Time to give back: Teen volunteers for Salvation Army

[Hector Gaspar], a Yuma resident was one of more than 40 volunteers who arrived at the former Super Kmart Center store at 32nd Street and Avenue B, Wednesday morning to help the Salvation Army hand out Christmas presents and food to 1,200 area families. Gaspar said that when he was 11, his family fe...

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Published inKnight Ridder Tribune Business News p. 1
Main Author Paige Lauren Deiner, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 22.12.2005
Subjects
Donations
Food
Gifts
Toys
Volunteers
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Summary:[Hector Gaspar], a Yuma resident was one of more than 40 volunteers who arrived at the former Super Kmart Center store at 32nd Street and Avenue B, Wednesday morning to help the Salvation Army hand out Christmas presents and food to 1,200 area families. Gaspar said that when he was 11, his family fell on hard times, and that he was extremely grateful for the Salvation Army for its food basket and toys. Salvation Army Major Eric Lo said that he wishes more teenagers were like Gaspar.