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WEBVTT PREPORTER: THIS MAN WALKED UP TOPTHIS ALBUQUERQUE FAMILY'S HOMEPAND HAND-DELIVERED A VERYPSPECIAL BOX.P>> LOOK MI HIJA, LOOK WHAT THEYPBROUGHT!P>> OH MY GOSH THAT IS SO COOL. PREPORTER: IT'S A BOX OF WHATPTHIS FAMILY THOUGHT WEREPIRREPLACEABLE T-SHIRTS.PJACKIE BALLARD WAS AN AMERICROPSPVOLUNTEER FOR TWO YEARS.PHER ONLY REQUEST THIS CHRISTMAS,PTHAT HER MOM MAKE A QUILT OF THEPOLD SHIRTSPJACKIE SHIPPED THE SHIRTS FROMPMISSISSIPPI TO HER MOMPALBUQUERQUE.PBUT TAKE A LOOK AT THISPSURVEILLANCE VIDEO WE FIRSTPSHOWED YOU A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGOPOF A WOMAN STEALING THAT BOXPRIGHT OFF THE PORCH.P>> THOSE SHIRTS WERE PRICELESSPTO HER. THOSE SHIRTS MEANT A LOTPTO HER.PWE KNEW WE HAD TO TAKE ACTIONPAND TURN A NEGATIVE SITUATIONPINTO A POSITIVE SITUATION.PREPORTER: MICHAEL GARCIA ISPAMERICORPS' PROGRAM DIRECTORPHERE IN NEW MEXICO AND SAYSPREPLACING THOSE SHIRTS WAS NOPEASY TASK, ESPECIALLY SINCE SOMEPWERE OUT OF PRINT.P>> THEY CAME FROM ALL OVER THEPCOUNTRY.PREPORTER: NOW JOHANNA CANPFINALLY START WORKING ON THATPQUILT FOR HER DAUGHTER.P>> THE WHOLE JOY OF THE HOLIDAYPWAS SLIGHTLY DAMPENED WITH WHATPTOOK PLACE, AND THIS CERTAINLYPBRINGS A LOT OF THAT BACK FORPALL OF US.P>> FOR YOU GUYS TO DO THIS FORPME IS JUST INCREDIBLE.PREPORTER: IN ALBUQUERQUE, SANDRA