Operation Christmas Child Receives Support from Ainsworth’s E Free Church

Members of the E Free Church carried all the boxes out to the trailer so they could be taken to their next destination in Denver, CO where they will be flown out. Each big box holds 15 small boxes.

Some of the members of the Ainsworth Free Mission Team and Shoebox Committee (left to right) Duane Saner, Sheila Peterson, Konny Saner, Clisty Taylor, Mike Schrad, Russ Wentworth, and Brad Arens, stand among the 1,321 shoeboxes to be loaded into the trailer to be hauled off to the Operation Christmas Child distribution center in Denver to be flown to their destinations.

Konny Saner, the Shoebox Team Leader, shows some of the Beanie Babies and pillows that went into the shoeboxes.

Operation Christmas Child Receives Support from Ainsworth’s E Free Church

accessories, socks, hygiene products and notes to name a few of the items.

The four pictures above show some of the items that are included into the shoeboxes. Items may be toys, hair

A women’s Bible study group creates handmade craft items throughout the year for the Christmas Child boxes.

Mike Schrad and Brad Arens fill the boxes with the various items that have been donated for the Christmas boxes.

Duane Saner fills this big box with 15 shoeboxes filled with a variety of donated items.

A local family donated their family’s Beanie Baby collection totalling 1,150 beanies to be included in this year’s boxes.