Girl Scout Troop aids international relief fund
Members of Girl Scout Troop #80012 packed 50 shoeboxes for Samaritan鈥檚 Purse International Relief. They are (front, from left) Faith Brown, Abigail Lipscomb, Grace Patterson, Brookelynn Teagarden and Kaelyn Duncan; (back) Kali Fields, Maura Lively, Payton Duncan, Riley Jones, Lainey White Duncan, troop leader, and Terrin Mazur. (Photos courtesy of Lainey White Duncan)
Courtesy of Lainey White Duncan
Courtesy of Lainey White Duncan
Courtesy of Lainey White Duncan
Grace Patterson fills a shoe box with gifts.
Abigail Lipscomb puts the finishing touches on a shoebox full of items to be donated through Samaritan鈥檚 Purse International Relief.
Girl Scout Troop #88012 of Greene County, along with Leader Lainey White Duncan and the girls鈥� mothers recently packed 50 shoeboxes for Samaritan鈥檚 Purse International Relief, an evangelical Christian humanitarian aid organization that provides help to people in need as a key part of its missionary work.
Each shoebox contained 20-25 items including school supplies, hygiene items, hair accessories and toys. The girls included a personal letter and a card with the hope the recipient will write back.
The shoeboxes are shipped all over the world and may be the only gift the child receives. Millions of children around the world are impacted by these simple gifts.
Organizations, businesses or individuals are invited to pack shoeboxes, and take them to a local location during the national collection week, which runs from Nov. 13-20.
The Greene County drop-off location is First Church of the Nazarene, 115 Deerfield Lane, Waynesburg.
Fayette County drop-off locations include: Calvary Baptist Church, 308 McClellandtown Road, Uniontown; New Life Covenant Church, 4809 National Pike, Markleysburg; World Christian Outreach Ministries, 109 E. End Road, Connellsville; Fayette City Alliance Church, 211 Connellsville St., Fayette City; Indian Head Church of God, 691 Indian Creek Valley Road, Indian Head.
For information on drop-off times, visit samaritanspurse.org.