[patriciaruth]

The letters from Afghanistan with requests will be in the posts to follow, as will be lists of what has already been collected or has already gone.

[diamond6]

ping

[Dante3]

bttt

[Dante3]

BUMP

[Travis McGee]

How about putting me down for a case of my books?

[quietolong]

Why the mission in Iraq will be a success
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1220363/posts

[Dante3]

BUMP

[SuziQ]

My Senior Girl Scout troop is working on a Interest Project Award that requires they write letters to folks needing cheering up. Could you please send me some information about how they could write to some of these soldiers? Are they 'any soldier' letters, or would they be addressing them to a particular soldier?

[Saundra Duffy]

Mighty bump for patriciaruth and the Troops.

[lysie]

My family will be going to a John Michael Montgomery Support Our Troops concert this Sunday. I'll report back with the collected items report.

Thanks to all you people for doing what you do.

[daybreakcoming]

To Bagram: The tree(pre-lit), already shipped by Sears The box of tree decorations, consisting of 172 unbreakable balls, a tree-top star, and a tree skirt. Add in 7 bunches of silk poinsettas and two wreaths of jingle bells along with six Christmas CDs as follows: 2 different copies of Christmas Classics, Jimmy Buffet Christmas Island, Cowboy Christmas, KennyG Holiday Album, and Manh Steamrollers Christmas in the Air...also just because - a Ray Charles and Louis Armstrong. :o) All will go out first of next week. I'm not so sure about the Christmas music - some of it makes me homesick and I'm at home. :o)

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

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special note

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If you know any of our troops that are serving and you think they may enjoy FREE religious books from Charles Stanley. Just freepmail me there full military address and I will see to it they are sent. I have permission to pass this around and so do you.

InTouch had put together some material just for the troops away from home. Website link...

http://www.intouch.org/

[diamond6]

I have a question. I'm going to be mailing a care package to Iraq. Do I HAVE to use the U.S.P.S. or are there other ways, UPS, FedEx. Can someone let me know asap because I need to do this today.

I have a fedex office right up the street, and the nearest post office is about thirty minutes away.

[GunnyHartman]

Hi Patriciaruth,
I work at a Western Montana health care facility and our employees are interested in sending care packages to our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Can you tell me what we have to do to send any packages to our men and women over there including addresses, postage requirements, etc.?
Thank you,
GunnyHartman

[Ros42]

Ping!!

[patriciaruth]

We have a request from a soldier in Afghanistan for an Xbox for his unit and these games: Madden NFL 2005, NBA 2004, HOCKEY, AND BOXING.

We can fill this request several ways. Twenty people can send $10 each OR four or five people can split the cost OR someone who has an Xbox and/or the games they're willing to donate could send them.

If we do this by donations, then I'll send the money to asgardshill and he'll do the leg work.

We'll see who responds this weekend before deciding on a course of action.

We also have a request for a DVD player from a military intelligence unit near Kirkuk. I believe someone among our list offered a used or new DVD player some weeks back, but I got too caught up in the election to keep that straight. Please contact me again!!

The new thread for holiday cards and letters for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan will be going up tomorrow.

[Dante3]

BUMP!

[Barset]

Thanks. I was looking for this. b.

[Uncle Vlad]

Bump so I can get things together.

[TexasTaysor]

Keep me on the list too, I'll do more in a couple of weeks. Thanks for all you do for this cause. I'm a true believer and supporter.

[patriciaruth]

ping.