OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

New Life of Currituck Year-Round Giving

Operation Christmas Child is a ministry of Samaritan's Purse that shares the love of Jesus with children around the world through gift-filled shoeboxes.  Each box is packed with toys, school supplies, personal care items, and other gifts, then delivered through local ministry partners as an opportunity to share the Good News of Jesus Christ.  At New Life, we're excited to be part of this ministry all year long!

In 2026, our goal is to pack 600 shoeboxes here at New Life of Currituck.  You can help by dropping off donations year-round or contributing to our Operation Christmas Child Fund.  We are excited to see what God will do in 2026!

Thank you for your continued support of this ministry!

Shop our OCC Amazon Gift List

Want an easy way to help fill a shoebox?

Shop our Amazon Gift List to purchase items our OCC team uses throughout the year.  Choose what you'd like to give, and you can have it shipped directly to New Life of Currituck—we'll take care of the rest!
Prefer to shop locally?  Our Amazon list is also a great place to get ideas for items we regularly use.

Thank you for your continued support of this ministry!
Shop our Amazon Gift List

More Ways to Help

At New Life of Currituck, we collect for Operation Christmas Child year-round!  You can drop off donated items anytime at our collection center in the main hallway, or shop our Amazon Gift List and have items shipped directly to the church.  Our Amazon list is also a great place to find ideas for items to purchase locally!
You can also give directly to our Operation Christmas Child fund, pack your own shoebox and bring it to New Life during collection week, or support this ministry through prayer.  However you'd like to participate, there's a way to be part of sending shoebox gifts—and the Good News of Jesus—to children around the world.  Use the buttons below to explore the different ways you can help.

Shop our Amazon Gift List
Donate to our Operation Christmas Child Fund

Operation Christmas Child

New Life of Currituck is blessed to be a collection center here in Currituck County for Operation Christmas Child.  This ministry brings joy, small gifts, and, most importantly, the name of Jesus to children in need around the world!  We would love for you to join us as we make an impact in children’s lives across the globe!

New Life of Currituck & Operation Christmas Child
Since 2009, New Life has partnered with Operation Christmas Child.  In addition to being a local collection center, New Life of Currituck also collects individual items and donations and has a Shoebox Packing Party each year.  We are always in need of notebooks (we love the steno notebooks that fit perfectly!), crayons, colored pencils, pencils, pens, washcloths, and, of course, toys.  We collect items all year long, so feel free to drop donations off anytime.  
Our Goal in 2026
In 2025, New Life of Currituck exceeded our goal of packing 540 shoeboxes by packing 704 shoeboxes!  Glory to God!  In 2026, our goal is to pack 600 shoeboxes!  We collect items and donations year-round to help us meet our goal.  In addition, we collect donations to cover shipping costs for our 600 boxes, which is $10 per box.  If you would like to help us with our goal, there are many ways to do so!  See the list below for ways you can help!    
How You Can Help
- Join us in praying over this ministry and those who will receive a box!
- Donate items for packing!  You can drop off items at church anytime!
- Donate financially for packing and/or shipping costs!
- Use the shopping links to shop online and have items delivered directly to New Life!
- Build a shoebox online!
Questions?
If you have any questions, feel free to give the office a call at 252-453-2773 or email us:  office@newlifecurrituck.org
Click here to learn more about the impact of this mission

Thank you for your help in supporting this amazing ministry!

Thank you!!!

2025 Recap

Thanks to your help, New Life of Currituck was able to pack 704 shoeboxes at our Packing Party in November of 2025!  We are praising God for his faithfulness and outpouring that allowed us to provide 704 gospel opportunities to these children!  We are so grateful and are praising Jesus together for this blessing!

As a collection center for Currituck County, New Life collected 1,626 shoeboxes from our area and delivered them to the central collection center in Elizabeth City.

As a whole, Operation Christmas Child packed 12,205,900 shoeboxes worldwide, each carrying the gospel message of Christ to a child!

Thank you for your continued support of this ministry!

Stay Tuned for our New Life of Currituck
2026 Drop-Off Center
Dates & Times

In addition to packing our own shoeboxes, New Life of Currituck is also a drop-off location for Operation Christmas Child.  Every year, National Collection Week takes place the third week in November when more than 4,500 drop-off locations open across the country.  These drop-off locations accept packed shoeboxes from local churches, charities, donors, and families.  We then count the shoeboxes and, at the end of the week, transport them to regional drop-off location.  

See our flyer for drop-off dates and times for 2026.  

Drop-Off Locations

More Online Resources at Samaritan's Purse

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