Christmas may still be a month and a half away, but students at Lima West Middle School are already shopping and collecting gifts for needy children around the world.
The middle school, partnering with First Baptist Church is participating in Operation Christmas Child. The program sends shoe boxes full of toys, school supplies, and hygiene items to children in more than 100 different countries. The students have been collecting items for several months now.
Operation Christmas Child is a program of Samaritan's Purse, an international Christian relief organization to provide aid to victims of war, disease, and poverty.
