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Heidelberg
Homecoming: Operation Yellow Ribbon |
The
Presco team is proud to assist programs like the
Heidelberg homecoming: Operation Yellow Ribbon.
We want our troops to know we are thinking of them
and appreciate all they are doing to serve our country.
We take very seriously our responsibility to be
a good corporate citiczen. We need to support volunteer
groups like Operation Yellow Ribbon that enable
proud Americans at home to say "Thank You"
directly to military personnel defending us all
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From
left to right, spouses Lisa Lowen, Kathleen
Hicks and Suzanne Isaac tie a yellow ribbon
around a tree.
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by Julie Speegle |
Spouses and family members of 5 U.S. Corps
Soldiers deployed in support of Operation
Iraqi Freedom are so excited about their impending
homecoming they decided to embark on a mission
themselves: Operation Yellow Ribbon.
The operation took place at Patrick Henry
Village Jan. 15. Volunteers, many from the
corps family readiness group, tied yellow
ribbons on trees, light poles, even stop signs.
The purpose: to line the streets along the
main strip from gate to gate and around the
Village Pavilion with fresh yellow ribbons.
"Some of these Soldiers have been
gone for a year," said organizer Suzanne
Isaac. "We want the first thing they
see when they come in the gate to be these
yellow ribbons so they will know we have not
forgotten them or the sacrifices they’ve
made."
Volunteers tackled the project armed with
scissors and 25 rolls of ribbon. Each roll
was 180 feet long, meaning there will be about
4,500 feet of fresh yellow ribbon to greet
Soldiers when they return.
"The
ribbon came from a number of sources,"
said Isaac. "I contributed, 5th Corps
family members and a company called Presco
Corporation also donated."
Members of the Heidelberg fire department
supported the project by providing a cherry
picker, the perfect tool to help volunteers
tie ribbons in high and hard-to-reach places.
Isaac said the yellow ribbons are a symbol
of support, and more.
"They
represent our love, support and respect of
our Soldiers," she said. "It is
important to show our support for our loved
ones as well as for our country and its Global
War on Terrorism."
Isaac said Operation Yellow Ribbon is just
one of the many ways family members have tried
to show Soldiers they care during a difficult
period.
"We have tried to show
our support to our deployed Soldiers throughout
the year by sending care packages and Christmas
presents. But we wanted to also have a symbol
of our support visible to all of the Soldiers
upon their return."
Volunteers also placed yellow ribbons at Campbell
and Patton Barracks. The project took about
six hours.
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