Jeanne Furman, right, and LuAnn Glasgow, left, pack toy boxes Tuesday with Ardie Machak at Community Alliance Church. The church is one of a number of collection sites for the Operation Christmas Child toy drive this week.

Operation Christmas Child is conducting its national collection week through Nov. 22.

Across Butler and Armstrong counties, there are seven drop-off sites, five of which are in Butler County. These locations include: Community Alliance Church, 800 Mercer Road, Butler; Zion United Methodist Church, 438 Bear Creek Road, Sarver; Chicora Alliance Church, 310 E. Slippery Rock St., Chicora; Woodland Valley Church, 225 Crowe Ave., Mars; and Friendship Presbyterian Church Community Center, 886 New Castle Road, Slippery Rock. Drop-off times are available online at samaritanspurse.org/occ.

Those interested in serving locally with Operation Christmas Child should contact John or Jane Woitas, area coordinators for Butler and Armstrong counties, at 724-352-9005.

The collection total in 2020 in Butler and Armstrong counties was 10,431 shoeboxes. Since 1993, more than 187 million children in more than 160 countries and territories have received a shoebox.

John Keck stacks gift boxes with Pastor Joe Floris Tuesday at Community Alliance Church.