Sometimes it takes an army, and sometimes it takes two.


Among the volunteers at the Salvation Army's assembly line for Christmas food boxes on Wednesday were the men who call themselves Charlie's Army.
The self-proclaimed army of retired teachers, principals and superintendents have been volunteering at the Salvation Army for more than 15 years since Charlie Lehman recruited them.
"Charlie was the superintendent at York Suburban, and I was the superintendent at Central York and he said you oughta get involved with this," said William Snyder. "Charlie got a lot of people involved with this."
Paul Wolfgang, 82, a former principal at York Suburban, said that Lehman was known as Mr. Salvation Army.
"He asked a bunch of us if we'd come in and volunteer in December and we said sure, so now we are known as Charlie's Army," said Wolfgang.
"Charlie died three years
ago, but we're still coming," Wolfgang said.
"We were always taught, in all of our various denominations, to always give back to our community. Many of us were old Yorkers, and we believe in giving back to the community."
Christmas Cheer: The men from Charlie's Army, along with volunteers from the Christian School of York, Target in West York and Penn Air Hydraulics, packed 2,000 Christmas food boxes at the Salvation Army on East King Street.
This was the first year that groups from local businesses volunteered for the project, said George Lenkner, business manager for the Salvation Army.