A kid from the Baptist Children’s Home in Portales, N.M., re-organizes her school supplies during the 27th Special Operations Medical Group’s school supplies giveaway, July, 28, 2012. The 27 SOMDG donated 86 fully-stocked backpacks to the home for the upcoming school year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom)
A kid from the Baptist Children’s Home in Portales, N.M., finds the backpack being gifted to her during the 27th Special Operations Medical Group school supplies giveaway, July, 28, 2012. The 27 SOMDG works closely with the children’s home and supports three gift-giving events each year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom)
Darcy Chenault sorts through a backpack full of school supplies with two kids from the Baptist Children’s Home during the 27th Special Operations Medical Group’s school supplies giveaway, July, 28, 2012. The 27 SOMDG donated 86 fully-stocked backpacks to the home for the upcoming school year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom)
Yolanda Infante, 27th Special Operations Medical Support Squadron secretary, hands a backpack full of school supplies to a kid from the Baptist Children’s Home in Portales, N.M., July, 28, 2012. The home has been receiving support from Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., since 1954. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom)
7/30/2012 - Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. -- Kids from the Baptist Children's Home in Portales, N.M., flocked to their central pavilion where Air Commandos from the 27th Special Operations Medical Group were hosting the 2012 School Supplies Give Away, July 28.
Each of the 86 children received a backpack stocked with school supplies needed for the upcoming school year. The day's events also included a cookout for the kids.
The medical group has been working with the home since its activation in 1954 and hosts two other events at the home each year. At Christmas the 27 SOMDG provides gifts for all of the home's children and during Easter the 27 SOMDG puts on an activities day, complete with an egg-hunt and barbeque.
"The medical group is proud to do this," said Yolanda Infante, 27th Special Operations Medical Support Squadron secretary, "The children's home is our extended family."
