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Employees Bring Cheer to Two Families through Empty Stocking Program

Employees Bring Cheer to Two Families through Empty Stocking Program


Two local families will have a happier Christmas after Sam Houston Electric Cooperative employees donated more than $600 worth of presents to them through the Empty Stocking Program.

The floor by the Christmas tree in the Sam Houston EC call center was covered with presents for the two families. Both families are single-parent households, and one family has two children, a girl age 3 and an 11-month-old boy. The second family has one daughter, age 14.

Founded in 1998, the Empty Stocking program helps low-income families provide Christmas gifts for their children. The program is sponsored by the Livingston Interagency Council—a network of social service agencies that provide various forms of assistance throughout Polk County. Area schools and local social service providers come together to serve the needs of Polk County needy families.