Jason Kunishige, 12, and other members of Arise Church stack donated shoeboxes filled with toys, school supplies and hygiene items that will be delivered to children in need around the world as part of Operation Christmas Child on Tuesday night at Aunty Sally’s Luau Hale in Hilo. The shoebox gift drive, a Samaritan’s Purse project, continues through Nov. 20 several East Hawaii locations. For more information, visit samaritanspurse.org/occ or call 987-7373.
Jason Kunishige, 12, and other members of Arise Church stack donated shoeboxes filled with toys, school supplies and hygiene items that will be delivered to children in need around the world as part of Operation Christmas Child on Tuesday night at Aunty Sally’s Luau Hale in Hilo. The shoebox gift drive, a Samaritan’s Purse project, continues through Nov. 20 several East Hawaii locations. For more information, visit samaritanspurse.org/occ or call 987-7373.
Collection sites
Gift-filled shoeboxes for the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child project are being collected at the following East Hawaii locations:
• 3-5 p.m. today and Friday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday at Hilo Missionary Church, 1044 Komohana St.
• 10 a.m.-4 p.m. today and Friday, and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday through Monday at Puna Covenant Church, 16-647 Old Volcano Road, Keaau.
• 9 a.m.-noon today and Friday and noon-2 p.m. Saturday through Monday at First Assembly of God, 28-1104 Old Mamalahoa Highway, Hamakua.
• 8 a.m.-6 p.m. today and Friday and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at Big Island Toyota, 811 Kanoelehua Ave., Hilo.