By ANTHONY BOTTAN
And with a little help from their peers in the Key Club and National Honor Society, Terrance Wagner, Bridget Charles and Rudy Cabrera were able to send out more than 20 boxes filled with toiletries, magazines and food to soldiers stationed overseas last Friday.
Wagner, 17, said he originally came up with the idea before Halloween when his best friend, Sean Harmon, saw his brother Ryan deploy to Iraq. Wagner said he wanted to send enough goody-filled boxes so that every soldier felt like they got something from home. "They are alone over there and have nothing to remind them of the states," Wagner said.
Charles said her friend's boyfriend was killed in Iraq last August, and that was enough to get her involved. "Everything is hitting home and we wanted to help out," Charles said.
More than 100 students filled the South High School library after school last Friday to sort out the donated goods into similar piles, which were later boxed and sent to Iraq with the help of the American Legion and VFW. Though Cabrera does not have any family stationed overseas, he wanted to help bring a little piece of home back to the soldiers at war. "I hope it makes them feel like they're near home," Cabrera said.
