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staff . Sergeant Darrell Johnson has a

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lot of candy over the past few months .

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He has collected over £300 of sweets

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with the help of folks back in colorado

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is all in an effort to help brighten

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the day of Children in a small village

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in Iraq . The idea was formalized about

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the middle of october . We sent out

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information to our family readiness

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group that towards the end of november

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told him what the schedule was and then

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the candy started rolling in almost

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immediately , but 1 69 fires brigade

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frg sand box after box filled with

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treats . All of it came from donations

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by local citizens and businesses . Some

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businesses even donated cash to help

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pay for shipping . Everyone's

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contribution helped bring smiles to the

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faces of these Iraqi Children . It was

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really good to see it all come together

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and then to see all the kids there and

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the smile that we brought their faces

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to see how happy they were excited and

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I just , I know it was good things that

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we've done good things that they did

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back home that's brought all the

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smaller the faces . The candy delivery

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is a small gesture , but one that the

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people in this small Iraqi town are

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grateful for harvey Sergeant john

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Cortez Bartella . Iraq