Empty stocking fund: Family A

• Today’s focus: Family A

• Household members: 4

• Children: 2

• Special circumstance: This is a couple in their 60s taking care of their granddaughters, ages 14 and 12. This family has felt the financial burden of many medical emergencies and corresponding trips to Lubbock. The gentleman of the couple has been in a Lubbock hospital for some time and his wife has felt the strain traveling to care for her husband while also providing for the needs of her granddaughters.

• Who’s helped: More than 200 families who’ve asked the Salvation Army to help make Christmas special.

• Donations: Clovis, can be dropped off at the Clovis News Journal, 521 Pile St., or mailed to P.O. Box 1689, Clovis, NM, 88102. Portales, can be dropped off at the Portales news-Tribune, 101 E. 1st St., or mailed to P.O. Box 848, Portales, NM, 88130. Envelopes should be clearly marked “Empty Stocking Fund.” Checks must be payable to The Salvation Army.

Contributions will be forwarded to the Salvation Army office, 317 E. Second St., Clovis, or gifts may be purchased for specific children under 12 years old by choosing an Angel tag off special trees located at North Plains Mall, the Curry County Courthouse and Diamonds Evermore. Toys can be dropped off with their Angel tag at any of those locations and the Clovis/Curry Chamber of Commerce.

If you would like to help Family A, contact Kelly Berggren at the Salvation Army at 575-762-3801 or [email protected]