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Yard sale to benefit National Guard families is Saturday

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Sgt. 1st Class Charles Ferguson looks over items collected by soldiers of the Army National Guard’s 178th Combat Engineer Battalion and their families for a big yard sale this weekend to raise money for an emergency fund. Ferguson was helped when his house burned down a couple of years ago and knows the real value of sticking together as a unit.
Sgt. 1st Class Charles Ferguson looks over items collected by soldiers of the Army National Guard’s 178th Combat Engineer Battalion and their families for a big yard sale this weekend to raise money for an emergency fund. Ferguson was helped when his house burned down a couple of years ago and knows the real value of sticking together as a unit. ANDY BURRISS aburriss@heraldonline.com
ROCK HILL

Family and friends of the Army National Guard’s 178th Combat Engineer Battalion will host a yard and bake sale from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday at the National Guard Armory, 126 Airport Road, Rock Hill.

Proceeds will go to the Family Readiness Group, which assists families of the unit in need during the holidays and emergencies.

More than 200 soldiers from the battalion have been deployed to flood areas of South Carolina to assist in rescue, debris removal, and humanitarian missions.

This story was originally published October 9, 2015 at 1:26 PM with the headline "Yard sale to benefit National Guard families is Saturday."

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