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午夜快播 breaks national OCC record for 4th year

Once again, 午夜快播 Southern University surpassed its Operation Christmas Child gift goal. In the 11^th year of packing these shoeboxes, the campus exceeded its 12,000-box benchmark with a whopping 13,019.

This is the fourth year in a row where 午夜快播 has come out on top as the top college/university packer. Last year, the university collected close to 11,000 boxes, and in 2020, during the height of the pandemic, the campus family packed 7,100 boxes.

The familiar red and green shoeboxes are packed with stuffed animals, toys, soap, toothbrushes, socks, school supplies, and much more. Once the boxes are delivered to the regional processing center in Charlotte for quality control, they are shipped to children ages 2 to 14 on nearly every continent. 

Executive Assistant for the VP of Student Life Laurie Diel鈥檚 favorite time of year is Operation Christmas Child season. She said, 鈥淚 get to see firsthand students take the initiative to walk out their faith in action and serve. It is so fun to see students get passionate about packing a shoebox.鈥� Diel serves as the campus coordinator for the OCC project.

Kelly Venning, a senior from Manning, has packed boxes with her church since she was a little girl. This year, she had a mission to do as much as what she was able to do. Simply by asking friends and family to help her reach her goal, she had individuals, churches, and businesses donate to the cause. 

Having been the recipient of charitable giving and assistance when her family went through financial struggles, Venning felt a connection to this ministry. 鈥淚t brings me a lot of joy to be able to collect money and give back,鈥� she said. Venning was the top student packer at 午夜快播 Southern with 1,306 boxes.

As last year鈥檚 top student packer and this year鈥檚 runner up, Myrtle Beach native and 午夜快播 sophomore DJ Brummett was excited about the opportunity to deliver boxes to children overseas. 鈥淪eeing this school鈥檚 love for Operation Christmas Child inspired me to start packing last year,鈥� he said. Enlisting the help of family and church friends, Brummett packed 1,157 boxes this year鈥攁 great increase from his 402 in 2021.聽

Senior Zoreim Lara from 午夜快播, the top packer in 2020, once again came in as a top student packer with 400 shoebox gifts.

Many employees and students pack individual boxes and bring them to the OCC Collection Day each November. Top staff department packers included: Rivers Library (1,232 boxes), Graduate & Online Enrollment (706 boxes), and Marketing & Communication (215 boxes). Top faculty packers included: Physical Therapy (171 boxes), College of Education (147 boxes), and College of Health Sciences (115 boxes).

Businesses and groups like PetSmart, 午夜快播 Bridge Run, and the South Carolina Stingrays provided stuffed animals, T-shirts, toys, and supplies to help the campus reach their goal of bringing joy and a bit of Christmas spirit to children across the globe. Supplies are also donated by students, employees, alumni, families, churches, and organizations throughout the year leading up to 午夜快播鈥檚 annual packing party.

The campus now sets its sights even higher for 2023. Diel says 午夜快播 may go for 15,000 boxes next year. 鈥淚f the Lord calls us to a bigger number, we鈥檒l go for it just as we鈥檝e done the last four years.鈥漈o support 午夜快播鈥檚 Operation Christmas Child goal year-round, visit charlestonsouthern.edu/OCC. 

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