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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!

You can Find Your Group Connect with Your Operation christmas Child Area Team Facebook Group

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)

OCC FINGER LAKES WEST NY

OCC NY SUFFOLK AREA

OCC NORTHERN ADIRONDACK

OCC NY NORTH CENTRAL

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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 SO MARYLAND (not active)

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)

OCC SOUTHEASTERN PA

OCC GREATER PHILADELPHIA

OCC NORTHWESTERN PA

OCC FAYETTE PA AREA TEAM

OCC LANCASTER PA

OCC SUSQUENHANNA VALLEY PA

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)

OCC WEST CENTRAL MICHIGAN

OCC SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN

OCC SOUTHEAST OHIO

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Upper Midwest Region:

Serving: Minnesota – Iowa – N. Dakota – S. Dakota – Wisconsin – Greater Chicago & Northern IL

Contact:  612-359-7025  Email: occuppermidwest@samaritan.org

OCC GREEN BAY WI

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD WESTERN WISCONSIN (inactive)

OCC CENTRAL MINNESOTA

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

OCC KNOXVILLE

GREATER MEMPHIS OCC (inactive)

OCC CUMBERLAND PATHWAY TENNESSEE

OCC HEART OF KENTUCKY

OCC LOUISVILLE, KY

OCC NORTHEAST ARKANSAS (not very active)

OCC NORTH CENTRAL ARKANSAS

OCC SOUTH ARKANSAS AREA TEAM

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Southeast Region:

Serving: Georgia – Alabama – Mississippi

Contact:  770-777-9342 Email: occsoutheast@samaritan.org

OCC CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY GA

OCC CENTRAL GEORGIA

OCC ATLANTA

OCC SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA (inactive)

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OCC NORTHERN PINE BELT MISSISSIPPI

CENTRAL MS OCC

WEST CENTRAL MS OCC

OCC OXFORD MS

Carolinas Region:

Serving: North Carolina – South Carolina

Contact:  704-583-1463 Email: occcarolinas@samaritan.org

OCC PIEDMONT SC (not very active)

OCC UPSTATE SC

OCC CHARLOTTE (inactive)

OCC LOWER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA (inactive)

OCC WESTERN PIEDMONT (not very active)

OCC BLUE RIDGE (NC)

OCC FOOTHILLS NC

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Texas – Louisiana Region:

Serving: Texas – Louisiana

Contact:  817-595-2230  Email: occtxla@samaritan.org

OCC NE TEXAS (inactive)

OCC SABINE RIVER TEXAS (not very active)

Lower Midwest Region:

Serving: Kansas – Illinois – Missouri – Nebraska – Oklahoma

Contact:  816-622-8316  Email: occmidwest@samaritan.org

OCC KANSAS CITY KS SOUTH

OCC SAINT LOUIS

OCC CENTRAL ILLINOIS

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 SUWANNEE VALLEY

OCC TALLAHASSEE/BIG BEND

OCC FLORIDA SOUTH CENTRAL AREA (not very active)

OCC NORTHEAST FLORIDA

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

OCC MAUI AREA TEAM

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD NORTHERN NEVADA (inactive)

OCC ORANGE COUNTY CA

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 CENTRAL COAST CA

OCC SOUTHWEST RIVERSIDE COUNTY (inactive)

OCC GREATER LOS ANGELES

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD SAN DIEGO AREA

OCC SAN GABRIEL VALLEY

Southwest Region:

Serving: Colorado – Arizona – New Mexico – Utah – Wyoming

Contact:  303-745-9179 Email: occsouthwest@samaritan.org

OCC NORTHERN ARIZONA

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD WEST PHOENIX

OCC SCOTTSDALE AREA

OCC CENTRAL NM (inactive)

OCC SE COLORADO

OCC NORTHERN UTAH

Northwest Region:

Serving: Washington – Idaho – Montana – Oregon – Alaska

Contact:  253-572-1155  Email: occnw@samaritan.org

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD TWIN FALLS IDAHO

OCC BOISE

OCC SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA (Yes for some reason there are 2 – this one and the next one)

OCC SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA

INTERIOR AND NORTHERN ALASKA OCC (fairly inactive)

OCC SOUTHERN OREGON

OCC PORTLAND AND NW OREGON

OCC TRI-CITIES WA 

OCC SPOKANE TEAM

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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

Shoebox Nation

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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.

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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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18 Comments on Find Your Operation Christmas Child Area Team Facebook Group

    • 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?

  1. I’m loving your website!

    Please add our OCC group to your list here.

    OCC Susquehanna Valley PA

    Thank you

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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.

  5. I am an Area Coordinator and would love to have our team listed:
    Region: SE Region
    Area Team Name: AL/GA Wiiregrass
    Facebook: WiregrassOcc

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