CARE PACKAGES for our Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, 2005

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1273305/posts ^ | 2-18-05 | patriciaruth

[Just mythoughts]

God Bless you BUMP!!!

[ican'tbelieveit]

You need cream of coconut? Canned? I know the stores around here sell it.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Got 1 box with 30 packages of microwave popcorn off today.

[patriciaruth]

Great going!! Thanks so much!!

Never heard what happened to omegatoo's popcorn, but it sounds like the value of her home just took a nose dive even if it is still intact.

[patriciaruth]

I found cream of coconut today, so we're set for this round.

We may need more in the future, as the party box gets passed around and we need to replenish the consumables. But I'm too tired to even remember your offer now....Hopefully I'll come back and glean this information for my list of go-to people for certain things by rereading the thread later.

I bought some children's books online for the Astrodome:

Delivery estimate: September 8, 2005
1 "Where the Wild Things Are" Maurice Sendak; Hardcover; $10.97
Gift note:Love from THE MERRY BAND OF PATRIOTS
1 "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books)" Dr. Seuss; Hardcover; $8.99
1 "The Little Engine That Could : Original Classic Edition (Little Engine That Could)" Watty Piper; Hardcover; $8.99
1 "Make Way for Ducklings" Robert McCloskey; Hardcover; $12.23
1 "Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! (Bright & Early Board Books(TM))" Dr. Seuss; Board book; $4.99

[patriciaruth]

:-)

[Just mythoughts]

BUMP!!!

[patriciaruth]

This is what I normally do at FR.

[chrispycsuf]

and i thank you for your patriotism...you are a great individual and i dont doubt that at all

[patriciaruth]

Would you like to be on the ping list and follow our activities?

We have adopted units in Bagram, Afghanistan, and in Iraq, 2 in Baghdad, 2 in Kirkuk, 1 in Mosul, and maybe one soon in Tal Afar.

[chrispycsuf]

most definetly

[patriciaruth]

Here's my socially useful thread.

[Quinotto]

I never doubted it :) I've been sending care packages for a while now...and I also served :)

[patriciaruth]

Nice profile page!

[Quinotto]

Thanks :) I just want to make sure our military women are not forgotten !!!

[patriciaruth]

We have Erica, Sheila, Lys, Rebecca, and Michelle currently on our prayer list and package list.

Lys and Rebecca are the go getters who aren't shy about asking for things for their fellow soldiers.

[patriciaruth]

Here's our contact soldier on a drop mission to distribute flyers in Afghanistan, possibly about the upcoming election.

Contents of packages mailed to Baghdad for their End of Summer luau party are posted below.

[Just mythoughts]

BUMP for OUR TROOPS!!!

[patriciaruth]

Mailed 6 boxes August 31, 2005, to Baghdad.
Box 1
Flushable wipes (2 boxes 42 Target and 2 Scott refill packs of 57)
6 DVD’s:
Blue Hawaii (Elvis Presley),
A Better Tomorrow/A Better Tomorrow II (Chow Yun-Fat),
Charlie’s Angels (Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, Drew Barrymore)
Alamo (Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton)
In Memoriam, NYC, 9/11/01 (narrated by Rudy Giuliani)

Box 2
Bottle 30 maraschino cherries with stem in
Tupperware box
2 sprays artificial orchids. (1 white, 1 purple)
Plastic box 235 white stirrer straws
Plastic box 240 toothpicks with red and green cellophane frills

Box 3
Rose’s lime juice in high fructose corn syrup—in
Tupperware box
2 boxes of 40 light blue flexible straws
2 artificial sprays of orchids (one white, one purple)

Box 4
Rose’s lime juice in high fructose corn syrup, 12 oz—in
Tupperware box
2 artificial sprays of orchids (one white, one purple)
2 DVD’s
Songs of Aloha (PBS program of Hawaiian music, songs, hulas and chant)
Sunsets of Hawaii, Volume One

Box 5
3 toothbrushes
1 bag 2 lbs shredded coconut
1 bag 81 oz Dole Premium Gold Pineapple in own juice
6 cans 8 oz. Dole tropical fruit salad in passion fruit nectar

Box 6
6 toothpaste travel
6 lip balm SPF 4
10 cans Dole tropical fruit salad
1 bag 81 oz Dole Tropical Gold premium cut pineapple in own juice

Mailed September 8, 2005, to Baghdad, 5 more boxes
Box 7
1 bag 2 lbs. shredded coconut
1 bag 81 oz. Dole “Tropical Gold” premium pineapple in own juice
6 cans Dole tropical fruit salad
3 boxes of 30 Q-tips

Box 8
1 bottle 30 maraschino cherries with stem in
Tupperware box
1 can Coco Casa Cream of Coconut 16 oz.
2 cans Dole tropical fruit salad.

Box 9
6 tubs 14 oz Marie’s strawberry glaze
2 cans 11.5 oz Kerns guava nectar

Box 10
2 cans 16 oz Cream of Coconut
1 plastic bottle 64 oz Mr. and Mrs. T’s margarita mix in a Hefty Bag
1 tub Jose Cuervo 6 ¾ oz garita salt with holder for rimming glasses

Box 11
1 plastic bottle 64 oz margarita mix in a Hefty bag
3 cans 16 oz. Cream of Coconut


MJY1288 mailed off the party things we bought at eBay and Amazon, with contributions from Kattracks, jtill, Just mythoughts, Ros42, Pig Rigger, MJY1288 and Kitty Mittens.

2 blenders/ice crushers
2 packages of colored cardboard decorations
50 silk flower Hawaiian leis
100 Hibicus print large plastic disposable cups
24 plastic coconut cups
144 little paper parasols

I am still packing up about 8-10 more boxes.
Full report later.

[iceskater]

Patty-
I mailed off my popcorn - almost 150 packets of popcorn.

Also, I mailed some books. Harry Potter (the last 2 books in the series), some John Grisham novels and some crossword puzzle books. Wasn't there a request for "1776"? I'm not done reading it yet but I'll send it when I'm done if it's still wanted.