Southport Elementary Students Send Love to Troops

By
Allison Carter
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When Christmastime comes, there are many good men and women who can’t be with their families. They are off in foreign lands because their country called them. At Southport Elementary School, students of all grades wanted to make sure these soldiers knew they were loved and appreciated this holiday season. Our troops are not forgotten.

Southport Elementary NC Cards for Troops

Southport Elementary School staff donated funds to purchase the materials to make cards as well as snacks and toiletries to create care packages.

Southport Elementary NC Cards for Troops

Southport Elementary NC Cards for Troops
Southport Elementary NC Cards for Troops
Southport Elementary NC Cards for Troops

Finding soldiers to deliver these gifts to wasn’t hard. In fact, this effort is quite close to home. An employee at Central Office has a son in the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division who recently deployed to Afghanistan to support Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.  (The team is expected to be deployed until Summer 2019.)

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Southport Elementary NC Cards for Troops

If you and your family are looking for ways to give back, start with our article on Ways to Give Back Locally this Holiday Season. There is an opportunity to connect with troops.

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Allison Carter
Allison, the founder of Cape Fear Family Magazine, has a long and diverse background in journalism and publishing that began when she started her own newspaper in fifth grade. Eventually, she went on to the University of Virginia and graduated with distinction in English. A writer for places such as StarNews, Greater Wilmington Business Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, and Redbook, she believes that words connect and build communities. She has been published in multiple books, including a Chicken Soup for the Soul and a Norton Anthology called The Double Bind. As former Managing Editor for North Brunswick Magazine and South Brunswick Magazine, her love of local magazines blossomed. When she moved to the area from Chapel Hill in 2015 with her husband and their young sons, she yearned for a community to help her take advantage of the area with her active family. Luckily, as a content marketer, SEO-professional and social media manager, she had plenty of experience to allow her to launch Cape Fear Family Magazine. Allison loves to paddleboard, recently tried surfing, loves to travel, and believes that raising kids is a whole lot of fun.

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