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Their Angels volunteer Iren Jenny writes a letter of gratitude to deployed troops at the Military Appreciation Month ceremony held at Hilltop Church of Christ in Richmond, Calif., May 2, 2009. The letters were shipped in care packages to deployed troops.

Their Angels volunteer Iren Jenny writes a letter of gratitude to deployed troops at the Military Appreciation Month ceremony held at Hilltop Church of Christ in Richmond, Calif., May 2, 2009. The letters were shipped in care packages to deployed troops.

Their Angels volunteer Iren Jenny writes a letter of gratitude to deployed troops at the Military Appreciation Month ceremony held at Hilltop Church of Christ in Richmond, Calif., May 2, 2009. The letters were shipped in care packages to deployed troops.

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