Letter to the Editor

FOP thankful for donations to Santa Drop program

Thursday, December 19, 2013

To the Editor:

The Putnam County Fraternal Order of Police would like to thank everyone that made a donation to this year's Santa Drop program.

This year over 50 kids received toys from Santa, which would not have been possible without the donations from the following people: VFW Post 1550 Women's Auxiliary Post 1550, ASCENA (Teena Bryant), Furniture Warehouse, Loyal Order of Moose Lodge 1592, FOE Covered Bridge (Eagles), Hendershot Service Center, Michael and Judy Crawley, Linda Merkel, Coats for Kids, Frank and Marie LaRoche, The Gentry Family, 3-D Auto Supply, VFW Post 1550, Beech Grove Ladies Aid, Stone's Auto Body, Jenny Porter, HMSB Insurance Services, Don and Marilynn Lewis, Taylor Golden, Gobin United Methodist Church, Follow The Hook Rise, George and Ruth Stultz, Jimmie Tomas, Richard and Nancy McCammack, Murray and Associates, Mary Lewis, Jennifer Steele (in memory of Bill Steele), Tri County Bank and Trust, Charles Keller, Jinsie Bingham, Joe and Loretta Ash, Linda York, Ena Hoskins, Mildred See, Melissa Johnson, Darla and Donnie Hopkins, Dennis and Virginia Gentry, John Sigworth, Club 16 Home Ec, Kelly and Gary McBride, Beth McCclin (Crambo's Bikes), Jenny Porter, John Wood, VFW Men's Auxiliary Post 1550, Frank Simpson, Jim Smith, American Legion Post 58, Darcy Hendershot and Sgt Charles Inman along Area 30 Law Enforcement for helping wrap gifts last minute.

This year, the FOP's Santa Drop had the largest number of donations in its 17-year history. We once again would like to thank the community for making this possible.

Brian Hopkins and

the Putnam County

Fraternal Order of Police