By Nathaniel Miller
Reporter
Odessa American
ODESSA, TEXAS - Standing outside the Salvation Army Friday morning, Aurora Gomez waited patiently for her turn to collect the gifts from the organization.
A bus driver with the Ector County Independent School District, Gomez said she is also trying to raise her three grandchildren — ages 12, 10 and 9 — whom she has been looking after for the past three years. Their parents, she said, were no longer in their lives.
Along with paying for rent, clothing and groceries, Gomez said she first heard of the Empty Stocking Fund and Angel Tree programs when she approached the Salvation Army earlier in the year to get assistance for her bills.
“I’m very glad there’s someone out here helping us,” Gomez said. “Not all of us work for the oilfields.”
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