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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: PegLeg45 on December 31, 2014, 06:56:54 PM
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Here's a good'un to finish off 2014.
http://www.live5news.com/story/27723550/geographical-mix-up-bring-pennsylvania-boy-to-chester-sc-to-hunt-with?clienttype=generic&mobilecgbypass-sheriff
A little boy desperately wanted to go hunting with anybody who might have taken him. So when Alex Collins saw the invitation from the Chester County Sheriff on the department's Facebook page, he jumped at the chance and wrote a letter.
In it, 9-year-old Alex said he doesn't have anyone to teach him to hunt.
"It's just me and my Mom and she's too sick to do stuff," the note explained. "She has a bad heart. I think you are really nice to do this. I hope you pick me to go."
The boy hand-delivered the letter to the Sheriff's Office, the only problem, he lives in Chester County, Pennsylvania and the invitation was from the sheriff in Chester County, South Carolina.
It was a simple mistake. It has turned into one of the most touching stories you'll see this holiday season.
Sheriff Carolyn Welsh, of Chester County, PA did some research and found out the letter should have gone to Chester County, SC. Lucky for young Alex, she had met Sheriff Alex Underwood five months ago at a sheriff's conference, so she gave him a call.
"I said, if you can get him here, we'll take him hunting," Underwood said. In a move that has turned many an eye misty, the Sheriff Welsh picked Alex Collins up early Monday morning and put him on a plane at the Philadelphia Airport.
Underwood was in Charlotte with a fleet of patrol cars to meet him.
The SC crew first took Little Alex to Academy Sports in Rock Hill where they outfitted him with $220 worth of hunting gear. Some of the money was donated, some of it came from the Sheriff's pocket.
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Happy New Year everyone.
Stay safe.
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Dang allergies
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Saw this earlier today!
Great story..
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Where's the darn LIKE key when you need it!
Richard
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One never stands so tall.....
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And I see race played a big factor here... NOT!
I don't imagine the sheriff nor the young man every asked or cared.
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Hi;
Seldom do I ever donate anything to anyone anymore, However, This morning I dropped in the mail $20 to the Sheriff for what he did.
No signature or return address on the letter or envelope. I just thought that assholes like Al Sharpton could learn something from a REAL Man that Sheriff Al is.
If the Sheriff can take the time to help out a kid far from his own County and State - I guess I can try to help the Sheriff help another kid out with my miniscual donation.
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