The Past Catches Up

It really is a small world, and here’s a story that demonstrates. So here we go:

1. Elementary school students in WI made goody bags to support service members.
2. Red Cross volunteers handed them out at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda.
3. (OK stick with me now…) 12 years later Air Force Lt. Jennifer Szatkowski goes to the dentist at Walter Reed.
4. As she’s sitting in the exam room, she realizes the decorated paper bag hanging on the wall was the one she created years ago!

Read the whole article on the Department of Defense page:

Face of Defense: Airman Gets Unusual Gift at Dental Exam

Red Cross Service to the Armed Forces staff and volunteers have been supporting the US military, veterans, and families since Clara Barton first founded the organization during the Civil War.

**Photo credit to DOD and AFPS