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News Release

Date: Dec. 8, 2009

Contact: Public Affairs
(617) 223-8515
Cape Cod Air Station crews offer holiday help

BOURNE, Mass.- Personnel from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod participated in several holiday charity drives to help the local Cape Cod community as well as fellow service members who are currently deployed overseas.

Coast Guard members traveled throughout southeastern Massachusetts collecting toys from Operation Homefront collection sites. Those toys will be distributed to needy children in the area.

Coast Guard Air Station personnel also donated 50 used cell phones to Cell Phones for Soldiers program. The charity collects used cell phones and sells them to a company that recycles them. The money is then used to buy calling cards for deployed soldiers to call home.

The air station is also sending care packages to members of the Coast Guard Port Security Unit 301, which are currently deployed overseas.

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