National Collection Week begins for Operation Christmas Child
ALABAMA, Nov. 17, 2025—The collection season for Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse begins today as nearly 5,000 drop-off locations open across the country. Individuals, families and groups across Alabama have the opportunity to pack a shoebox gift filled with fun toys, school supplies, and personal care items for children in need and drop them off now […]
Faith, family,and forever
By Sandra Bost November is National Adoption Month. It began as a week-long initiative in 1976, and grew into a month-long observance in 1995 under President Clinton. When I looked into how adoption has changed over the decades, I was struck by what I found. Adoptions have actually declined since 1970, when about 175,000 children […]