Pictured from left are: Jay Nelson of Red Bluff with Franklin Graham, Samaritan’s Purse president and CEO, in 2005 at the OCC West Coast processing center in Santa Ana.
Community Baptist Church of Red Bluff will serve as a drop-off location for shoe box gifts in Operation Christmas Child project of Samaritan’s Purse from Nov. 13 to 20.
Since 2000, Red Bluff has been the site of an official collection center serving as a hub center for collection efforts in the 11 northern-most counties of California.
This year, two hub collection centers have been established for Redding and Chico to serve the northern counties. Community Baptist Church in Red Bluff will be a relay collection site for delivery to Redding.
The Red Bluff site has served an area of more square miles than anyother OCC collection center in the state, collecting over 45 thousand shoe box gifts from the region. With the development of two hub centers, the project has increased potential for growth and coordination.
Seven years ago, north state churches and individuals had two options, a trip to Auburn or Roseburg, Ore., to donate shoe boxes.
There are now over 12 relay centers in communities between Yreka and Colusa. The Red Bluff Foursquare Gospel Church, Bethel Assembly of God, and Community Baptist Church have made a local collection center possible.
Collection hours will be from 2 to 7 p.m. daily on Nov. 13 to 19 and from 2 to 5 p.m. on Nov. 20, at Community Baptist Church, 598 Round-Up Ave.
Regional information is available at 1-800-798-0367 or at
www.samaritanspurse.org
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