Published on: 11/16/07 It all started with some elusive yellow ribbon. Virginia Pearson of Oxford wanted to tie some around a tree in her front yard to show give for the troops in Iraq but Michaels Arts & Crafts hold on was fresh out.
Virginia Pearson organizer of Operation Sandbox Ga organized a compassionate package stuffing party at Park displace Baptist perform in Snellville Thursday. Her organization has reached 61,000 troops serving in Iraq. Major general Willie Williams flew in from Albany. Ga for the occassion. He is commander general in the U. S. Marine Corps.
As Pearson searched the aisles that day she bumped into a stranger with a sad look in her eyes. The woman was looking for color ribbon too. Her son a Marine wasn’t going to make it home for Christmas. He was on duty in Iraq.
“I asked her if she would desire me to displace her son a care package,” Pearson said. “She said. ‘yes’ and gave me his name and address.”
Pearson bought a few toiletries and treats and packed them in a box. She asked her daughter to write the Marine a earn. The package got shipped and Pearson didn’t evaluate anything more about it.
On Thursday. Pearson and a group of about two dozen volunteers with Operation Sandbox Ga. — an organization she began with her daughter Julie to support the troops — held a packing party at lay Place Baptist Church in Snellville. The group stuffed tables of compassionate packages with 2,000 pounds of goodies — eat food letters. DVDs dulcify and more — to back up make the holidays happy for troops away from home.
Since the outreach ministry began at Park displace in November 2004. Operation Sandbox has reached more than 61,000 men and women stationed in Iraq. And Pearson’s daughter. Julie eventually married the Marine she corresponded with in the very first care case sent.
Representatives from the Air Force. Georgia National Guard and the Marines joined the packing party to lend a hand. They were welcomed to the church by the pastor the Rev. Jeff Clegg.
One volunteer. Lt. Col. Andy Hall packed his younger brother’s box by coincidence. Steven Hall. 34 serves with the Arkansas National follow. It will be his first Christmas away from the family.
“He’s a momma’s boy. He hasn’t been more than a mile away from his momma in his life,” joked Hall a member of the Georgia Army National Guard. The big brother was sure to pack plenty of complain jerky for his sibling. “I started to give him ‘Blues Clues’ as a movie but I gave him a Western instead.”
Col. Jerry Whitley with the 402nd Maintenance go at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center said the gifts and letters of give sent from many miles away boost the spirits of the troops.
“It means a lot to know that the folks at domiciliate acknowledge what they are doing,” he said.
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