WAVA is proud to partner with Operation Christmas Child (OCC) this Holiday season as they collect shoe boxes filled with needed items to deliver to children all over the world!

OCC is a project of Samaritan's Purse International Relief, led by Franklin Graham, which has collected and hand-delivered more than 61 million shoe box gifts since 1993! This year's international collection goal is 8 million shoe boxes. Can you help us reach that goal?

To participate, all you have to do is fill an empty shoe box with toys and gifts for a boy or girl (be sure to include school supplies, hygiene items, toys, candy, a note to the child, etc.), include a $7 donation to cover shipping costs, and then drop off your shoe box at a drop off location near you during National Collection Week (11/17 - 11/24). OCC then delivers the shoe boxes to children in over 100 countries, and each shoe box gift includes an illustrated Gospel storybook.

CLICK HERE to download instructions and Boy/Girl labels, or visit their website at www.samaritanspurse.org where you can find the closest drop-off location by using their Zip Code Locator.

Register to walk on Saturday, November 22nd, by clicking here. To walk for Central Union Mission, make sure you select the Mission as your beneficiary. The Central Union Mission Team will be meet at the Navy/Archives metro stop at 8:00am. Join them there and get ready to walk! The walk begins promptly at 9:00am.

Tune into the Don Kroah Show on Tuesday, November 25th from 4-7pm for a special live broadcast from Central Union Mission in Washington D.C. The Mission has been providing food, shelter and spiritual transformation for the area’s homeless for almost 125 years. WAVA has been partnering with Central Union Mission for over a decade, telling our listeners about the great work of the Mission and how they can get involved. So don't forget to listen to the Don Kroah Show Tuesday, November 25th from 4-7pm!

Celebrating over 20 years of wonder, fun, warmth and joy. The 30-foot Christmas tree
occupying center stage will come alive with thousands of brilliant twinkling lights dancing in time to the music.

The dynamic choir is positioned from top to bottom in the tree!

You'll be amazed by what you hear as the program opens with upbeat gospel
sounds as well as much-loved traditional holiday music.

Bring the entire family and witness the exciting story of the birth of Jesus through drama, song and dance!

Saturday, 12/20 at 3pm & 7pm, and again Sunday, 12/21 at 7pm.

Admission is only $10 and advanced ticket purchase is highly recommended as seating is limited.

WAVA teamed up with Zondervan Publishing to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible. Zondervan has launched the “Bible Across America” tour, which will visit 90 cities and give people the opportunity to help write the first-ever, completely handwritten version of the bible, appropriately named America’s NIV! The Zondervan tour team recently drove their 42-foot long RV (pictured left) to Washington Bible College in Lanham, MD where Washington, DC area residents participated in this historic endeavor. Over 300 people came out to handwrite verses from the books of Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua and Judges.

The Don Kroah Show broadcast live from the event, which was promoted exclusively on WAVA! Tim Paneitz of Zondervan said the best part of the tour is “the capability to get people back into the Word.” Once completed, America’s NIV will have 31,173 hand-written verses and an index citing each contributor. The original will be donated to the Smithsonian Institute or the National Library of Congress and copies will be printed and sold nationwide. For more information on the tour and America’s NIV, visit www.bibleacrossamerica.com.