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After Group’s Threat, Kansas School District Stops Students From Supporting Operation Christmas Child

After Group’s Threat, Kansas School District Stops Students From Supporting Operation Christmas Child
Members of the international Christian humanitarian organization Samaritans's Purse put the finishing touches on a field hospital in New York's Central Park in New York City on March 30, 2020. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
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A letter that threatened litigation has prompted the superintendent of a small Kansas public school district to stop a local middle school’s students and administrators from filling shoeboxes with Christmas gifts for underserved children overseas.

Pratt Unified School District Superintendent Tony Helfrich consulted attorneys representing his district after receiving a Nov. 3 letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF).
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy. Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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