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              Each year, the Marshal’s Office is proud to partner with                                                                                                                        THANK YOU                    TO OUR PRIVATE AND
              the Augusta Regional Airport and Augusta Partnership                                                                                                                                                         CORPORATE DONORS
              for  Children  to  facilitate  the  Santa  Fly-In  Toy  Drive.
              However,  due  to  the  ongoing  global  pandemic,  things                                                                                                                        AdMAX Advertising                     Immaculate Facilities Group
              were a little different this year.  Instead of holding the                                                                                                                        ARFF Department                       Insurance Services of Augusta
                                                                                                                                                                                                Associated Credit Union               Infrastructure Systems Management
              event at the airport as a Santa Fly-In Event, this year’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                Augusta Regional Airport              Kona Ice
              event was held at the Augusta Judicial Center as a Santa   with gifts, food, and a little holiday cheer, thanks to our private and corporate                                      Augusta Sports Council                Live Oak Behavioral Services
              Drive-In on December 12th.                          donors.                                                                                                                       Bill Beazley                          Greg Oldham

                                                                  With the assistance of Augusta Partnership for Children, 30 families with a                                                   Cher Best                             Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
              Christmas is supposed to be the most wonderful time of   total of 94 children were invited to the Santa Drive-In Toy Drive at the Augusta                                         Christmas Décor                       James O’Neal
              the year.  However, the 2020 holiday season was unlike   Judicial Center.  The children were greeted by Santa and then handed bags                                                Coleman Sanitation                    Phinizy Swamp
              any other in modern history. Families were not able to   filled  with  wrapped  gifts  that  were  purchased  off  the  children’s  wish  list.                                   D’Antignac & Merritt Heating & Air    Police & Firemen’s Association
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Reverend Larry Fryer
                                                                                                                                                                                                Department of Public Health, East Central
              get together for Christmas, and many have lost their jobs   Faith Baptist Church of Thomson was on hand to provide each family with a                                             Faith Baptist Church of Thomson       Greg Smith
              due to the pandemic.  The Marshal’s Office and Augusta   turkey and all the fixings so that they could have a Christmas dinner at home                                            Health District 6                     Dan Troutman
              Regional  Airport  were  able  to  provide  those  families   with their families.
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