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CHILDRENS CHRISTMAS

BARBOUR COUNTY POST 44 - PHILIPPI, WV

FOR THE SECOND YEAR , BARBOUR COUNTY AMERICAN LEGION POST 44, DEPARTMENT OF WEST VIRGINIA HAS HELD A TOY DRIVE , TITLED THIS YEAR."BECAUSE EVERY CHILD DESERVES A CHRISTMAS", CHILDREN AND YOUTH CHAIRMAN AND POST COMMANDER DAVE ROWAN ORGANIZED THE EVENT WHERE SOME 58 CHILDREN IN BARBOUR COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA,AGES INFANT TO 15 RECIEVED GIFTS FROM THE POST.

"IF IT WASNT FOR MY WIFE , PAULETTE, THIS WOULDNT OF GOT DONE, WE SIT OUT IN BITTER COLD IN FRONT OF STORES TAKING CASH AND TOY DONATIONS FOR 3 WEEKENDS, AND SHE ORGANIZED ALL THE WRAPPING OF EACH GIFT",SAYS ROWAN.THE AWESOME THING OF IT IS DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR CHILDREN. NEXT YEAR WE WILL GET BIGGER, SO WE ARE GOING TO START PLANNING NOW.

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