Sheriff helps boy thousands of miles away learn to hunt for Christmas
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[quote]A nine-year-old boy's Christmas wish came true thanks to a local sheriff all the way in South Carolina.
Alex Collins thought he was writing a letter to his local sheriff in Chester County, Pa., asking to be able to participate in a program in which kids get to learn how to hunt and fish.
But his mother had actually come across the program on the Facebook page of the Chester County, S.C. Sheriff's Office, not the one in Pennsylvania.
Alex, the son of a single mom, wrote that he had no one to take him hunting, but desperately wanted to learn.
So despite the mix-up, Chester County Sheriff Alex Underwood in South Carolina coordinated with his Pennsylvania counterpart, Sheriff Carolyn Welsh, to make sure Alex got to go hunting for Christmas.
Sheriff Underwood personally took Alex hunting and showed him all the necessary safety procedures.
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Alex described it as the best Christmas present he's ever gotten.
Source: [url]http://insider.foxnews.com/2014/12/30/little-boys-hunting-wish-granted-sheriff-thousands-miles-away[/url][/quote]
What a heart-warming story. Best sheriff ever?
"thousands of miles away"
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[QUOTE=dwt110;46831210]"thousands of miles away"
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0.5 thousand miles away!
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It is actually
Thousands of 0.01 miles away!
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It is if you go the other way around the earth.
With holiday traffic, it might as well be thousands of miles in spirit
I have to make a similar drive from Pittsburgh to Raleigh NC. Its about a 10 hour drive with stops.
Its cheaper to fly if you need to do a two way trip
The biggest surprise in all of this is that he wrote a letter.
Obligatory Fox source comment reading:
[QUOTE]Sorry, but all these 'single mom' stories just reinforce the importance of marriage. Yes, everyone involved did something nice, but where is the dad? If she is a widow, I understand, but I am getting worn out with the sob stories of children being raised without a father. We need to get back to committing to keeping families together, and reinforcing to our children the importance of not having babies until they're married. (Let the spiteful comments commence.)
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[QUOTE]Positive story about people helping someone. Of course, the "animal rights" people won't be happy.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Black vs. White as all the mainstream media has been on the kick of lately...NO thankyou sherrif for taking a young boy under your wing and making a situation GREAT for all involved, I was in the same situation as a 16 y/o boy (now 55) and my mentor just passed. He will remember you forever...great job SIR![/QUOTE]
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