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Holly Springs Student Gives Back To Marines Serving Overseas

Holly Springs Elementary STEM Academy Student Sydney Sincula for the past three years has helped organize a campaign to collect and ship Girl Scout cookies to troops serving overseas

A local elementary school student and her school have been commended for their support of deployed men and women serving in the United States Marine Corps. 

The Marine Corps League of North Georgia Detachment No. 1280 recently presented Holly Springs Elementary School STEM Academy and student Sydney Sincula with Iwo Jima Awards to commend the school for their support.

The school for the past three years has collected donations for care packages to send to troops serving overseas. Kimberly Forrester, a third-grade teacher at Holly Springs, has organized these drives for the past three years.

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Last school year, student Sydney Sincula and her parents, James and Laurie Sincula, donated 167 boxes of Girls Scout cookies to the cause.

The student this school year set a goal of donating 200 boxes of Girl Scout cookies. However, Sydney exceeded her goal by donating 550 boxes of cookies to the soldiers.

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