UMKC Teams Up With Children Internationl For "Operation BreakthROO"
12/18/2009 12:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Kansas City, Mo. -- Members of the UMKC men's basketball program teamed up with Children International, a humanitarianism organization that helps poor children around the world, on Thursday afternoon to distribute presents to needy children. Junior Daniel Brady, freshman Alex Bazzell, Kasey Kangaroo and Santa Claus visited Chidren International to hand out gifts to 40 boys and girls from Operation Breakthrough.
Operation Breakthrough provides inner-city mothers with affordable, quality day care. Children International, meanwhile, cares for more than 400 children every day, providing medical and dental care, play therapy and other supportive services for their families.
Click here to see a video/story on the event from the KMBC website.
For more information about Children International, visit www.children.org.
