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Albion native wins kudos for work with troops
by Outspoken on Mon Jun 09, 2008 3:44 am
Albion native wins kudos for work with troops
BY AMY CALDER
Staff Writer Morning Sentinel
Tom Hall's great love of books and passion for helping others are making life much happier for troops serving in Iraq.
Hall, an Albion native now living in Pownal, launched an effort last year to send books to Iraq so that soldiers will have something interesting to do in their down time. Since then, tens of thousands of books have reached the hands of military men and women as a result of Hall's good deeds.
"We've got to help these people," Hall said. "We've got to help them keep the focus and this is one way of helping them get through a very long and difficult tour in a place a long way from home."
A 1975 Lawrence High School graduate, Hall is a research engineer for Alion Science & Technology, a defense contractor headquartered in Washington, D.C.
He is based at Bath Iron Works, where Alion works primarily for the U.S. Navy. After learning that troops wanted books to read, Hall went online and found an organization called "Operation Paperback" and rallied co-workers to donate books. Operation Paperback distributes names of service men and women throughout the world and what types of books they want to read.
The Alion office signed on and the effort spread to the community and beyond, with a television station publicizing it. Eventually, people from all over the state were donating books to Hall's office, which catalogs and ships the books overseas. A library in Bethel donated more than 1,000 books to the effort and Hall has driven hundreds of miles to pick up such donations.
"He's probably shipped out, by mail, over 3,000 pounds -- well over $1,500 worth of costs; it's all been donated," said Lee Fournier, Alion's assistant vice president/division manager in Bath.
Alion recognized Hall recently for his efforts, sending him and his wife to Virginia to accept the company's 2008 CEO Award for Community Service and Volunteerism. Fournier, Hall's supervisor, nominated him for the award.
His nomination letter said Hall is passionate about the effort and volunteers a lot of time to it, giving up lunch breaks and working after hours and on weekends.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5125405.html
BY AMY CALDER
Staff Writer Morning Sentinel
Tom Hall's great love of books and passion for helping others are making life much happier for troops serving in Iraq.
Hall, an Albion native now living in Pownal, launched an effort last year to send books to Iraq so that soldiers will have something interesting to do in their down time. Since then, tens of thousands of books have reached the hands of military men and women as a result of Hall's good deeds.
"We've got to help these people," Hall said. "We've got to help them keep the focus and this is one way of helping them get through a very long and difficult tour in a place a long way from home."
A 1975 Lawrence High School graduate, Hall is a research engineer for Alion Science & Technology, a defense contractor headquartered in Washington, D.C.
He is based at Bath Iron Works, where Alion works primarily for the U.S. Navy. After learning that troops wanted books to read, Hall went online and found an organization called "Operation Paperback" and rallied co-workers to donate books. Operation Paperback distributes names of service men and women throughout the world and what types of books they want to read.
The Alion office signed on and the effort spread to the community and beyond, with a television station publicizing it. Eventually, people from all over the state were donating books to Hall's office, which catalogs and ships the books overseas. A library in Bethel donated more than 1,000 books to the effort and Hall has driven hundreds of miles to pick up such donations.
"He's probably shipped out, by mail, over 3,000 pounds -- well over $1,500 worth of costs; it's all been donated," said Lee Fournier, Alion's assistant vice president/division manager in Bath.
Alion recognized Hall recently for his efforts, sending him and his wife to Virginia to accept the company's 2008 CEO Award for Community Service and Volunteerism. Fournier, Hall's supervisor, nominated him for the award.
His nomination letter said Hall is passionate about the effort and volunteers a lot of time to it, giving up lunch breaks and working after hours and on weekends.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/5125405.html
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