Bringing the boxes full circle

OCC club hosts event allowing former shoebox recipients to share their stories Liberty’s Operation Christmas Child (OCC) club hosted a Full Circle Night for students April 12. The event celebrated students who received shoeboxes when they were young and now are able to tell their story. “We wanted to give students a chance to hear how God uses shoebox gifts […]

Read more

Continuing Christmas spirit

Operation Christmas Child gives students opportunity to serve beyond December Christmas is a year-round celebration for the Operation Christmas Child (OCC) club at Liberty University. There are many opportunities for students to get involved with the OCC club at Liberty and OCC through Samaritan’s Purse. According to Ellen Ferguson, club president, the main goal for the OCC club on campus […]

Read more

Carolina flooding

LU Send Now sends two relief teams to serve A team of Liberty University students was sent out Oct. 13 through LU Send Now to bring emergency relief to flood victims in Columbia, South Carolina, according to Director of LU Send Anna Strickland. Strickland said the team returned Oct. 18 weary but energized by the rebuilding work they had done. […]

Read more

Christmas charity underway

By Emily Brown Samaritan’s Purse holiday operation offers students opportunity to give With Halloween in the rearview mirror and University Boulevard quickly taking shape as a winter wonderland, students at Liberty are now turning their focus to the Christmas season. In less than a week, Liberty will begin its first “LU Shoebox Blitz” in connection with Samaritan’s Purse for the […]

Read more