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December 2004

Smokes for Mount Saint Charles

By: Judith N. | Marysville, Washington

We only wanted to take a few packs of cigarettes to the guys up at Mount Saint Charles Ranch. It was a rustic enclave for men who had to fit strict criteria--homeless, penniless, and alcoholic. A Christmas tree with packs of butts as ornaments would be decorative, and gifts for the old guys at the same time. So we put out the word, that holiday season of 1973. Give us smokes for Mount Saint Charles.

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