SUMMERDALE, Alabama — Harvest Church in Summerdale will serve as a Baldwin County drop-off location for Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse.

Harvest Church is located at 804 Highway 59 in the flea market in Summerdale. Collection dates are Monday, Nov. 14 to Sunday, Nov. 26 from 1 to 5 p.m. each day. For more information contact 251-989-2228 or go online to www.harvestchurch.info.

Operation Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children in desperate situations worldwide through simple, gift-filled shoe boxes and evangelistic materials that tell the Good News of God’s love. Boxes are filled with small toys, school supplies, hygiene items and other gifts.

Participants can be churches, individuals, families, businesses, school groupos and classrooms, civic, community or senior groups.

For more information about packing a shoe box, call 1-800-353-5249 or visit the organizations website, www.samaritanspurse.org/occ. The website also provides information on the destination of shoe boxes by making a donation online to cover shipping costs.