 Brainerd High School students are spreading holiday cheer by giving gifts that keep on giving to our soldiers overseas. Our Logan Gaye has more on that in this week's Golden Apple. Our veterans matter. We got to help them out anyway we can. Ms. Hex from Social Studies Class at Brainerd High School has been leading the way in a school-wide service project called Operation Paperback, which sends books and DVDs to soldiers overseas. Pretty much everyone in school is bringing in as many books as they can to give to soldiers that are overseas in the country that are in need of some, some to brighten up their day during the Christmas time. The Operation Paperback drive has become an annual tradition for Ms. Hex from Interclasses. This year they are expecting to send over 700 books to soldiers who need them most. A lot of soldiers don't really have any books to read and they kind of keep some entertained and they're overseas so they don't really have anything so they can read and also some of them have got brain injuries so they can't read and so the books help them be like learn to read again. And the project reinforces the idea that you don't need to be a certain age to make a difference. It's a great way to get all the classes together and just get the whole school like involved in one project. And Ms. Hex from this class is requesting that if you do decide to donate that you donate paperback books or DVDs. Paperback because those are cheaper to assign. One student shared that his favorite part of the project is when soldiers reward their efforts with personal notes of gratitude. One guy that was at like a military hospital and he said he was just learning how to read again and this Operation Paperback was really helping him because you know we send him like a couple easier books to read and now he's learning to read again. Ms. Hex from Interclasses will continue to collect books and donations to send to soldiers until next week. And brainered for this week's Golden Apple Logan Gay Lakeland News. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.