Yokota Air Base, Japan, Dec. 11, 2012: The Operation Christmas Drop 2012 patch worn by C-130 aircrew members from the 36th Airlift Squadron from Yokota Air Base, Japan. In its 61st year in 2012 ...

Oct. 14—Volunteers are preparing to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts during National Collection Week, Nov. 18-25. More than 4,700 drop-off locations will open across the country ...

Operation Christmas Drop bundle art drawn at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, pays tribute to the crew of a CV-22B Osprey that crashed recently in southwestern Japan.

Now dubbed Operation Christmas Drop, the tradition has become the Department of Defense's longest-running humanitarian airlift operation, bringing in participating airmen from Air Force bases ...

“Operation Christmas Drop” transported parcels of non-perishable food, tools, toys, school books, fishing gear, and clothing by C-130s from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to more than 55 islands.

THOMASVILLE- More than 4,500 locations will open to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts for the Samaritan’s Purse project. Volunteers are preparing to collect shoebox gifts during ...

Operation Christmas Child is a ministry of Samaritan’s Purse. Samaritan’s Purse ships millions of boxes to needy and underprivileged children around the world.

Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering shoebox gifts to children worldwide for three decades. In 2023, they hope to collect enough shoeboxes to reach another 11 million children.