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Gifts To Christmas Card Help Needy Students

Posted: November 27, 2011 at 5:52 a.m.

Vicki Pendergraft, a social worker with the Rogers school district, bags up goods to take to a family. Money from the Community Christmas Card helps purchase a variety of items for deserving residents.

By Flip Putthoff
Vicki Pendergraft, a social worker with the Rogers school district, bags up goods to take to a family. Money from the Community Christmas Card helps purchase a variety of items for deserving residents.

Sometimes just getting by takes priority over education. Cold and hunger can keep children from learning said Patsy Roycroft, a licensed social worker with the Rogers School District.

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