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Fundraiser for 56th SBCT

May- 2-2009 » Filed Under: 56th SBCT

The Altoona Mirror describes an effort to raise money to send care packages to soldiers with the 56th SBCT.

Help for area soldiers deployed in Iraq came Thursday one hoagie at a time.

"It went wonderful," said Hope Benning, whose brother, Brian Weaver, is among the 166 soldiers from Company B, Second Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade, Pennsylvania Army National Guard. "One guy came in, got four hoagies and gave $200."

The daylong sale, organized through the Sankertown VFW Ladies Auxiliary, raised money to help send overseas care packages that already are sitting at the armory.


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