This article published in the Dec. 23, 2021, print edition
First Baptist Robeline opened a drop off center for Operation Christmas Child in Natchitoches Parish. Members collected 1,542 shoeboxes from Provencal, Marthaville and Robeline and 14 volunteers packed them in 100 cartons. From left are Angelle Ansardi, Amelia Ferguson, Oscar and Becky Ensinger , Carol and Ritchie Warren, coordinator Vanessa Birdwell and Glenn Miller.
St Mary’s seniors packed shoeboxes and cartons at the Operation Christmas Child collection center. Father Blake Blake Deshautelle and Father Derek Ducote led a prayer over the cartons packed with shoeboxes. From left are Dianne Vienne, Deshautelle, Ducote, Abigail Guillet, Emma Haecker, Kadence Kramer and Abagail Ramain.
The students in the NSU Elem Lab Beta Club, led by Leslie Heard, create a video each week with E-Lab news. The members packed Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes to take to National Collection Week at First Baptist. They were amazed that a truck holds 350 cartons. Some 990 from the West-Central Louisiana team will be taken to Atlanta,Ga., to be processed. From left are Caleb Bynog, Caige Moore, Addie McGrath, Khloe Kaufman, Braylee Johnson, Anna Todtenbier, Ratleigh Bertrand and Brenyn Wilson.