travel to the Processing Center in Boone North Carolina. That will be their final stop before making their way to children and families all around the world."

Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.



OCC 2022: Glens Fork Church of Good News



2022-11-22 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Mark Fudge.
Mark writes, "Making the final delivery of the 2022 OCC national drop off campaign was the Glens Fork Church of Good News. Carol Klingberg is pictured making the drop off. Klingberg's delivery brought the final total of shoe box gifts in Adair County to 2,701."

Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.



OCC 2022: Lindsey Athletics donates 357 shoebox gifts



2022-11-22 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Lindsey Wilson College.
Lindsey Wilson College athletic teams joined together on campus last week to produce 357 shoeboxes filled with toys, school supplies and personal hygiene items for children in developing countries during the Christmas season.

"Our student-athletes and coaches take great pride in our department-wide outreach programs," Lindsey Wilson athletic director Willis Pooler said. "We love supporting the Adair County-Columbia community, but we equally embrace Operation Christmas Child and going beyond our community to make an impact on a global scale.

Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.



 

































 
 
Quick Links to Popular Features


Looking for a story or picture?
Try our Photo Archive or our Stories Archive for all the information that's appeared on ColumbiaMagazine.com.

 

Contact us: Columbia Magazine and columbiamagazine.com are published by Linda Waggener and Pen Waggener, PO Box 906, Columbia, KY 42728.
Phone: 270.403.0017


Please use our contact page, or send questions about technical issues with this site to webmaster@columbiamagazine.com. All logos and trademarks used on this site are property of their respective owners. All comments remain the property and responsibility of their posters, all articles and photos remain the property of their creators, and all the rest is copyright 1995-Present by Columbia Magazine. Privacy policy: use of this site requires no sharing of information. Voluntarily shared information may be published and made available to the public on this site and/or stored electronically. Anonymous submissions will be subject to additional verification. Cookies are not required to use our site. However, if you have cookies enabled in your web browser, some of our advertisers may use cookies for interest-based advertising across multiple domains. For more information about third-party advertising, visit the NAI web privacy site.