The gift of giving can be contagious: Students at Eugene Christian School donate gifts to Operation Christmas Child, a national organization that gives presents to children in third world countries.
While many Eugene families are busy with holiday activities, a group of local volunteers is focused on filling empty shoe boxes with school supplies, toys, hygiene items and notes of encouragement for needy kids overseas. Eugene families are...
Eugene area kids, families and volunteers host a celebration event to kick-off the 2011 Operation Christmas Child season on Saturday, Oct. 8, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Hope Chapel, in which they aim to collect over 5,800 shoe box gifts....