Officers will deliver a bucket of sand or salt to citizens to use on their walkways and driveways. To qualify for the program you have to be 65 years or older and show proof of a disadvantage.

Believe it or not, the actual bucket is quite solid in quality. It's made out of tin with a detachable lid that, obviously, looks like a sandworm emerging from the sand of planet Arrakis.

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Shawn Winslow delivers a bucket of sand in November 2018 in Augusta. City workers are again providing free deliveries of salted sand to older or disabled residents this winter.