Even though I'm a different person now, the bad decisions of my past still affect my abilities today. Miss Kansas was a Big Sister for two years though the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Organization and a Golden Girl for the Wichita State University baseball team for two years. She is a National Presbyterian Scholar, a Presidential Scholar, and is listed on the National Dean's Honor List. Operation Santa is an organization that originated in the 1950's and gives gifts to the residents of the Parsons State Hospital, who normally would not get gifts at Christmas. The organization is run by Dan and Linda Willis of KKOW, and all of the money and toys collected by Operation Santa goes to the residents of the hospital.
Many people seem to forget what the holidays are about.
Student Council members at Girard High School have recognized this, and in an effort to remind students, they adopted two families for Christmas. Those families involved are ones who simply can't meet their needs during the holiday season and are in need of clothing, household items, toiletries, and Christmas gifts. I think that adopting families for Christmas is an excellent way to remind GHS students that Christmas is about giving rather than receiving. I have been impressed about the response from the students already. Student Council asked students to donate money for the families for a week and a half prior to Christmas Break.