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Mack Energy collects items for Christmas for Our Troops

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Pictured from left, Chance Chase, Jennifer Houghtaling, Aubany Porter, Sue Ann Greenwood, Kelsey Chandler, Carin Pacheco, Kathy Beauregard and Michelle Madrid gather in front of Mack Energy’s donation efforts to Christmas for Our Troops prior to pickup by Theresa Genzling, program coordinator. Grace Miller – Daily Press
Pictured from left, Chance Chase, Jennifer Houghtaling, Aubany Porter, Sue Ann Greenwood, Kelsey Chandler, Carin Pacheco, Kathy Beauregard and Michelle Madrid gather in front of Mack Energy’s donation efforts to Christmas for Our Troops prior to pickup by Theresa Genzling, program coordinator.
Grace Miller – Daily Press

 

By GRACE MILLER

Daily Press Staff Writer

The efforts of employees at Mack Energy Corporation paid off last week as items were accumulated for the 2014 Christmas for Our Troops project, which distributes Christmas boxes of goodies to members of the military serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“Every day should be a day to remember the sacrifices that are being made on our behalf so we remain free and safe from those who would wish to do us harm,” said Michelle Madrid, coordinator of the Mack Energy collection. “We have these men, women and K9s serving our country, serving us, and during the holidays we think of our families being together. But they are away from their families, so any little something we can do to let them know they are thought of, and not forgotten, is important. … For the rest of the story, subscribe in print and on the web.

 

 

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