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Operation Christmas Child

Site: Simcoe West

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Record #: BAR0639
Last Modified: 23 Sep 2025
Last Full Update: 10 Sep 2025

Contacts

Toll Free Phone 1-800-303-1269, Calgary Head Office
Website https://www.samaritanspurse.ca/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/
Social Media Facebook Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/samaritanspurse.ca
YouTube YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/samaritanspursecan
Primary Contact Mike Beecraft, Regional Manager, Central Ontario; Phone: 519-400-0687; Email: mbeecraft@samaritan.ca
Alternate Contact Dianne Boylin, Area Coordinator-Simcoe West; Phone: 416-562-0516; 905-729-4960; Email: DianneBocc2@gmail.com

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Barrie, ON
Canada
Physical Access Fully Accessible - Drop off locations

Description

Description (Service)

Pack a shoe box gift with items for children outside of Canada

  • gift is made by filling a shoe box with school supplies, hygiene items (toothpaste not accepted), clothing items (T-shirts, ball cap, socks), toys and other related small items
  • some items such as candy are not accepted, see What to Pack
  • Participants choose to direct their shoe box gift to either a boy or a girl in one of 3 age categories (2-4 yrs, 5-9 yrs, or 10-14 yrs)
  • Standard shoe boxes and instruction pamphlets (one for each shoe box gift) are available from various churches and other organizations, in Barrie, Innisfil, Cookstown, Alliston, Tottenham, Collingwood, Wasaga Beach, Stayner, Elmvale and Midland
  • regular shoe boxes may also be used, recognizing that an instruction pamphlet is required for each box to be filled; instruction pamphlet can be picked up at participating churches
  • program is conducted each year by Samaritan's Purse, an international Christian relief and evangelism organization with Canadian headquarters in Calgary

Service Details

Legal Status (50) Non Profit
Hours Shoe Box Pick-up:
Beginning mid October each year

Dates to return filled Shoe Box Gifts:
  • Nov 17-23 2025
  • Shoe Box Gifts can be dropped off at Emmanuel Church, 374 Salem Road, Barrie
  • Contacts: Dianne Boylin/Jim Brannon 416-562-0516
  • Hours
    • Mon 10 am-1 pm
    • Tue closed
    • Wed 10:30 am-1 pm
    • Thu 3 pm-6 pm
    • Fri 12:30pm-3:30pm
    • Sat 12 noon-2 pm
    • Sun 1:30 pm 4:30 pm
  • see Drop Off Locations for other places to drop off Shoe Box Gifts
Areas Served Alliston ; Angus ; Barrie ; Beeton ; Bond Head ; Collingwood ; Cookstown ; Innisfil ; Midland ; Penetanguishene ; Stayner ; Thornton ; Tottenham ; Wasaga Beach ; Waverley
Eligibility No restrictions
Application
Languages English
Fees Donation - $10 donation requested for each shoe box prepared to help cover shipping and other project costs

Subjects

Service Categories Holiday Donations ~ Youth ; Holiday Gifts/Toys ~ Youth
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