Ebenezer Mennonite Church is the Bluffton Relay Center Drop-Off Site for Operation Christmas Child, again this year.

Bluffton and surrounding area residents are invited to fill shoeboxes with clothes, school supplies, small toys, and hygiene items for kids in war-torn countries, and refugee camps.

"Help us spread the Good News of Jesus through a simple shoebox. Be part of the miracle to change a child’s life!" said Tom and Annie Spallinger, assisting with the program.

Shoeboxes are collected during National Collection Week, Nov. 12 - 18. The Bluffton Relay Center shoebox collection site will be open Monday thorugh Friday 5-7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 1-3 p.m.

Ebenezer Mennonite Church is located at 8905 Columbus Grove-Bluffton Road. For further information, call Nancy, Relay Phone Manager, 419-296-0360 or visit www.ebenezermennonite.org or www.samaritanspurse.org/

For Lima, Celina, Kenton, New Bremen, Sidney Drop-Off Sites, call 1-800-353-5949.