{"id":32435,"date":"2023-08-09T01:23:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T07:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cortez-residents-collecting-school-supplies-for-operation-christmas-child\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:57:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:57:44","slug":"cortez-residents-collecting-school-supplies-for-operation-christmas-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cortez-residents-collecting-school-supplies-for-operation-christmas-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Cortez residents collecting school supplies for Operation Christmas Child"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=2760c709-acb0-560d-8c76-91878657a7c0&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"A boy in Suriname receives a shoe box filled with toys and essentials. (Samaritan\u2019s Purse\/Courtesy photo)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A boy in Suriname receives a shoe box filled with toys and essentials. (Samaritan\u2019s Purse\/Courtesy photo)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Paul Sherar<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Cortez residents are taking advantage of back-to-school prices and have been collecting school supplies, personal-care items and toys to fill shoe boxes as part of the Operation Christmas Child program, according to a news release from Lizette Miller, media relations manager with Samaritan\u2019s Purse.<\/p>\n<p>Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan\u2019s Purse, will deliver these shoe boxes to more than 100 countries around the world to provide students with the supplies they need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor many children, access to these simple items is essential to an education,\u201d the news release said.<\/p>\n<p>A shoe box recipient in Southeast Asia was excited to receive pencils of his own after using pencils nearly too short to use. He was given a gift that \u201cmade a life-changing impact\u201d and allowed him to receive an education, the release stated.<\/p>\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=b377d6ec-87f4-5349-bf48-76a9e23557fc&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" alt=\"A girl in Gabon cherishes the words of encouragement included in her shoe box. (Samaritan\u2019s Purse\/Courtesy photo)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A girl in Gabon cherishes the words of encouragement included in her shoe box. (Samaritan\u2019s Purse\/Courtesy photo)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Kim E Rowland<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>National Collection Week is Nov. 13-20 this year. Those participating can donate $10 to follow their box and see its final destination. Participants who prefer online shopping can also create virtual shoe boxes by ordering online from a list associated with an age and gender and adding them to the shoe box. They can also add a photo and words of encouragement.<\/p>\n<p>Samaritan\u2019s Purse is a \u201cnondenominational evangelical Christian organization\u201d aimed to provide aid to people in need around the world, according to their website.<\/p>\n<p>To find more information about Operation Christmas Child, visit the Samaritan\u2019s Purse website under the What We Do tab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Participants fill shoe boxes with school supplies and other items to be sent all over the world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-32435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81792,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32435\/revisions\/81792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32435"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=32435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}