On December 7th my "Do Hard Things" group drove up to Charlotte, NC to the Operation Christmas Child distribution center. ( http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/index/ ) We left at 8:30a.m. and arrived around noon. We inspected, filled, and shipped off hundreds of boxes that day and let me tell ya, it was amazing. While standing on your feet working for six hours may not sound like a lot of fun, thinking of all those kids in third world countries who get to have new things especially for them is amazing. I can't even fathom what it would be like to live in those places. It really warms my heart to know that they will be truly happy receiving these shoe boxes full of toys and hygiene products.
Here are some pictures that were taken of the packing party we had a few weeks earlier, and the day we actually went to OCC:
Caleb and Harley
Us girls: Me, Jenna, Emily, Megan
Kendrick, Harley, Megan
All of us at the entrance-- freezing cold!!!
The packing party (left to right): Parker, Kendrick, Christian, Harley,
Me, Jenna, Katie, Meredith, Nick
At the packing party, Meredith and Katie
The whole group at OCC: Mrs. Pam, Kendrick, Ryan, Caleb, me,
Jenna, Emily, Megan, Harley, Mrs. Kris
Once again, really awesome. Come with us next time, alright? :]]
~Alyssa
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