Trying to help others, man seeks box fan donations
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By Forrest Sanders
MURFREESBORO, TN (WTVF) — A Murfreesboro man tells us he was called upon to help others. He didn’t see any better way to start than right on his front porch. That man tells us he’s getting his work going again, and he needs your help.
“This is my office here,” Dwight Ogleton laughed, sitting in the shade in front of his home.
Dwight said he’s got all he needs from this spot; there’s a drink, his Bible, footballs for his grandson, and a fly swat.
“Flies, they’re bold sometimes,” he laughed.
It’s from this place, Dwight waits on calls.
“It’s important I be here to do what I do,” he said.
Dwight was with Murfreesboro Fire Rescue for about 15 years. He’s an associate minster at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church.
“That’s what the Lord asks from us is to help others,” Dwight said.
The Tennessee heat concerns him. He thinks of elderly people and families who may have had an air conditioning unit break down.
“Think of people who may be suffering from the heat,” Dwight said. “Temperatures now are in the high 90s with a heat index well over 100.”
Dwight decided he was going...
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