Mary Lou, Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan&#39;s Purse, which is run by Franklin Graham.  They collect shoe boxes that are for either a boy or a girl.  You fill your box with little goodies, toys, personal items, candies, etc. for the child and they are sent to countries where the children have absolutely nothing, along with a message of hope and love.  You can check in your area and see where they collect them.  Our church does it, so we just take them to the church and they deliver them to Samaritan&#39;s Purse.  The church did over 10,000 boxes this year.  Franklin Graham is here in Denver to oversee the packing up of the boxes today.  Here is a link to their website:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/" target="_blank">http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/</a>