Sunday, November 1, saw the culmination of 2 months of collection for our first Operation Christmas Child. Samaritan’s Purse has been sponsoring Operation Christmas Child for over 10 years, distributing millions of gift filled shoe boxes to children around the world. St. Luke’s found this outreach program to be just what we believe in and set out to collect and fill 100 boxes. You responded with hundreds of items from small toys and stuffed animals to soap and toothpaste, enough to fill over 150 shoe boxes! A big thank you to the many volunteers that came together on Nov 1 and in just an hour packed those boxes! A collection basket will be available throughout the year so we can continue to collect specific items as we look to fill 200 boxes in 2010!