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Debo Funeral Home employee Spencer Palmer loads Lori Dillon's car with care packages to send to troops overseas during the funeral home's drive last year. This year, the Callaway County EOC is asking the county to send care packages including toiletries, snacks and letters for the drive.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
The Callaway County Emergency Operations Center hopes to make the holidays a little cheerier for soldiers overseas and a family closer to home.
The EOC is holding an Adopt-A-Soldier drive with the help of Debo Funeral Home, and is also adopting a family through SERVE, Inc.’s Adopt-A-Family program.
Those interested in providing a soldier with a care package may contact Amanda Craighead at amandacraighead@cceoc.org, or Chastity Winingear at chastitywiningear@cceoc.org. Both may be contacted by phone at 573-592-2486.
Donations and items will be accepted until Nov. 28 in order to be prepared for shipping by Dec. 1. Debo Funeral Home will provide the boxes and cover the cost of shipping.
Craighead said that the EOC had participated in philanthropic projects before, but wanted to broaden their scope this year.
“Last year we did Shop With A Cop, a local fundraiser Fulton Police Department puts on, but this year we decided to branch out and start our own,” she said. “This is our first year we’ve done Adopt-A-Family and Adopt-A-Soldier.”
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911forlife 7 months ago
This is Chastity - you can drop off items or money at the Dispatch Center 24/7 for the Soldier packages or items for the children in the family we adopted. With the money we are going to go shopping for the items that they have listed as wants.
If you are interested in helping with the Adopt-a-Family you can stop by the following locations to give donations of money: Callaway County Collector's Office, Treasurers Office, Tom & Steves or the Hot Iron - all locations will have collection jars by either 11/15 or 11/16. You can also stop by the Dispatch Center which is the in the basement of the Sheriffs Department.
Thank you to all who have helped us with this far, a huge thanks to Debo Funeral Home and thank you to those who plan on helping! We appreciate everything the community has done to help us help these families and soldiers!
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