Operation Christmas Child
Top OCC packers take shoeboxes to children
Each year the CSU student who packs the most Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes is invited to help deliver OCC boxes somewhere in the world. A delay due to COVID resulted in three individual winners traveling for CSU earlier this year. Sarah Durham ’24, Kelly Venning ’23, and D.J. Brummett ’25 were accompanied by CSU President […]
| READ MORE: Top OCC packers take shoeboxes to childrenCSU family shows up again with record-breaking numbers of OCC shoeboxes
The CSU Family has packed the most Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes of any college or university in the nation for the fifth year in a row, with a total of 13,601 boxes in 2023. “Every area of campus participated in packing shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child,” said Jody Jennings, vice president of student life and […]
| READ MORE: CSU family shows up again with record-breaking numbers of OCC shoeboxesCSU breaks national OCC record for 4th year
Once again, Charleston Southern University surpassed its Operation Christmas Child gift goal. In the 11th 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 CSU has come out on top as the top college/university packer. Last year, the university collected close […]
| READ MORE: CSU breaks national OCC record for 4th yearOCC: Library’s labor of love
For two consecutive years, the Rivers Library team has shown up and out in a friendly Operation Christmas Child competition among faculty and staff departments on campus. Team members credit library ladies Christine Petty and Marla Bunn for leading the way to reaching 34 boxes per person in 2020 and a grand total of 1,045 […]
| READ MORE: OCC: Library’s labor of loveThey call him Mr. OCC
When David Greenwood was sentenced to 46 hours of community service helping with Operation Christmas Child his sophomore year, he thought, it won’t be as bad as picking up trash. At the time, he didn’t know much about OCC. Laurie Diel, CSU’s OCC coordinator, assigned him to the Charleston Room assembling the boxes that arrive […]
| READ MORE: They call him Mr. OCCCSU beats 10k shoebox goal, sets new national record
Charleston Southern University students, faculty and staff set a 10,000-gift goal for its Operation Christmas Child initiative this year. And, in their 10th year of packing boxes, the campus exceeded that goal with an astounding 10,924. Laurie Diel, executive assistant for the VP of Student Life, is the coordinator for the OCC project at CSU. “I […]
| READ MORE: CSU beats 10k shoebox goal, sets new national recordCharleston Southern sets a 10k shoebox goal
For two years in a row, Charleston Southern University has packed more Operation Christmas Child boxes than any other college or university in the nation. Students, faculty and staff packed 5,249 boxes in 2019 and more than 7,100 boxes in 2020. Thousands of items are donated throughout the year to this cause through student-led initiatives, […]
| READ MORE: Charleston Southern sets a 10k shoebox goalCSU breaks another OCC national record
The challenges of the year 2020 did not hold the Charleston Southern University campus back from achieving another record-setting goal. Last night, students, faculty and staff packed Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes until every last stuffed animal, pencil, jump rope and toothbrush had a home. This year’s goal was set at 7,000 packed boxes. CSU packed […]
| READ MORE: CSU breaks another OCC national recordCSU sets OCC packing goal to 7,000 boxes
With the end of the fall semester in short range, students, faculty and staff sets sights on an exciting opportunity to give during the holiday season. Last year, the Charleston Southern University campus broke the national record for the most Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes packed by a university: 5,249 boxes. CSU’s goal this year? […]
| READ MORE: CSU sets OCC packing goal to 7,000 boxesBeyond the box
After a February trip to Trinidad and Tobago with Operation Christmas Child, Laurie Diel said, “The box is actually a small part of what they do.” Diel, executive administrative assistant for the vice president of student life, was invited to go on the vision trip to the Caribbean to see how boxes are distributed. Operation […]
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