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Volunteers prepare shoeboxes for soldiers from Mercer Mall
At Mercer Mall volunteers sort thousands of Shoebox for Soldiers donations destined for troops in Iraq. Michelle Williams, whose son Lance Cpl. Nicholas Thompson recently returned from Baghdad, explains mail from home kept soldiers hopeful. The campaign far exceeded its 5,000-box goal, producing 16,000 boxes from communities including Wytheville Beckley Mingo County and Abingdon.
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Bluefield
Mercer Mall
Michelle Williams
Lance Cpl
Nicholas Thompson
Baghdad
Iraq
Thompson
Adventure Communications
John Halford
Halford
Wytheville
Beckley
Mingo
Abingdon
Department of Military Affairs
Mercer County
Williams
Kevin Neese