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U.S. Coast Guard Thirteenth District

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Photo/Video Release

Date: December 8, 2007
Contact: USCG Public Affairs
206-220-7237

COAST GUARD, FRIENDS STUFF STOCKINGS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN
Photos & Video Available

Video of this event can be downloaded here.

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SEATTLE - Cole d'Hondt fills stockings with candy during the Holiday Stockings for Homeless Children charity event at the ISC Seattle gymnasium Dec. 8. An estimated 2400 stockings were filled and distributed to local shelters. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Shawn Eggert)

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SEATTLE - Nicoletta Angelis stuffs an action fugure into a stocking held by her mother during the Holiday Stockings for Homeless Children charity event at the ISC Seattle gymnasium Dec. 8. An estimated 2400 stockings were filled and distributed to local shelters. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Shawn Eggert)

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SEATTLE - Volunteers for the Holiday Stocking for Homeless Children assembled at Coast Guard Integrated Support Command Seattle's gym to organize toys and essential items for children in need during the holidays.  This annual event is held by the Coast Guard Spouses Association and surrounding community to provide and deliver holiday stockings for homeless children in the Puget Sound area that are living in and out of shelters. (Official Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer Kelly Parker) 

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SEATTLE - The Holiday Stockings For Homeless Children is an annual effort to provide and deliver holiday stockings filled with new gifts and useful items to Puget Sound area homeless children living in and out of shelters. Coast Guard members from the Thirteenth Coast Guard District, along with family and friends sorted toys and stuffed stockings at the Integrated Support Command gym at Pier 36 here Friday and today.  (Official Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer Kelly Parker)


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SEATTLE - 10-year-old Ryan Troub, a Boy Scout from Edmonds, Wash., volunteered Friday for the Coast Guard and Friends Holiday Stockings for Homeless Children. The charity group was created in 1996, and is one of several charities sponsored by the Coast Guard Spouses Association. Volunteers organized toys and essential items at Integrated Support Command Seattle for children living in and out of shelters in the Puget Sound area.  (Official Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer Kelly Parker)

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