{"id":2980,"date":"2014-12-17T21:12:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T21:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=2980"},"modified":"2014-12-17T21:12:24","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T21:12:24","slug":"schools-activities-under-way-to-help-less-fortunate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=2980","title":{"rendered":"Schools Activities Under Way to Help Less Fortunate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2981\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/141204-RMS-Cupcakes.jpg\" alt=\"141204 RMS Cupcakes\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/141204-RMS-Cupcakes.jpg 720w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/141204-RMS-Cupcakes-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/141204-RMS-Cupcakes-405x203.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/141204-RMS-Cupcakes-638x319.jpg 638w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/141204-RMS-Cupcakes-619x310.jpg 619w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Students, faculty and staff at the Los Fresnos CISD are helping to make the upcoming holiday season a little brighter for those in need.<br \/>\nSchools have planned activities to collect food, clothing, or toys for needy families in the Los Fresnos community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Fresnos United<\/strong><br \/>\nStudent organizations have begun a Canned Food Drive which will benefit identified families in need of students at the school. The cans will be collected until Dec. 18, at which point they will be delivered to the families.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liberty Memorial Middle School<\/strong><br \/>\nStudents, faculty and staff are bringing new, unwrapped toys to foster children in the Cameron County Child Welfare Board and Blue Sunday campaign. The toys will be presented at a Christmas party for the foster children. Student organizations are also busy baking cupcakes for the occasion, and made more than 1,500 cupcakes in 2013.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Cuates Middle School<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Christmas Angel campaign benefits students from needy families at the school. Teachers at the school are asked to bring clothes, toys, and food for students whose names are kept anonymous.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resaca Middle School<\/strong><br \/>\nStudent organizations have begun a Canned Food Drive, which is expected to bring in thousands of cans of food. The Los Fresnos Lions Club will deliver the food to needy families in the community. Student organizations are also making cupcakes for the Cameron County Child Welfare Board campaign. More than 2,000 cupcakes were donated last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Las Yescas Elementary<\/strong><br \/>\nStudents, faculty and staff are donating toys to the Port Isabel Dentention Center Toy Drive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laureles Elementary<\/strong><br \/>\nStudents have been participating in the St. Jude\u2019s Research Hospital Math-A-Thon, which has benefitted children at the hospital for more than 35 years. Students ask family and friends for pledges to solve math problems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lopez-Riggins Elementary<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Secret Angel campaign benefits students from needy families at the school. Students at the school are asked to bring clothes, toys, and food for their fellow classmates whose names are kept anonymous.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Fresnos Elementary<\/strong><br \/>\nStudents are making toy donations to Team Gabby, an organization which provides toys for children in hospitals. The unwrapped toys will benefit children in the following area hospitals: Driscoll Children\u2019s Specialty Clinic, Vannie E. Cook Children\u2019s Cancer Center, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Edinburg Children\u2019s Hospital, and Doctor\u2019s Hospital at Renaissance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Olmito Elementary<\/strong><br \/>\nThe school is participating in the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign. Students, teachers and staff are collecting new, unwrapped toys for distribution to needy children in the area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Palmer-Laakso Elementary<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the Secret Angel campaign, staff members sponsor children and provide gifts of clothes, toys, and food for their families. Names of students are kept anonymous. The school also sponsors 10 Christmas trees for needy families who otherwise would not have a tree.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rancho Verde Elementary<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the White Angel campaign. staff members sponsor families of needy children and provide gifts of clothes, food and other essentials for them. The items collected are distributed before the holiday break.<\/p>\n<p><strong>District Administration<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Advanced Academics Office coordinates the 18th Annual Families in Need program, which benefits families that have been identified by counselors throughout the district. Members and parishioners of the Los Fresnos Lions Club, Los Fresnos Church of Christ and Los Fresnos Methodist Church have also assisted in the campaign. Baskets of clothing, toys, and food are presented to the identified families before Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students, faculty and staff at the Los Fresnos CISD are helping to make the upcoming holiday season a little brighter for those in need. Schools have planned activities to collect food, clothing, or toys for needy families in the Los Fresnos community. 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