{"id":15495,"date":"2017-12-27T16:11:37","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T21:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=15495"},"modified":"2017-12-27T16:11:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T21:11:37","slug":"a-christmas-surprise-for-gwinnett-county-firefighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=15495","title":{"rendered":"A Christmas surprise for Gwinnett County firefighters"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Fox 5<\/a>) \u2013\u00a0Firefighters in Gwinnett County were greeted with a Christmas surprise Monday morning.<\/p>\n

April Turgeon and many others in the community delivered Christmas stockings filled with goodies to every fire station in Gwinnett County.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got the idea after seeing a similar concept on Facebook,\u201d April Turgeon said. \u201cSo I posted about it and got tons of responses.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turgeon told FOX 5, complete strangers started calling to find out how they can help.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cThe response was overwhelming,\u201d Turgeon said. \u201cWe got so many donations and then there were tons of people who volunteered their time on Christmas Day to deliver the stockings.\u201dTurgeon stuffed more than 200 stockings-one for every firefighter working on the holiday.\n

\u201cWe even made a few extras just in case,\u201d Turgeon said. \u201cEach one was different, but they were all filled with love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Firefighters at Station Three tell FOX 5 they were humbled by the kind gesture.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can be hard to be away from family on the holidays, so to have strangers come and bring us this just really means a lot,\u201d Deputy Fire Chief Charles Wells said.<\/p>\n

Next year Turgeon says she wants to deliver stockings to all of the first responders in Gwinnett County.<\/p>\n

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