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Operation Christmas
Child Gift Collection
Florence
Evangelical
Church is once again the
area collection point for
Operation Christmas Child,
the world’s largest Christ-
mas project of its kind.
Florence residents, fami-
lies, churches and groups
can help spread joy to mil-
lions of children around the
world by filling shoeboxes
as Christmas gifts for them.
The gifts can include
school supplies, clothing,
toothbrushes and toys for
children ages two to 14. No
liquids, lotions, toothpaste,
candy or gum, please.
From the distribution
sites, boxes are flown to
countries around the world,
and then delivered to com-
munities by trucks and even
donkeys, camels or canoes.
This year’s National Col-
lection Week continues to
Monday, Nov. 22.
Florence project coor-
dinators hope to collect at
least 500 shoebox gifts this
year at Florence Evangelical
Church, 1318 Rhododen-
dron Dr. Collection hours
are Saturday and Sunday, 10
a.m. to 2 p.m., and Monday,
Nov. 22, from 8 to 10 a.m.
Donations to help with
postage are also appreciat-
ed. Volunteers will be prac-
ticing social distancing, and
people are encouraged to
wear a mask.
For questions about
dropping off shoeboxes,
call Florence Evangelical
Church at 541-997-2523.
Operation
Christmas
Child has been an annual
project of Samaritan’s Purse
since 1993. The project has
delivered gift-filled shoe-
boxes to more than 188
million children, in more
than 170 countries and ter-
ritories. For information on
how to pack a shoebox, visit
www.samaritanspurse.org/
occ.
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Mendolia,
Armendariz,
Wood, Lacouture and
Spradling.
Chair Sneddon noted
that, based on each direc-
tor’s ranked top three, that
Spradling was in fifth place.
The board agreed she
would be removed from the
discussion.
Chair Sneddon then con-
tinued to narrow down the
list, showing that the top
three candidates were Ar-
mendariz, Mendolia and
Lacouture.
During the discussion,
Chair Sneddon asked if any
of the directors would like
to adjust their rankings.
None of the other mem-
bers did, but Chair Sned-
don noted that if he moved
Lacouture to the top of his
list, that would make him
the clear leader in the rank-
ings. He announced that he
would, in fact, do that.
This prompted Barnett
to make a motion to vote
on the candidacy of Lacou-
ture. The board voted 4-1
in favor of Lacouture filling
Position 1, with Milten-
berger being the only
member opposed.
Next, Pimlott made a
motion to vote on the can-
didacy of Armendariz for
Position 6. A vote was taken
and the board unanimous-
ly approved Armendariz’s
candidacy.
Both candidates will be
sworn in at the Dec. 8 meet-
ing of the board.
Look for additional cov-
erage of the meeting in the
Wednesday, Nov. 17, edition
of the Siuslaw News.
For more information,
visit siuslaw.k12.or.us or
watch the video at https://
bit.ly/97JYouTubeChannel.
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