Not AT: Supporting the Troops

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Hi Kathleen,

Thanks for posting this, I really appreciate it!

Thanks to everyone for your replies so far. This is so

great and it totally helps me keep focused during my

boyfriend's deployment. (Constantly staying busy is

the only thing that seems to help.)

 

> IF you would like to show your support for the men

> and women over in the war

> zone, by donating some things that would be REALLY

> appreciated, such as

> lotions, lip balms, snackies, facial wipes, life->

savors, toiletries,

> batteries, sunglasses, eye drops, puzzle books,

> Ziploc bags, matches, decks

> of cards, mini footballs and basket balls, tooth

> brushes, handi wipes,

> saline nose spray and more,

 

Yes! Here's a full list:

http://images.ibsys.com/c3k-structure/images/docs/ITEMSFORSOLDIERS.doc

 

There's also the sweetest woman in Wisconsin

collecting lip balms and lotions for her son's Army

group. These guys have chapped, cracked and bleeding

lips, so lip balms are especially important. Here's

the article about her effort:

http://www.channel3000.com/news/1971427/detail.html

 

This is what she wrote me yesterday:

 

>Please accept my apology for not responding sooner.

The 20th was a

day where my brain did not work. My son is with the

Army 3rd

Infantry Mechanized Division. He is currently on the

front line, so,

sometimes my brain stops, along with my heart.

 

Yes, Yes, Yes and Yes. I am so happy to hear from

you. Their was a

company from Colorado that contributed, and I was very

ready to

approach them again. Yes, I am still collecting. The

Dane County

Credit Union has stopped. I have connected with

others here, the guard,

and now I see a few other groups have began to

organize to send. I

share my volume items with these other groups.

 

Yes Yes and any other ideas or suggestions you have,

yes, most

certainly. My name is Rose. My post office

box is Soldier Support, PO Box 1765, Madison WI

53703-1765. I can

also give you my work address if a post office address

does not work.

Many companies have been so generous, and send it to

my work

address, even on pallets. It is so amazing sometimes.

I get my national

guard contacts and we distribute as far as we can go.

 

 

Thank you, let me know your ideas.

Most Sincerely,

Rose<

 

 

 

then get in touch with

> Stacey at: stacey612

> as she is the un-official

> cooridinator for this

> (although I'm quite sure that she would probably be

> more than happy to accept

> any help in that area that anyone would like to

> offer. ESPECIALLY if there

> are LOTS of people who are interested in doing this.

> AND Especially after I

> have sent this to a couple more lists that she was

> expecting! ;-)

 

I'm wanting any and all help from others! I work

very long hours as a caregiver and with the exception

of 1 and a half days a week I'm usually sleeping when

I'm home!

(I will reply to all emails, but please forgive me

if it takes longer.)

I'm also having a tough time quickly coming up with

names of people, so if you have friends or family

who've been deployed and they're still blessed with

email could you please consider getting names of

individual troops they know who may not be getting

much from home?

 

> ANYWAY, there are a couple of ways to do this, you

> can either adopt your own

> soldier, or you can adopt a ship. Stacey can give

> you more information on

> this.

 

Yes, right now I'm trying to find out how to 'adopt'

my boyfriend's ship the USS Valley Forge (a guided

missile cruiser deployed with the Constellation

battlegroup). We're out of contact at the moment, so

I'm trying to figure out exactly what they need/want

on board along with *how* to get it there while my

boyfriend is temporarily away from the ship. Some of

the guys aren't getting much or anything and right now

I can imagine they all need a boost from home. (It

sounded miserable their first week out and that was 5

months ago. Eek.)

I know this is really scattered, but essentially

there are lots of ways for those interested to help,

and everything is much appreciated.

Thanks again to everyone who's already written about

this. I'll be emailing you ASAP!

 

Take care,

Stacey

 

 

 

 

 

 

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