Pictured with Santa and Mrs. Claus are Dr. Eric Moyen, assistant VP for Academic Affairs, along with his Gateway freshman class at the packing party.
Lee University students, staff and faculty gathered to pack shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child, a service opportunity provided through Samaritan’s Purse.
This year, over 850 people packed boxes, including the entire freshman class, Gateway instructors, and peer leaders, hosted by First-Year Programs at Lee. Other clubs and organizations across campus also packed boxes.
The mission of OCC is to fill as many shoebox-sized boxes as possible with Christmas gifts to be distributed to children in need around the world. Over 2,300 boxes were filled by Lee students this month.
Lee’s Office of Student Development and Student Leadership Council have been in charge of the on-campus packing efforts since 1998, providing 27,591 shoeboxes to date.
Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God’s love.