A terminally ill man in Pike County is on a mission to collect donations for troops serving overseas but his donation bins are sitting empty.
"I don't give up. I don't stop," said Bob Turse. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday the 50 year old leaves his three-hour dialysis treatment and heads out to check on his donation boxes. Each day most come up empty.
"You'll notice this is what they do to the boxes," said Turse as he peaks into a donation bin at the Milford Post Office. It was filled with junk and not donations.
Since August 15 Turse has been trying to collect everyday items for deployed U.S. soldiers with the Sons of the American Legion in Milford. He's looking for items like razors, toothpaste and phone cards but what Turse usually finds is trash.
"You see the garbage inside of it," said Turse as he points to what looks like a dirty napkin. "These young men and women that went over after post 9/11 deserve our care."
Despite his terminal illness and having to walk with cane, the Dingmans Ferry native checked all five of his donation boxes around town with most have nothing. His stop at the Grand Union Supermarket on Harford Street in ended up a success. "This is usually who does good for us. Grand Union. We got three bags," said Turse.
"This is the most we have gotten, the most we have gotten in one shot so we are pretty happy. Every little bit counts," said Maude Turse, Bob's wife.
Turse plans to continue the collection drive through the end of October. So far he's only collected about $200 worth of donations however that is not stopping him.
"I give it my all. I don't give up," said Turse.
"I don't give up. I don't stop," said Bob Turse. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday the 50 year old leaves his three-hour dialysis treatment and heads out to check on his donation boxes. Each day most come up empty.
"You'll notice this is what they do to the boxes," said Turse as he peaks into a donation bin at the Milford Post Office. It was filled with junk and not donations.
Since August 15 Turse has been trying to collect everyday items for deployed U.S. soldiers with the Sons of the American Legion in Milford. He's looking for items like razors, toothpaste and phone cards but what Turse usually finds is trash.
"You see the garbage inside of it," said Turse as he points to what looks like a dirty napkin. "These young men and women that went over after post 9/11 deserve our care."
Despite his terminal illness and having to walk with cane, the Dingmans Ferry native checked all five of his donation boxes around town with most have nothing. His stop at the Grand Union Supermarket on Harford Street in ended up a success. "This is usually who does good for us. Grand Union. We got three bags," said Turse.
"This is the most we have gotten, the most we have gotten in one shot so we are pretty happy. Every little bit counts," said Maude Turse, Bob's wife.
Turse plans to continue the collection drive through the end of October. So far he's only collected about $200 worth of donations however that is not stopping him.
"I give it my all. I don't give up," said Turse.
