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Young girl delivers homemade flags

Special to the Lake Okeechobee News
Posted 6/15/21

Emma with Spreading Smiles, stopped at the police department...

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Young girl delivers homemade flags

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Special to the Lake Okeechobee News

OKEECHOBEE - Emma, with "Spreading Smiles," stopped by the police department to hand out homemade blueline flags! Emma traveled all the way from the west coast and is a future K-9 officer in the making. Thank you Emma!

The Spreading Smiles Facebook page explains, "Doing a kind act can go along way... with all the crazy stuff going on in this world we want to show our support to our police with a special flag."

Emma also visited the Okeechobee County Sheriff's Office with another round of her awesome hand made “Thin Blue-line American Flags”
 
Emma and her mother create and distribute these to law enforcement agencies throughout the state of Florida. Their goal is visit all 67 Sheriff’s and neighboring agencies.
 
"We are so blessed to have such outstanding support from you Emma - we think you are amazing!" said the recipients.
police, Spreading Smiles, OCSO
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