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Gifts for Local Heroes

An anonymous Milledgeville, Georgia, resident decided to show his thanks to the 48 deputies at the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office by giving each of them $200, totaling nearly $10,000. 

The anonymous donor sought assistance from Tori Kala, assistant vice president of Century Bank and Trust, to help with the gift by putting together the envelopes with the cash and special notes and hand-delivering them to the agency. 

“He said, ‘You know what? Law enforcement needs it for what they do. They protect us.’ He wanted to thank them for their service and protecting us,” Kala told WMAZ.

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