By: Patti Rogers, Operation Round Up Coordinator Financial report by: Sara Thomas
Operation Round Up fosters hope for the holidays
“Oh there’s no place like home for the holidays, ’cause no matter how far away you roam, If you want to be happy in a million ways For the holidays, you can’t beat home sweet home.”
Jamey Allen Leroy Bayliff Jim Brown
Vivian Gibson Lloyd Gramling
Jerry McCracken Lynne Miller Sunny Stuart
Beckie Turner Joyce Wallace
For most of us, the warm, crooning tones of Perry Como’s “Home
for the Holidays,” evokes nostalgic feelings of time spent with family and friends, enjoying good food and good company. They explain why people travel long distances during the holiday season to spend time with those they love. For children in foster care, however, the season can be an “The holidays are often a stark reminder of what it means not to have
a family,” said Vivian Gibson, president of the OEC Foundation board. “Although many foster parents and supportive adults will do their best to make the holidays happy for these children.” OEC members who participate in Operation Round Up are part of the
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OEC FOUNDATION, INC.
Beginning balance 10/18/2012 .......................$78,024.78 November deposit........... +17,883.18 Interest Income........................ + 5.26 Checks issued........................ -595.00
Approved, not yet paid....... -3,002.77 Balance 10/18/2012 .........$92,315.45
“supportive adults” network. Their donations are providing $14,500 to purchase Christmas gifts for foster kids in Cleveland, Grady and Caddo counties as well as fund special needs throughout the year. These grants were awarded at a meeting on November 15. In all,
$28,415 collectively was granted to nine organizations and two families. A program that provides Christmas gifts to underprivileged kids in
McClain County also received funding, as did organizers of the Norman Christmas Day Dinner event, which provides a meal to about 2,000 people and small gifts to children in the community.
may offer hope of better days ahead. The collective, charitable efforts of OEC members will make Christmas brighter for these boys and girls, and
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