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First UMC preps more than 100 Operation Christmas Child boxes
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Vivian Harbaugh’s Elementary Youth Group for grades 3-6 at First United Methodist Church in Great Bend show the Operation Christmas Child boxes they assembled. Front row, from left: Tyler Scheuerman, Sydney James, Jayden Howell and Jace Mawhirter. Back row: Brielle Werth, Sidney Harbaugh, Ava VonFeldt and Madi Scheuerman. - photo by COURTERSY PHOTO
When the local Operation Christmas Child box drop-off site opens Monday, hundreds of shoebox-sized gift packages will arrive from individuals and churches. The First United Methodist Church in Great Bend plans to deliver 114 or more, said Jann Sherman, who is organizing the project at her church.