A plant, craft, and bake sale will be taking place with all funds going towards Operation Christmas Child.
Operation Christmas Child is an annual Christmas campaign where shoeboxes are filled with school supplies, toys, and hygiene items, and handed out to children in countries around the world who are experiencing famine, war, and poverty.
This past Christmas, residents in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows packed 4,247 shoeboxes, which were sent to countries in West Africa, including Cape Verde, in addition to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ukraine and the Philippines.
Worldwide 2.3 million children received a gift-filled shoebox.
The campaign is a part of Samaritan’s Purse is an international evangelical Christian relief agency, which has been providing spiritual and physical aid to people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine, since 1970.
Shoeboxes also include a 12-lesson discipleship course book for children to read called “The Greatest Journey”.
The plant, craft, and bake sale will be taking place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 2, at 18972 119B Ave., Pitt Meadows.
“Come and find something special for mom for Mother’s Day too,” said Barb Gustafson with the local Operation Christmas Child campaign.
For more information call: 604-465-8625.