HEZBOLLAH’S LEADERSHIP BUT also — taking a TOLL ON CIVILIANS. IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE… IT’S BEEN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS SINCE THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES GOT HIT WITH BACK TO BACK HURRICANES. VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL OVER OUR REGION TRAVELED TO FLORIDA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND VIRGINIA TO HELP. NOW… AS WE APPROACH THIS HOLIDAY SEASON… THE FREE MASONS IN SWANTON ARE STEPPING IN TO HELP FAMILIES STILL FEELING THE IMPACT. AND THEY NEED YOUR HELP. NBC5’S ERICKA LOVE STOPPED BY THEIR GARAGE… TO SEE WHAT THEY’VE COLLECTED. AND HOW CLOSE THEY ARE TO THEIR GOAL. GUYS, THE FREE MASONS AND THE SHRINERS IN SWANTON ARE COLLECTING áLOTS OF TOYS… FOR KIDS WHO MAY BE WORRIED THAT SANTA WON’T REACH THEM AFTER THEIR HOMES SUFFERED DAMAGE FROM THE HURRICANES. IN SWANTON, TWO GROUPS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO DO SOME GOOD… AFTER SEEING THE IMAGERY COMING OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA, OF THE DEVASTATION FAMILIES FACED THIS PAST SUMMER FROM áREPEATED STORMS AND FLOODING. <"AND NOW BEING MORE SO INTO THE MASONS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T MEASURE WEALTH BY YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. YOU MEASURE IT BY IF YOU HAVE THE MEANS AND THE OPPORTUNITY ARISES AND YOU STEP UP AND HELP, YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU DO THAT AND THAT MAKES YOU PRETTY WEALTHY, YOU KNOW, ME AND MY SISTER, WE'RE NOT RICH BY ANY MEANS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN COVER THE EXPENSE AND THE TRUCKING TO GO DOWN, BRING CHRISTMAS TO NORTH CAROLINA."> JASON HODGDON WHO’S PROVIDING THE 18- WHEELER, OR THE SLEIGH, AS HE CALLS IT – SAYS HE WAS INSPIRED BY HIS GRANDSON WAYLIN, TO HELP WHERE HE COULD. <"WELL, MY GRANDSON AND MY DAUGHTER COME OVER AND A LITTLE WHALEN HERE WAS PLAYING IN THE LIVING ROOM WITH HIS TOYS. AND THEN IT JUST HIT ME HOW DEVASTATED HE WOULD BE IF HE LOST EVERYTHING THAT WAS TOYS. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE DOWN IN NORTH CAROLINA AND YEAH, THEY'RE IN SHELTERS AND LIVING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS, BUT THE KIDS DON'T HAVE THEIR TOYS, NOT THEIR FAVORITE TOYS."> TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO THE EFFORT, YOU CAN DROP TOYS AT LOCATIONS ACROSS SWANTON, MILTON AND ST. ALBANS. THE GROUPS
The Free Masons and The Shriners in Swanton are collecting a lot of toys for kids who may be worried that Santa won’t reach them after their homes suffered damage from the hurricanes.”You don’t measure wealth by your bank account. You measure it by if you have the means and the opportunity arises and you step up and help. And if you do that, that makes you pretty wealthy,” said Jason Hodgdon, the owner of Hodgdon Brothers and a Free Mason. “Me and my sister, we’re not rich by any means, but we can cover the expense and the trucking to go down, bring Christmas to North Carolina.”Jason Hodgdon, who also provided the 18-wheeler, or the sleigh, as he called it — said he was inspired by his grandson to help where he could.”Well, my grandson and my daughter come over and he was here playing in the living room with his toys. And then it just hit me how devastated he would be if he lost everything that was toys. When you start thinking about the people down in North Carolina and yeah, they’re in shelters and living with family members, but the kids don’t have their toys, not their favorite toys,” said Hodgdon. You can drop toys off at any of the places below before Nov. 30: Hodgdon Brothers in Swanton Two Boots Saloon in Milton Brady and Levesque Funeral Home in St. Albans Jolly Truck Stop in St. Albans
SWANTON, Vt. —
The Free Masons and The Shriners in Swanton are collecting a lot of toys for kids who may be worried that Santa won’t reach them after their homes suffered damage from the hurricanes.
“You don’t measure wealth by your bank account. You measure it by if you have the means and the opportunity arises and you step up and help. And if you do that, that makes you pretty wealthy,” said Jason Hodgdon, the owner of Hodgdon Brothers and a Free Mason. “Me and my sister, we’re not rich by any means, but we can cover the expense and the trucking to go down, bring Christmas to North Carolina.”
Jason Hodgdon, who also provided the 18-wheeler, or the sleigh, as he called it — said he was inspired by his grandson to help where he could.
“Well, my grandson and my daughter come over and he was here playing in the living room with his toys. And then it just hit me how devastated he would be if he lost everything that was toys. When you start thinking about the people down in North Carolina and yeah, they’re in shelters and living with family members, but the kids don’t have their toys, not their favorite toys,” said Hodgdon.
You can drop toys off at any of the places below before Nov. 30:
Hodgdon Brothers in Swanton Two Boots Saloon in Milton Brady and Levesque Funeral Home in St. Albans Jolly Truck Stop in St. Albans
