Thirty-eight students from Hills Adventist College (Sydney, NSW) recently aided the packaging centre at Operation Christmas Child.
The year 7 students helped check, tape and pack 3000 Christmas boxes for children who may have never received a Christmas gift before. The boxes are set to be distributed in the Philippines, Fiji and Cambodia.
School chaplain Pastor Josh Stothers said helping Operation Christmas Child is an annual activity for year 7 students and “it’s a huge highlight”.
“The kids were so happy to be serving and to see and understand that there are kids across the world who have never received a present, and some of the things that they’re packing in the boxes, just the realisation some of them had, of the need of where these presents were going, it was really eye opening, Pastor Stothers said.
