My books about a boy who gets kidnapped, and sold as a slave. This is in todays time. A secret slave company is still intact, held secret amongst the rich.

Have you ever wondered what became of those people you see on the back of the

A: Ok, not great, but fixable..

First off all, you don't need to write in the sound effects. Your reader will know what a bell sounds like, what a door opening sounds like, and the the sound of a tv turning on and off.

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Including her.

At 56, Carol has learned the value of what giving to others can do for your own soul by working here.

"I think this place saved me," Carol said.

She pauses, breathes in some cold air and continues her story. This chapter started a couple of years ago, on a cold January day. Her 14-year-old grandson, Cody Alexander, was the passenger in a car headed for Belton-Honea Path High School.

About a mile from the school, the Nissan ran off a curve in Clamp Drive in Belton. Cody died in that wreck.

And his grandmother nearly lost herself in her grief.

Until the clothes closet.

Carol said she first started dreaming about giving clothes and food to people. Then she'd wake with the urge to clean out her closet and her cupboards. When all that was done, she was still left with the same desire to help, but unsure what to do.

Then her preacher, Rev. Brad Hanks, at Middleton Road Baptist Church, stood up in church and told his congregation that the Lord had laid a mission on his heart.

Some of you may have seen our tv ads recently talking about our Southwest's involvement in our communites. And I don't mean just the communities we serve--I mean all of the communities that Southwest Employees live in.  Unlike other airlines, Southwest has Employees that reside in every single city we serve, and at the same time we live in a lot of communities that Southwest doesn't even serve (flight benefits are a very nice thing!).

I want you guys to understand that this isn't a marketing tag--this is a personality trait that Southwest Employees share.  Seriously.  It's one of the three tenets of "Living The Southwest Way," to have a Servant's Heart.   And while we have as our Corporate Charity the amazing Ronald McDonald Houses nationwide, we all are also involved in far more than that one cause in our hometowns.  I've seen my SWA Family go way over the top serving their home communities in my 20 years with this remarkable Company....but...

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