Poor box
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poor-box-249-11896729
title:
Poor box
text:
A poor box, alms box, offertory box, or mite box is a box that is used to collect coins for charitable purposes. They can be found in most Christian churches built before the 19th century and were the main source of funds for poor relief before societies decided to organize the process and make the public authorities responsible for this. Contemporary mite boxes are usually made of cardboard and given out to church congregations during the Lenten season. The mite boxes are collected by the churc
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Box used to collect coins for charitable purposes
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_box
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2023-11-15T20:56:47Z
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