Arnold AFB workforce provides Christmas gifts for more than 150 children through Gift Sponsor program


Heather Ricardson, left, and Sue Fletcher, center, both from the Center for Family Development in Shelbyville, are joined by other center staff and volunteers as they collect gifts purchased by Arnold Air Force Base personnel during the 2022 Arnold Engineering Development Complex Gift Sponsor toy drive, previously known as the AEDC Angel Tree, Dec. 14, 2022, at Arnold AFB, Tennessee. Members of the Arnold workforce sponsored more than 150 area children this year to provide them with gifts for Christmas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bradley Hicks) (This image was altered by obscuring badges for security purposes.)
Austin Woods, left and Bradley Parks, center, volunteers with the Center for Family Development in Shelbyville, load gifts onto a cart for transport off Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, Dec. 14, 2022. Staff and volunteers from the center visited Arnold AFB to collect gifts purchased by Arnold personnel during the 2022 Arnold Engineering Development Complex Gift Sponsor toy drive, previously known as the AEDC Angel Tree. Members of the Arnold workforce sponsored more than 150 area children this year to provide them with gifts for Christmas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bradley Hicks) (This image was altered by obscuring badges for security purposes.)
Heather Ricardson, left, and Hayley Pomarico, right, from the Center for Family Development in Shelbyville collect gifts purchased by Arnold Air Force Base personnel during the 2022 Arnold Engineering Development Complex Gift Sponsor toy drive, previously known as the AEDC Angel Tree, Dec. 14, 2022, at Arnold AFB, Tennessee. Members of the Arnold workforce sponsored more than 150 area children this year to provide them with gifts for Christmas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bradley Hicks) (This image was altered by obscuring badges for security purposes.)
Master Sgt. Anthony Velez, Arnold Engineering Development Complex senior munitions inspector, left, checks off the gifts collected and readied for transport by Heather Richards from the Center for Family Development in Shelbyville, Dec. 14, 2022, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee. Center staff and volunteers visited Arnold AFB to collect gifts purchased by base personnel during the 2022 AEDC Gift Sponsor toy drive, previously known as the AEDC Angel Tree, Dec. 14, 2022. Members of the Arnold workforce sponsored more than 150 area children this year to provide them with gifts for Christmas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bradley Hicks) (This image was altered by obscuring badges for security purposes.)
Staff and volunteers from the Center for Family Development in Shelbyville collect gifts purchased by Arnold Air Force Base personnel during the 2022 Arnold Engineering Development Complex Gift Sponsor toy drive, previously known as the AEDC Angel Tree, Dec. 14, 2022, at Arnold AFB, Tennessee. Pictured from left are Heather Richardson, Bradley Parks, Austin Woods, Sue Fletcher and Hayley Pomarico. Members of the Arnold workforce sponsored more than 150 area children this year to provide them with gifts for Christmas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Bradley Hicks) (This image was altered by obscuring badges for security purposes.)

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