Resurrection High School students dress as elves to collect signed greeting cards to send to military personnel through Holiday Mail for Heroes, a program by the American Red Cross, during Downtown for the Holidays on Dec. 3 in Delmas Plaza in Pascagoula.
PASCAGOULA -- Holley Cunningham said that 8,040 greeting cards were collected during November and the weekend of Dec. 3-4 for the Holiday Mail for Heroes campaign sponsored by the American Red Cross.
This year is the first time residents in Jackson County have participated in the national campaign, which provides cards for those who want to wish military personnel a happy holiday, and also allows residents to purchase individual cards for their own personal Christmas message.
Cunningham, a 17-year-old senior at Resurrection High, mailed the cards Dec. 7 to Washington, D.C. "I was told they should arrive (Dec. 10)," she said.
Resurrection High School Senior Gathers Christmas Cards for Soldiers
November 25, 2010 @ www.gulflive.com/themississippipress
November 25, 2010 @ www.gulflive.com/themississippipress
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