Alongside stacks of OCC shoeboxes at Lake Oconee Lutheran Church in Eatonton are (L-R): volunteers Barney Ross, Sharon Ross, Tom Mathson and Margaret Pederson with Gary Stevens from First United Methodist Church, who had just delivered more boxes.
A true giving spirit was obvious throughout the Lake Country Nov. 14-21, during National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child (OCC).
OCC is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, a non-denominational Christian organization that provides spiritual and physical aid to victims of war, natural disasters, disease, famine, poverty and persecution.
According to the organization’s website (samaritanpurse.…
