FARMVILLE, Va. -- Members of the Longwood baseball team and coaching staff partnered with Operation Christmas Child Monday and packed shoeboxes with toys, hygiene items and school supplies that will be distributed to children in need around the world.

Twelve Lancers assembled more than 650 boxes at Grace Chapel Ministries in Prospect, Va. The Operation Christmas Child program is an initiative headed by Samaritan's Purse. OCC began in 1993 and has since distributed over 113 million shoeboxes to over 150 countries. The program draws more than 500,000 volunteers every year.

For more information about Operation Christmas Child, visit: http://www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/.

The Longwood baseball program is in its first year under head coach Ryan Mau, who was named to the position in July.

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