Gwinnett Mom Needs Help Making a Soldier's Birthday Extra Special

A Lilburn woman wants to make her son-in-law's birthday something he will never forget. She's hoping Gwinnett County residents will open their arms, as well.

Sgt. Zach Dees, her son-in-law, is a South Carolina National Guardsman en route to Kosovo. He will be stationed there until August 2013, but his upcoming 29th birthday falls on the second week of September.

His wife, Sarah, who graduated from Brookwood High School in Snellville, was told that he could not receive packages -- and this birthday presents -- until the unit gets to its final location. Undeterred, Sarah Dees turned to her mother, Ann Rambow, who has been living in Lilburn for 15 years.

"We decided to lift his spirits by starting a card campaign," said Rambow, who teaches fifth-grade students at . "It was Sarah's idea, and I decided to help."

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