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Connecting with other volunteers who have the same desires and interests is exciting and invigorating! How often we might feel we are alone in this journey. If you have a love for Operation Christmas Child, DID YOU KNOW that there are “Area Teams” of volunteers all over the country? I have them listed here! You can find your group!! and connect with your Operation Christmas Child Area Team Facebook Group!
These Area Teams may have special speakers available, hold fun events during the year (perhaps Project Leader workshops), have ideas and materials to share, and many might even hold packing parties. You are not alone – connect with them!
Do you know YOUR Area Team?
There are 3 ways to find them! You could contact YOUR REGIONAL OFFICE (the country has been sectioned up into “Regions” such as NorthWest, SouthEast, etc.). You can contact YOUR regional office to ask them for the contact information for your local team.
OR
Many teams have GROUPS on Facebook – if you have a “facebook” account, you can join their group and find out all the latest news and events that are going on in your area! It is alot of work to keep up the group. Since I originally compiled this list a few years ago, many have found the task too difficult and have gone inactive. If it has – maybe join it and help revive it if you can. If it is totally inactive, you can be the one to start anew! Contact your Regional Office for help. (Operation Christmas Child prefers its members to use “groups” rather than “pages”.)
OR
Join the Operation Christmas Child Project Leaders Group and ask if anyone is in your area. This is a VERY active group and love to help others!
Find your group and connect with your Operation Christmas Child Area Team Facebook Group
Northeast Region:
Serving: New York – Connecticut – Maine – New Hampshire – Rhode Island – Vermont – Massachusetts
Contact: 518-437-0690 Email: occnortheast@samaritan.org
OCC MAINE-WEST (not very active)
OCC MA SOUTHEAST (not very active)
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD RHODE ISLAND
OCC CT NORTHWEST (not very active)
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD EAST CONNECTICUT
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD TRUMBULL CT
OCC NY GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT (not active)
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Mid-Atlantic Region:
Serving: Maryland – Delaware – New Jersey – Pennsylvania – Virginia – Washington D.C.
Contact: 410-772-7360 Email: occmidatlantic@samaritan.org
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD: PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MARYLAND (brand new)
OCC NW MARYLAND AREA TEAM (not very active)
CENTRAL MARYLAND OCC TEAM GROUP (inactive)
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD OF NORTHERN DELAWARE/MARYLAND (inactive)
OCC CENTRAL DELMAR (not very active)
OCC NORTHWESTERN NJ (not very active)
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD EASTERN SHORE VA (not very active)
OCC WESTERN VIRGINIA (not very active)
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Great Lakes Region:
Serving: Ohio – Indiana – Michigan – West Virginia
Contact: 937-374-0761 Email: occgreatlakes@samaritan.org
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD SOUTHERN INDIANA (inactive)
Upper Midwest Region:
Serving: Minnesota – Iowa – N. Dakota – S. Dakota – Wisconsin – Greater Chicago & Northern IL
Contact: 612-359-7025 Email: occuppermidwest@samaritan.org
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD WESTERN WISCONSIN (inactive)
NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA OCC TEAM
OCC NORTH SUBURBAN CHICAGO ILLINOIS
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Mid-South Region:
Serving: Tennessee – Arkansas – Kentucky
Contact: 615-962-7145 Email: occmidsouth@samaritan.org
GREATER MEMPHIS OCC (inactive)
OCC CUMBERLAND PATHWAY TENNESSEE
OCC NORTHEAST ARKANSAS (not very active)
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Southeast Region:
Serving: Georgia – Alabama – Mississippi
Contact: 770-777-9342 Email: occsoutheast@samaritan.org
OCC SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA (inactive)
SHOEBOX MINISTRY @ BIRMINGHAM SOUTH AREA
OCC NORTHERN PINE BELT MISSISSIPPI
Carolinas Region:
Serving: North Carolina – South Carolina
Contact: 704-583-1463 Email: occcarolinas@samaritan.org
OCC PIEDMONT SC (not very active)
OCC LOWER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA (inactive)
OCC WESTERN PIEDMONT (not very active)
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Texas – Louisiana Region:
Serving: Texas – Louisiana
Contact: 817-595-2230 Email: occtxla@samaritan.org
OCC SABINE RIVER TEXAS (not very active)
Lower Midwest Region:
Serving: Kansas – Illinois – Missouri – Nebraska – Oklahoma
Contact: 816-622-8316 Email: occmidwest@samaritan.org
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI TEAM
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD NW OKC AREA TEAM (NW 1/4 of OKLAHOMA)
Florida-Puerto Rico Region:
Serving: Florida – Puerto Rico
Contact: 407-273-6112 Email: occflorida@samaritan.org
OCC FLORIDA SOUTH CENTRAL AREA (not very active)
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD POLK COUNTY (not very active)
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD SE FL TEAM
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD FL TEAM (inactive)
West Coast Region:
Serving: California – Hawaii – Nevada
Contact: 714-432-7030 Email: occwestcoast@samaritan.org
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD NORTHERN NEVADA (inactive)
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD FRESNO AREA
OCC CHANNEL ISLANDS COASTAL TEAM CA
OCC CENTRAL DELMAR (not very active)
OCC CARSON VALLEY AREA (inactive)
OCC GREATER LONG BEACH/CATALINA CA
OCC SOUTHWEST RIVERSIDE COUNTY (inactive)
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD SAN DIEGO AREA
Southwest Region:
Serving: Colorado – Arizona – New Mexico – Utah – Wyoming
Contact: 303-745-9179 Email: occsouthwest@samaritan.org
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD WEST PHOENIX
Northwest Region:
Serving: Washington – Idaho – Montana – Oregon – Alaska
Contact: 253-572-1155 Email: occnw@samaritan.org
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD TWIN FALLS IDAHO
OCC SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA (Yes for some reason there are 2 – this one and the next one)
INTERIOR AND NORTHERN ALASKA OCC (fairly inactive)
AROUND THE WORLD!
