Staff said they've attended continual increase ended the past five years, from 3,929 shoe boxes collected in 2006 to 6,280 collected in 2010 and they're hoping those numbers will increase with the first ever Midland drop-off location opening this year.
Midland Bible Church, 2800 N. "A" St., will serve as a relay center for those wanting to drop off shoe boxes during the national collection drive week from Nov. 14-21
The church office will accept donations Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Saturday from nike sb dunks Donations also can be dropped off Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m
"We haven't had a spot convenient before for Midlanders," Emily Yoxsimer, Permian Basin area coordinator, said. "So we just wanted to make it convenient and provide a closer drop-off center.
Eduardo Paulin, a pastor and national coordinator for OCC in Mexico, came to West Texas Saturday from Queretaro, Mexico, to thank local church representatives and supporters in the annual Paulin told the story of 9-year-old Christian Ruiz, who did not attend school because he had no shoes to wear. This year, at one of the festivals held to distribute the shoe boxes, he received a box
nike sb low dunks and found a pair of shoes inside"You might ask, 'What can I put inside this box?' Well, follow the office's instructions but also follow your heart. Everything will be in the hands of the right boy or girl according to God's direction," he said. "There are megs of gives holding back since a shoebox, but collecting it, that's the dispute.
