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05/12/2026

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09/29/2024

Update :additional items we can now collect listed below .
Please if you will help us share this again.
IMMEDIATE AID NEEDED FOR HURRICANE HELENE RELIEF.
Our Western NC neighbors are in dire need.
This Friday, October 4th, supplies will be delivered to Western NC.
Community Fire Department
East Gaston Fire Department and Lucia-Riverbend Fire Department
invite you to join forces and provide vital necessities to our neighbors. Donations of :
🔳bottled water, Gallons
🔳Beef Jerky, Individual serve pkgs Cheese Crackers, breakfast bars, Trail mix, single serve cans Beanie weenies , Chips, protein bars etc.
🔳toiletries (deodorant, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, combs)
◾️wipes (baby, antibacterial)
◾️vinyl gloves, and insect repellent
All items are urgently needed.
Please drop off your contributions at Community Fire Department or East Gaston Fire between September 30 and October 3,
from 8am-12pm and 2pm-8pm.
Fire personnel will be on hand to facilitate drop-offs.

🔳Community Fire Department
1873 Perfection Road Belmont,NC 28012
🔳East Gaston Fire Department
108 Arrowchem Way, Mt Holly,
NC 28120
🔳Lucia-Riverbend Fire Department
14124 Lucia Riverbend Hwy
Mt Holly

🔷At this time we are only accepting immediate need supplies.
Please no clothing,diapers, or non perishables,

09/29/2024

IMMEDIATE AID NEEDED FOR HURRICANE HELENE RELIEF.
Our Western NC neighbors are in dire need.
This Friday, October 4th, supplies will be delivered to Western NC.
Community and East Gaston Fire Departments invite you to join forces and provide vital necessities to our neighbors. Donations of :
🔳bottled water, Gallons
🔳toiletries (deodorant, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, combs)
◾️wipes (baby, antibacterial)
◾️vinyl gloves, and insect repellent
All items are urgently needed.
Please drop off your contributions at Community Fire Department or East Gaston Fire between September 30 and October 3,
from 8am-12pm and 2pm-8pm.
Fire personnel will be on hand to facilitate drop-offs.
At this time we are only accepting immediate need supplies.
Please no clothing,diapers, or non perishables

04/19/2024

🔴Please read and share.
🟡MISSING : Charles Alex Benfield
🔹Alex is active military stationed in California. His hometown is Gastonia .
His family resides in the Belmont area and are friends to many of us.
They are pleading for help as their world has been turned upside down.

🟡Missing -Charles Alex Benfield
▪️Alex is active duty Marines.
▪️He is currently stationed at Camp Pendleton ,Unit 1/11.

🔹Address of last seen location:
2506 Market Street, San Diego, CA

🔹NOT A DANGER TO HIMSELF OR OTHERS!!
▪️Alex was last seen in San Diego on April 14th at a recovery center around 11:30 am.
He had been picked up by the police the night before due to public intoxication. Then taken to a recovery center. After self release from the center he left to look for his phone that he had lost the night prior.
If anyone knows anything about his whereabouts please contact the number provided below (photo)

🔴Cpl. Charles Benfield, a field artillery cannoneer assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, did not report for duty the morning of April 15 following weekend liberty in the San Diego area. The 15th MEU is aware that Cpl. Benfield was detained by San Diego police April 14 and released later that day.
Once 15th MEU was made aware of his release, marines from cpl. Benfield’s unit searched the downtown San Diego area to try locate him.

The safety and accountability of our Marines and sailors is a top priority. The 15th MEU has requested the assistance of the naval criminal investigative service and will continue to attempt to locate Cpl. Benfield to ensure his wellbeing.”
Benfield’s family says because Alex is active duty and NCIS is investigating, San Diego police cannot declare him a missing person, but that’s not stopping them from sharing their own missing posters on social media.

“I can understand him being scared to show up after missing a meet, but to completely fall off the face of the earth basically is unlike him at all,” Lazo said.
They say Benfield loved his job and just reenlisted for four more years with the Marines this past fall, so they can’t accept that he would choose to abandon his duties.

Lazo says Benfield’s phone is dead, but pinged last at the San Diego Police Department. His financial activity is also raising more questions.
“We were able to find out that his bank has been cleared out. There was no money left in it. There were several big amounts of money taken out at different ATMs,” Lazo said.

12/17/2023

Community Fire Departments 58th Annual Santa Ride is one week away.
Soon the most anticipated day of the year will arrive.
Santa and Crew will begin between 3:00-4:00 PM . Be sure and watch our FB page to stay informed. Santa Trackers will upload next Saturday afternoon.

06/06/2022

Just had to share the latest creations by my little sister. She wowed me with a surprise necklace that I have wanted for sometime! Will be available for custom orders, just contact Tracy or myself.

09/01/2020

08/21/2020