This week local people, centered on First Presbyterian Church, are gathering more than 3,000 shoeboxes packed with personal hygiene and small clothing items, school supplies and toys for boys and girls in countries hit by poverty, natural disasters or war. It’s Operation Christmas Child, which First Presbyterian has been part of for several years. A number of other local churches and organizations, including some Georgia Southern University sororities and fraternities, help to prepare the shoebox donations for shipment.