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Cross Roads We Also Volunteered at a Feast of Sharing Event A few Cross Roads TX Young Marines were ready to do their part in their community at the Dorothy Garrett Coliseum in Big Spring TX. Young Marines helped serve more than a thousand people with delicious ham dinners with all the trimmings and of course lots of pie. Shown here are YMPFC Nik Armstrong YM PFC Ryker Grove and YMPVT Chance McMurray. - Submitted by Carrie Rodman Adjutant Cross Roads TX Young Marines For the past three years the Cross Roads Young Marines look forward to volunteering at Christmas time by collecting needed items for our Military who are deployed.The holidays can be a lonesome time for our military men and womenand our Young Marines like to make it brighter and give them a piece of home from the Big Spring Community. We collect everything from candy games puzzle books snacks toiletries DVDs and Christmas music and well wishes or whatever else we can fit into these small gift boxes. The Christmas for the TroopsAdopt A Military Hero orga- nization has asked us every year for our help and each year weve accumulated great donations from the community and the businesses in the surrounding areas. Our Young Marines battle frigid temperatures and long hours on their feet but they love it They always love staying longer than their as- signed shifts.We also help assemble the boxeshelp organize the items to be shipped and assemble their candy Christmas sleighs. Attached is a photo from some of the troops in Ku- wait who have received our Christmas boxes. Our Young Ma- rines enjoy giving back to our Military.This is one of our great accomplishments during our Veterans week. Young Marines heroes dont wear capes they wear dog tags - Submitted by Carrie Rodman Adjutant Cross Roads TX Young Marines Thanks from Kuwait Cross Roads Volunteering for Christmas for the TroopsAdopt a Military Hero By YMPvt Madilynn Bruce Lapeer County MI Ive been in the Young Marines for two years now and I have many good things to say about it. We do a lot of positive things in the community and are always looking for more ways to help. One event that I took part in this year was the Toys for Tots drive at Ray Cs Har- ley Davidson Dealership. Before I arrived for the Toys for Tots event I was not sure what to expect but I wasnt expecting a lot of people to participate. Im glad to say I was wrong. When I arrived that morning one of the big donation boxes was already filling up. I was surprised to see that people had already dropped off so many gifts so early . It warmed my heart to see so many people giving so freely to those less fortunate. The cold and windy weather didnt prevent people from giving. Most of them where bikers. Before when I pictured bikers in my mind I thought of a group of people who are mean or rude. Im glad to say that I was again wrong. The men and women who showed up were very kind and brought many gifts. Some spoke with us about what we wanted for Christmas and told us to have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year. I now look at bikers with a new respect and I see that they are no different from you and I. The employees at Ray Cs were very nice to us. They were having a chili cook off that day and they let us taste both kinds one was made with beef and the other was venison meat from a deer. The venison was yummy I learned some valuable lessons while helping out that day I learned that its not what I get for Christmas but what I can do to help others and how I treat them. I learned that I need to respect people and never judge them by the way they look. I thank my unit and Toys for Tots for this oppor- tunity and allowing me to help out and learn these lessons. Lapeer County Toys for Tots and Learning a Few Valuable Lessons Page 16 ESPRIT