{"id":24805,"date":"2025-06-26T08:51:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/?p=24805"},"modified":"2025-06-26T08:51:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:51:54","slug":"operation-christmas-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/06\/26\/operation-christmas-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Christmas Child"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samaritan\u2019s Purse sends gift-filled Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes to children in need around the world.\u00a0 \u00a0Please consider taking and filling a shoe box today. \u00a0It is easy to do!\u00a0 <strong>Please stop by the front office of Financial Services, 2nd Floor of Capin Hall.\u00a0 Boxes will be available starting Monday June 30<sup>th<\/sup> and will need to be returned to us by July 25<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong> to ensure delivery.\u00a0 Feel free to visit Samaritan&#8217;s Purse for more information should you need it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Items to fill boxes may seem little to us, but to these kids it means the world to them and to see their smiles is an amazing feeling that comes from LOVE\u2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Item Suggestions:<\/strong> Select a medium to large &#8220;wow&#8221; item such as a soccer ball with pump or stuffed animal, then fill with other fun toys, school supplies, and personal care items. Don&#8217;t forget to also include a personal note and photo\u2014sometimes these are the child&#8217;s favorite things to\u00a0receive!<\/p>\n<p>Point of Contact: Nicki Howe, Financial Services, Capin Hall, Ext 4512<\/p>\n\n\n<object width=\"800\" height=\"200\" style=\"height:100vh;\" data=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MFC-Church-OCC-Program-Insert-8386f6cf31cff95c292403a07e2ba318.pdf\"><\/object><br \/>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MFC-Church-OCC-Program-Insert-8386f6cf31cff95c292403a07e2ba318.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">View Document in New Tab<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samaritan\u2019s Purse sends gift-filled Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes to children in need around the world.\u00a0 \u00a0Please consider taking and filling a shoe box today. \u00a0It is easy to do!\u00a0 Please stop by the front office of Financial Services, 2nd Floor of Capin Hall.\u00a0 Boxes will be available starting Monday June 30th and will need to&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/2025\/06\/26\/operation-christmas-child\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Operation Christmas Child<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24805"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24812,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24805\/revisions\/24812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.wilkes.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}