this is an article that really shows why El Paso is such a special place.
A community helps: Soldier's wife victimized by thieves gets $5,000 in furniture
By Maggie Ybarra \ EL PASO TIMES
Posted: 07/23/2010 12:00:00 AM MDT
EL PASO -- Army wife Brittany Adair knows all about reversal of fortune.
Thieves stole her furniture and personal belongings from a moving van as she and her baby relocated from Houston to Fort Bliss. Then strangers saved the day, donating cash, clothes and kitchenware to Adair.
She shopped Wednesday for replacement furniture paid for by an anonymous benefactor. Adair received more than $5,000 to spend at New Deal Furniture, 7130 Gateway East.
She purchased a dining set, a bed frame, a mattress, a recliner, an entertainment center, a sectional coffee table, a rug, a nightstand and a chest of drawers, said John Falvey, manager of New Deal Furniture.
Soldiers transported the furniture to her home Thursday. They were with the Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. This is the battalion of her husband, Spc. William Adair.
He is in Iraq, but is scheduled to return to El Paso in November, Brittany Adair said.
Falvey said he contacted Adair after one of his customers offered to pay for anything she wanted. The customer's only stipulation was that he did not want Adair to know who was buying the furniture for her, Falvey said.
The donor, a retired man in his 60s, said he wanted to replace Adair's furniture because he did not want her and her 18-month-old son, Matthew, to have negative feelings about El Paso, Falvey said.
Maggie Ybarra may be reached at mybarra@elpasotimes.com; 546-6119.
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