‘An outstanding year’: Center collects 7,500-plus shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child

Volunteers at the Operation Christmas Child’s Lake City collection center after loading more than 7,500 shoeboxes on two trucks last week. Pictured are, in front, Rickey Beauchamp (from left), Pam Beauchamp, Emily Harden, Gene Bullard, Jimmy Blanton, Cheryl Cox and Randy Cox; and in back, Beth Bullard, Tracy Osburn and Lou Blanton. (COURTESY)
Volunteers at the Operation Christmas Child’s Lake City collection center after loading more than 7,500 shoeboxes on two trucks last week. Pictured are, in front, Rickey Beauchamp (from left), Pam Beauchamp, Emily Harden, Gene Bullard, Jimmy Blanton, Cheryl Cox and Randy Cox; and in back, Beth Bullard, Tracy Osburn and Lou Blanton. (COURTESY)

There were more than cartons of shoe boxes packed on a trailer at the Operation Christmas Child collection center in Lake City last week.

Each of the more than 7,500 shoeboxes collected and packed on t…