6/30/13 Patriots on Guard by Sarah Miller
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photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Polly Morman of Tyler stands in front of some of the over 50 care package boxes she and her small group of volunteers put together Monday June 10 for American military men and women serving overseas. The Adopt-A-Box program headed by Morman meets several times a year to gather donations and put together care packages of snack foods and hygiene items for soldiers.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Walter Morman of Tyler helps his wife Polly Morman with taping closed boxes that will be sent to soldiers overseas. The Adopt-A-Box program headed by Polly Morman meets several times a year to gather donations and put together care packages of snack foods and hygiene items for soldiers.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph A box prepared by Adopt-A-Box volunteers waits to be taped up for shipping Monday June 10 during a packing party at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Tyler. The Adopt-A-Box care packages are sent overseas to American soldiers.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Amber Patrick of College Station and Julian Amaya of Bullard work to assemble boxes Monday June 10 to be filled with either snacks or toiletries for American military men and women serving overseas. Patrick herself is an Army soldier stationed in Tyler.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Angel Johnson of Henderson, left, Betty Dodson of Longview, center, and Anne DeLaet volunteer their time packing boxes Monday June 10 for Adopt-A-Box. Adopt-A-Box is a grassroots organization that collects and mails food items and hygiene items to American soldiers overseas.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Missy Sanchez of Bullard tapes up a box Monday June 10 for Adopt-A-Box. Adopt-A-Box is a grassroots organization that collects and mails food items and hygiene items to American soldiers overseas. Sanchez's son Army SPC Justin Sanchez is serving in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and he will receive a box from the East Texas group.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Adopt-A-Box
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Polly Morman of Tyler, right, runs a packing party Monday June 10 for Adopt-A-Box. Adopt-A-Box is a grassroots organization that collects and mails food items and hygiene items to American soldiers overseas. George is also a member of Welcome Home Soldiers as well as a Patriot Guard rider.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Charlie George of Lindale tapes up a box Monday June 10 for Adopt-A-Box. Adopt-A-Box is a grassroots organization that collects and mails food items and hygiene items to American soldiers overseas. George is also a member of Welcome Home Soldiers as well as a Patriot Guard rider.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Nancy Nunez of Longview, Anne DeLaet, Eva Conley, 7, of Tyler, Shirley Snowden of Lindale divide peanuts into snack bags to be mailed to soldiers through the Adopt-A-Box program Monday June 10.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Polly Morman of Tyler and Charlie George of Lindale tape up a box Monday June 10 for Adopt-A-Box. Adopt-A-Box is a grassroots organization that collects and mails food items and hygiene items to American soldiers overseas. George is also a member of Welcome Home Soldiers as well as a Patriot Guard rider.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Anne DeLaet of Welcome Home Soldiers, right, holds her hand up to celebrate the safe return of Tyler resident Staff Sergeant Thomas Paul, US Army National Guard Thursday June 20 at the Tyler Pounds Regional Airport. SSGT Paul returned from serving in Kandahar, Afghanistan since Nov, 2012 as a Combat Medic training the Afghanis. Also pictured is Paul's wife Mary Paul.
photo by Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph Members of the group Welcome Home Soldiers form a flag line to celebrate the safe return of Tyler resident Staff Sergeant Thomas Paul, US Army National Guard Thursday June 20 at the Tyler Pounds Regional Airport. SSGT Paul returned from serving in Kandahar, Afghanistan since Nov, 2012 as a Combat Medic training the Afghanis.