Residents of The Gardens at Southern Manor partnered with residents of Southern Manor Retirement Inn to create gift bags for local public servants recently. Benefiting from the public safety "survival kit" project were members of the Statesboro and Brooklet police departments, the Bulloch County Sheriff's Office, Bulloch County Emergency Medical Services, the Bulloch County and Statesboro fire departments and the Georgia State Patrol. At a time when relationships are tense among some public servants and citizens across the nation, these local residents chose to honor and show appreciation to those in Statesboro and Bulloch County who willingly serve others on a daily basis.