Fulton students fill boxes for soldiers

Kathleen Wilson's first grade class at Bartley Elementary in Fulton filled and decorated boxes for soldiers. The boxes are being mailed to reach the soldiers by Christmas.

Kathleen Wilson's first grade class at Bartley Elementary in Fulton filled and decorated boxes for soldiers. The boxes are being mailed to reach the soldiers by Christmas. Photo by Stephanie Backus.

By Stephanie Backus

Monday, November 29, 2010

An ad in The Fulton Sun drew Bartley Elementary first grade teacher Kathleen Wilson to a project for her classroom — filling boxes for soldiers.

Debo Funeral Home provided the boxes, and will pay for the shipping when the boxes are returned and filled for military personnel overseas.

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Wilson herself knows what it is like when you have a member of the military in your family.

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