Christmas is the season to give back.Operation Christmas Child a national project, collects shoeboxes filled with toys to be shipped all over the United States and the world.

FCCLA is collecting for the project.

“It helps all the children, because when I was young I had economic problems and I know how it feels,” FCCLA member Genesis Rosales said.

The boxes collected by FCCLA will be shipped to California and Kansas.

“You get to give something special to a child on Christmas,” FCCLA member Karina Alvarez said.

FCCLA  started collecting in November.

“This year we were able to collect over 40 boxes but one box still makes a big difference to a kid on Christmas,” FCCLA coordinator Yvonne Salcido said.