Maravilla Resident Spearheads Charity Project
10-16-2018

It’s only October but already Maravilla SantaBarbara resident TJ Christensen is thinking about Christmas. Each year, she spearheads Operation Christmas Child, a worldwide campaign that provides shoeboxes filled with gifts to children in need. Mrs. Christensen has been organizing the drive at the California active retirement community for over a decade! To date, more than 157 million shoeboxes have been delivered to children across the globe. Mrs. Christensen will meet with her neighbors this month to encourage their involvement in collecting toys, school supplies and hygiene items which she will assembly for the Samaritan’s Purse initiative.