Donations accepted at Ontario church

Calvary Chapel of Ontario is serving as a drop-off location in the Ontario area for Operation Christmas Child -- the world's largest Christmas project of its kind.

Right now, local volunteers are busy preparing collection sites around the city to receive more than 28,000 gift-filled shoeboxes, packed by local residents with toys, school supplies and necessity items for kids in 100 countries.

National Collection Week began Nov. 14 and goes through Monday. Residents can drop off items at Calvary Chapel of Ontario, 1957 S. Vineyard Ave.

Operation Christmas Child, a project of international Christian relief and evangelism organization Samaritan's Purse, reaches out to suffering children around the world with these gifts of hope.

Tracking technology also allows donors to "follow" their box to the destination country where it will be hand-delivered to a child in need. 

To register shoebox gifts and find out the destination country, use the Follow Your Box donation form found at www.samaritanspurse.org/occ.