Author: By CAROL MCGRAW Special to The Gazette
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EMPTY STOCKING: Ecumenical Social Ministries provides clients a variety of services
This is one of a series of stories about the nonprofit agencies that receive money from The Gazette/El Pomar Foundation Empty Stocking Fund campaign that runs through the holidays. Frank Hill, 56, is having dental surgery thanks to Ecumenical Social Ministries, which cobbled together services from various sources around Colorado to help pay for it.…
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EMPTY STOCKING: REACH Pikes Peak connects clients with services
This is one of a series of stories about the nonprofit agencies that receive money from The Gazette/El Pomar Foundation Empty Stocking Fund campaign that runs through the holidays. In her early 20s, Lesia Wortham loved her Red Cross shelter supervisor job so much that when she became exhausted and slurred her words, she ignored…
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EMPTY STOCKING: Partners in Housing helps family get on its feet
This is one of a series of stories about the nonprofit agencies that receive money from The Gazette/El Pomar Foundation Empty Stocking Fund campaign that runs through the holidays. Rani Archuleta was scared. It was the summer of 2012, and she had just given birth to her fifth child, had fled an unhealthy relationship and…
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EMPTY STOCKING: Ministry helps man get back on his feet
This is one of a series of stories about the nonprofit agencies that receive money from The Gazette/El Pomar Foundation Empty Stocking Fund campaign that runs through the holidays. Jim, 57, describes the last few years as “difficult times.” It started when he injured his back and could no longer do construction work. He lost…
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EMPTY STOCKING FUND: Charity helps students bridge college loan gap
This is one of a series of stories about the nonprofit agencies that receive money from The Gazette/El Pomar Foundation Empty Stocking Fund campaign that runs through the holidays. Determined to go to college, Maria Zaragoza had been working since she was 16 – mopping, cleaning, sales clerking. But as she neared high school graduation…