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Chris Monroe, a retired firefighter in Missouri, has turned a beloved hobby into a special way to give back to his community
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He hand-carves wooden swords to help pay down student lunch debt at local schools
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Monroe said he learned how common school lunch debt is from his son-in-law, who is a teacher
A retired Missouri firefighter has turned a beloved hobby into a special way to give back to his community.
Chris Monroe, a bladesmith, started hand-carving wooden swords for his grandchildren in his garage, but word quickly spread among the kids in his neighborhood, per Aging Untold. So he started making more — and then a chance conversation with his son-in-law, Andrew Crawford, sparked a new mission for Monroe’s sword-making…