The ‘Christmas Dinner for the Troops’ program is off and running. The responses to local media articles have brought a very warm response from the Pennsylvanians within earshot of the shout-out! They were so nice they must have fallen from the sky!
Now comes the hard part … finding the men and women in uniform that are in need of a little Christmas love via dinner and a social gathering with kind supporters. I will put forth my best effort to do so without regard to result oriented thinking. This is a labor of love, and it is already successful seeing such support and a willingness to help those in need. We have already won if you measure success by kind acts of humanity … I do.
All of you over there can rest assured that despite all the negative events going on around the world, that back home your fellow Pennsylvanians are here for you. They are willing to share such a very private family moment with a complete stranger; then again, you are not a stranger … you are our guardians. Well done!
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Not since Germany, circa 1939-1945, has the world seen threats to humanity on such a scale. It will take an effort by everyone -- military and civilian -- to address these issues, but you over there are in the most immediate focus point of such. If but for a moment, lets hope that you can make it back home for a very deserved break from the deafening sounds of chaos. If you do, please contact me via the comment box at the end of each week’s column, and I will do my best to match you with one of the many volunteer families that are so kind and willing to share their Christmas with you…
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Sports Update:
The Steelers taught the braggadocios bad boys AKA Baltimore Ravens, a little humility. They made them fetch a branch off of a tree, and took'em to the woodshed!!!
Score was 13 to 9! A defensive contest where the Ravens did not score a touchdown, although being in the red zone 3 times!
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IF YOU KNOW ANY SERVICE MEMBER WHO NEEDS A PLACE FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER, PLEASE ADVISE THEM OF OUR PROGRAM…
Here is one of the newspaper articles about it:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08348/934888-30.stm
Some of the personal facts in it about me are not accurate, but the point of the program is accurate, and this is the reason I am adding it here tonight.
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Keep you head down,
Henry Hill, Plum Pennsylvania
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