Shoebox Santas Aid Garden Valley Church Drive
In Garden Valley Church southwest Kansas volunteers filled and collected more than 70 Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes and plastic containers. The effort, run by Samaritan's Purse and led by Lana Clawson, involved several churches and youth groups. Boxes, packed with toys, clothes, and essentials, will be shipped to children in need overseas. Collection weeks saw hundreds of boxes, with gifts from Satanta United Methodist Church and Garden City Presbyterians.
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Garden City
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Thanksgiving reflections on gratitude and history
Patrick Murphy editor notes Thanksgiving as a time to give thanks and gather with family while recalling its origins from 1621 Plymouth and Wampanoag. He contrasts the modern shopping frenzies with Lincoln’s 1863 proclamation and urges daily thankfulness, ending with holiday wishes from Humphrey Democrat.
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