St. Joseph News-Press, March 22nd, 2005
It doesn't seem like much - some loose-leaf paper, a few crayons, pencils, stickers, envelopes and postage stamps - but these items can strengthen the parent and child relationship.
Boxed and wrapped, the items become a Communication Box. The boxes are delivered to a correctional facility, where officers distribute the boxes to prisoners with children. The prisoners, in turn, give the boxes to their children. The kids open the boxes and are open to a world of communication that, until then, likely didn't exist.
The St. Joseph School District elementary counseling staff delivered about 20 Com...
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