TO HIS COMMUNITY AND INSPIRE THE
COURAGE IN OTHER LOCAL ARTISTS
TO DO THE SAME.
WELL, SOME LOCAL GROUPS
PARTNERED TOGETHER TO ENSURE
THAT DEPLOYED MISSISSIPPI TROOPS
FEEL THE LOVE OF HOLIDAY CHEER,
NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE.
AND 12 NEWS ALICIA BANKS REPORTS
FROM THE BROADMOOR BAPTIST
CHURCH IN MADISON TO SHARE THIS
YEAR'S MAGNITUDE OF AN ANNUAL
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT.
MISSISSIPPI PROJECT PACKAGE CUB
SCOUTS, BOY SCOUT TROOPS,
FAMILIES AND VOLUNTEERS GATHERED
FOR A NINTH YEAR OF GIVING BACK
TO DEPLOYED SOLDIERS FOR THE
HOLIDAYS.
THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS FOR TROOPS
INITIATIVE CONSISTS OF PACKAGING
CARE BOXES FILLED WITH GOODIES
AND TOILETRIES FOR TROOPS
STATIONED IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
BUT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED
PROJECT PACKAGE LIKE OVER 20
YEARS AGO AND BY THE WAY, WE'VE
SENT OVER 150,000 PACKAGES
OVERSEAS OVER THESE YEARS.
BUT IT WAS SEVERAL PEOPLE.
THEY JUST GOT OVERSEAS.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE
BUT EVEN NOW THEY ENJOY THE
PACKAGES, BY THE WAY.
BUT THEY DIDN'T.
THEY WOULDN'T RECEIVE ANY
PACKAGES, ANY MAIL, HARDLY HEARD
FROM HOME.
BUT SO WE THOUGHT OF A WAY TO,
YOU KNOW, LET THEM KNOW THAT
PEOPLE WERE THINKING ABOUT THEM
AND LOVED THEM AND CARED ABOUT
THEM, WAS PRAYING FOR THEM.
THE SCOUT GROUPS INTERACTED VIA
FACETIME WITH ARMY SOLDIER
ANDREW BIRMINGHAM, WHO WAS
ACTIVELY DEPLOYED IN AFRICA.
A MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD
OFFICER SHARES THE FEELING OF
ONCE BEING A RECIPIENT OF THESE
SO OVERSEAS, WE'LL GET TOGETHER
AND THE THE BEST THING TO ME IS
WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, DRAW THE
PICTURES AND EVERYBODY GETS
I WAS DEPLOYED IN 20 AND WE GOT
A BUNCH OF THESE BOXES AND
EVERYBODY GETS THEIR PICTURE AND
THEY'LL BRING THEM UP AND WE'LL
SHOW THEM OFF TO EACH OTHER
OVERSEAS BECAUSE IT MEANS A LOT.
YOU CAN HAVE FUN AND YOU GET TO
MEET SPECIAL PEOPLE.
AND STUFF, AND HELP PEOPLE
AROUND THE WORLD.
WELL, TO BE HONEST, WHAT I ENJOY
ABOUT SCOUTS IS, WELL, HOW WE DO
THIS AND THEN SO MUCH MORE IN
MADISON, DELICIA BANKS 12 NEWS.