In the News ... "Empty Stocking is not full"

• Funds go for a good holiday meal and small gifts under the tree

By Casey Dennis, Reporter
• The Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - Can you help families in Odessa have a merry Christmas?

The 24th year of the Empty Stocking Fund is fast approaching a deadline to raise $100,000 to help needy Odessans.

Celine, not her real name, is a single Odessa mom who used the last of her savings for eyeglasses for her daughter. They are struggling and can be helped through the Empty Stocking Fund, an annual fundraising effort by the Odessa American and The Salvation Army ...

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