A couple of benefits were held in Wilkes over the weekend including one for a wounded soldier from North Wilkesboro.  20-year-old, Private First Class Chance Cleary was injured back in May during his tour in Afghanistan when the truck his was driving was hit by a road side bomb.  On Sunday from 11 til 3, Big Tom’s Pizza & Wings in North Wilkesboro served food and drinks for donations for Chance and his family.  Chance is currently at a rehab hospital in Virginia but will soon move back to Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda to receive help with the extensive injuries to his jaw, teeth, and both legs.  Thanks to everyone who came Big Tom’s to donate on Sunday, a total of 3,030 dollars was raised for local hero Chance Cleary.  And we at 3WC join in praying for his complete and speedy recovery and his return home to Wilkes.