In the News ... "Will you help needy Odessans?"

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

By Casey Dennis, Reporter
• The Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - The 24th year of the Empty Stocking Fund is almost over as we attempt to meet our $100,000 to help needy Odessans.

Sue Ann, not her real name, is a single mother of two who is picking up the pieces of a broken marriage after her husband of 15 years left. 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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