Friendship House Youth Earn Christmas Money
The youth at the Northpark Friendship House did some manual labor to earn money to buy gifts for friends and family.
Lange Hall, a dorm at Hardin Simmons University, donated money to the Friendship House. It was decided that the money would be given to the members of the Youth Club, but they would have to work for it. On Monday, December 1st, the Youth Club raked leaves at a house in the neighborhood. They worked hard for an hour that afternoon to earn the money. The money was given to the youth on Friday, December 5. That afternoon, several volunteers and the dorm director from Lange took the youth to WalMart to help them chose gifts. The youth had to buy a gift for someone; they were not allowed to keep the money for themselves. The trip was successful and the youth now have at least part of their Christmas shopping completed.