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD – VICTORIA
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD – BLACK COUNTRY TEAM
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD N. IRELAND
You might find that your Operation Christmas Child Area Team Facebook Group has slowed down or stopped their postings – that just means they need eager people like YOU to restart it! If you are in that area – message them or YOUR Regional Office to let them know!
There are also 3 very active GENERAL Operation Christmas Child Facebook Groups you might enjoy – But make sure to follow MY Facebook Page at JOYwithPurpose!
My Facebook Group at JOY with Purpose – Shopping and Crafts to Donate
Official Operation Christmas Child Project Leaders Group
Generous people like you love to give locally as well as Operation Christmas Child. You can check out all the charities I’ve listed at JOYwithPurpose.
I love getting the best deals and bargains perfect for donations. Check out my posts!
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I hope you were able to find your group, and connect with your Operation Christmas Child Area Team Facebook Group. Remember if you know of a page or group that isn’t listed – let me know and I will add it! AND if there isn’t one – consider starting one!
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OCC Lake of the Ozarks area team (in Missouri) has a Facebook page!
I’m sorry Angie, but I searched on Facebook and was unable to find your group. Perhaps it is named slightly differently? Can you provide a link?
OCC Northern Pine Belt Area in Mississippi
I’ve added it Lane, thank you!
Sabine River Area in Texas has a group. We are for the counties of Upshur, Gregg, Harrison and Panola counties.
Just added! Thank you Kara!
I’m loving your website!
Please add our OCC group to your list here.
OCC Susquehanna Valley PA
Thank you
I’ll definitely add it Angela! And THANK YOU!
Hi! I just found your posting about local/area OCC groups. I clicked on the Central Indiana OCC Facebook page, but apparently this group has dissolved as I can find no record of anyone joining since 2011. Do you know if there is another Central Indiana OCC group, or, an Indianapolis, IN OCC group?
Thanks for any info you can give me.
Oh, I’m sorry. It’s a private group and I can’t see any posts or members. I’m not sure just where you are located, but I found a Southern Indiana Group (and I will update my post above – check out the new link in the post). I found another one in Muncie, but it looks like they aren’t current either.
You could contact your OCC Regional Office and they could perhaps steer you in the right direction:
Great Lakes Regional Office
Serving: Ohio – Indiana – Michigan – West Virginia
1180 Wesley Ave., Suite 200 Xenia, OH 45385
Phone: 937-374-0761 Email: occgreatlakes@samaritan.org
Hello Mary,
I’m unsure what County: Durham, Chatham, Orange, Person Countries are in “Joy with Purpose”.
Can you let me know? I love your site! So many great ideas!!
Kathee Wheeler
Hi Kathee! I don’t know how individual teams are divided up in your area (every area team around the country is comprised of differing amounts of counties – yours could be 1 county, or up to 7).
You could contact your Regional Office to find your team:
Carolinas Region: Serving North Carolina – South Carolina
704-583-1463 or Email: occcarolinas@samaritan.org
There are a few group pages from NC. You could also join each FB group and ask them.
I am an Area Coordinator and would love to have our team listed:
Region: SE Region
Area Team Name: AL/GA Wiiregrass
Facebook: WiregrassOcc
Could you add our area?
Region:SE Region
Team : AL/GA Wiregrass
Facebook: WiregrassOcc
Gmail: wiregrassteam@gmail.com
Thanks
Barbara Westerbeck
Area Coordinator
Hi, we’ve added a new area team here in MS! It’s West Central MS Thanks!
I just added it! Thank you!!
I just found another page! OCC Oxford MS Thanks!!
Thank you! I added it 🙂