Shoebox gift brings hope, changes life

August 25, 2026 at 2:24 p.m.

Elena Hagemeier shares the story of receiving an Operation Christmas Child shoebox as a young girl while living in an orphanage in the former Soviet Union. Hagemeier spoke Saturday at True Hope Church in Sheridan about how the gift brought her hope during a difficult time in her life.

Elena Hagemeier shares the story of receiving an Operation Christmas Child shoebox as a young girl while living in an orphanage in the former Soviet Union. Hagemeier spoke Saturday at True Hope Church in Sheridan about how the gift brought her hope during a difficult time in her life.
(Gretchen Ritchey/Cascadia Daily News)

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