Fort Hood Soldier Spent Deployment Pay on Homeless

Soldier back home on West Bank from Afghanistan uses deployment money to help homeless
Times Picayune
By Helen Williams, Gretna Columnist
March 14, 2014

Sgt. Austin Winton Lumpkin, a soldier who returned home to Gretna from Afghanistan in late January, used his deployment money to help the homeless. While he was home on leave, he purchased products to fill more than 200 bags, which included a new pair of socks, comb, toothbrush, toothpaste, bar of soap, deodorant, nail clippers, wet wipes and food, such as water, a package of crackers with cheese and an oatmeal pie cookie.

He also filled some bags for women, which included feminine products and hair ties.

“The reason I wanted to do this gift-giving project was to show people that you don’t have to have a lot to give a little,” Lumpkin said. He serves in the U. S. Army 87th Sapper Company, 20th Engineer Battalion and 36th Engineer Brigade, and is now stationed at Fort Hood in Texas.
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