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Potomac Falls volunteers stuff Christmas stockings for the troops

11/16/18

Volunteers stuff stockings on Veterans Day Nov. 11 at Our Lady of Hope Church in Potomac Falls Nov. 11. JOE CASHWELL | FOR THE CATHOLIC HERALD

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Volunteers stuff stockings on Veterans Day Nov. 11 at Our Lady of Hope Church in Potomac Falls Nov. 11. JOE CASHWELL | FOR THE CATHOLIC HERALD

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Volunteers stuff stockings on Veterans Day Nov. 11 at Our Lady of Hope Church in Potomac Falls Nov. 11. JOE CASHWELL | FOR THE CATHOLIC HERALD

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Brothers Patrick (left) and Kevin Noonan team up to decorate a Christmas card for a soldier. JOE CASHWELL | FOR THE CATHOLIC HERALD

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Volunteers stuff stockings on Veterans Day Nov. 11 at Our Lady of Hope Church in Potomac Falls Nov. 11. JOE CASHWELL | FOR THE CATHOLIC HERALD

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David “Tripp” Lincoln III, 4, adds patriotic bandanas to Christmas stockings at the “Be a Hero. Thank a Hero” event. JOE CASHWELL | FOR THE CATHOLIC HERALD

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U.S. Navy veteran, Dr. Ed Novak, adds candy canes to a Christmas stocking destined for deployed troops. Novak served in Vietnam as a medical staffer onboard submarines and destroyers, including the USS Ozbourn. JOE CASHWELL | FOR THE CATHOLIC HERALD

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Volunteers stuff stockings on Veterans Day Nov. 11 at Our Lady of Hope Church in Potomac Falls Nov. 11. JOE CASHWELL | FOR THE CATHOLIC HERALD

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Volunteers at Our Lady of Hope Church in Potomac Falls gathered to stuff stockings on Veterans Day Nov. 11 to be sent to deployed service members and veterans. The “Be a Hero. Thank a Hero” event was made possible through the organization Soldiers’ Angels, whose motto is “May No Soldier Go Unloved.” More than 160 stockings were filled with candy, games and handmade Christmas cards to be distributed to troops. 

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