Story number 5 for 12 Dec 2000

Posted: 12 December, 2000

And, baseball slugger Sammy Sosa has teamed up with Samaritan's Purse to distribute Christmas cheer to the needy in 75 countries around the world. Sosa will be hand-delivering gift boxes in his home country, the Dominican Republic. It's all part of "Operation Christmas Child", the world's largest children's Christmas project. Operation Christmas Child sends a message of hope to children in desperate situations around the world through gift-filled shoeboxes and Gospel literature.

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  • Primary Language: Spanish
  • Primary Religion: Christianity
  • Evangelical: 9.1%
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