County and city firefighters, schools team up for 12th annual Christmas for Kids

Holiday effort reaches children in all three local elementary schools

  • Employees of Gilmer County Public Safety and the Ellijay Fire Department team up to shop for toys at the East Ellijay Walmart. Pictured, from left: Montana Tincher, Al Cash, Aaron Freeman, Keith Kucera, Marshall Rhodes, Katie Deperro (kneeling), Max Gunn, Mike Williams, C.J. Morris, Sean Banks and Gary Watkins.
    Employees of Gilmer County Public Safety and the Ellijay Fire Department team up to shop for toys at the East Ellijay Walmart. Pictured, from left: Montana Tincher, Al Cash, Aaron Freeman, Keith Kucera, Marshall Rhodes, Katie Deperro (kneeling), Max Gunn, Mike Williams, C.J. Morris, Sean Banks and Gary Watkins.
The far-reaching COVID-19 pandemic didn’t extinguish a long-running Christmas outreach effort done by local firefighters. In fact, donations collected to fund this year’s Gilmer County Firefighters…

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