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Despite the rainy, dreary conditions, Copperas Cove Five Hills Junior Ambassador Hayley Sawyer smiled, greeted shoppers and asked them to provide a blanket for homeless veterans for the holiday season.
In partnership with the Copperas Cove Walmart and the Miss Five Hills Scholarship Program, the 10-year-old Sawyer spent nearly eight hours handing out flyers and collecting blankets from shoppers.
âIt is freezing cold in the winter and the homeless veterans do not have the money to buy a blanket or jacket,â Sawyer said. âI want to help keep them all warmer this winter and I think it is crucial to donate blankets to the homeless, especially this year to help keep them safe during the pandemic.
As the Christmas season neared full swing last Saturday, a local small business held its inaugural Christmas Bash food drive to benefit local nonprofit organizations.
Jessie Jonasson, owner of The Healthy Hub, 258 Cove Terrace Shopping Center, said she has large ambitions for the food drive.
âSo, we want to go to Cove House,â Jonasson said. âBut . I want to get a hold of Communities in Schools, because weâve done school supply drives for them before.â
She said she hopes to get in contact with families she can donate to directly.
Every donation of a non-perishable food item equaled a raffle ticket for a drawing of one of two small business gift baskets.
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