{Top} Riding in the local Fourth of July parade
is always a special day
for Moms on a Mission.
Top right, Baking cookies became a specialty
for Barb Blackmore. At
right, Sherry Gallagher
and Barb prepare to
ship goodies to soldier.
Far right, Gallagher and
Blackemore man the
booth at the goat festival.
Blackmore. “We could have and it would have been appreciated, but we were committed to trying to send a sense of
home to them so they didn’t feel alone.”
Wakham said you would be surprised how hard it is to
determine who is deployed at any given time in Marshall
County. The government doesn’t hand over that kind of detailed geographic information so the moms figured out how
to network.
“When we would learn of a soldier deployed, we felt
sad that they had not been included on the initial love packages so we made an extra effort for them,” said Wakham.
As if the Moms on a Mission group wasn’t afraid
enough for the soldiers in harm’s way, Sept. 11, 2001
brought about an almost paralyzing fear. The moms intensified their activities to help make up for that heightened
sense of anxiety.
One of th