America Supports You: Group Ensures Troops Get Support They Deserve

America Supports You ^ | Samantha L. Quigley

[SandRat]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, 2007 – Deployed servicemembers worldwide have been receiving a steady stream of care packages, e-mail and “snail mail” since 2004 from a group of “Proud Patriots” in Arizona.

Proud Patriots, a troop-support group, provides morale and material support to America’s deployed military personnel worldwide through six annual care-package campaigns primarily centered on holidays, Joe Jenkins, the organization’s president, said. “We send care packages to Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Korea, Germany, Italy and Africa.”

With three shipping hubs -- in Virginia, Missouri and Arizona -- the group ships packages during its six holiday-centered campaigns.

“Our founder was contacted in 2004 by a Marine lieutenant colonel and asked if we could provide assistance to his wife’s unit,” Jenkins said. “Basic necessities were not available, and our contact was hoping we could help.”

The group’s founder immediately sent out requests to friends and families, he added. Soon, several hundred boxes of food, clothing, hygiene, and entertainment items were donated for the servicemembers.

“Seeing that a need existed, (our founder) gathered a few of her closest friends and we put together Proud Patriots, Inc.” Jenkins said. “Since then, we’ve expanded to where we are today, sending thousands of care packages annually to hundreds of soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines deployed to locations all over the globe.”

Proud Patriots recently became a supporter of America Supports You, a Defense Department program connecting citizens and corporations with military personnel and their families serving at home and abroad.

“We are sure that our association (with America Supports You) will help us to increase our visibility,” Jenkins said. “We are looking forward to exchanging fundraising tips with other home-front groups and expanding our contact base of troops who need to know that we at home care about them.”

Related Sites:
Proud Patriots, Inc.
America Supports You

[SandRat]

Proud Patriots PING!!!!!!!!

[Jet Jaguar]

Bump!

[Jet Jaguar]

Bump!

[fatima]

Thanks for the ping SandRat,Bump.

[laurenmarlowe]

Thank you Sand for posting, and thanks for the PING!

[SandRat]

I did gave a heads up to a certain Canteener that it would go up as soon as I’d got home and saw that Samantha finished her story and put it up on AFPS.

[laurenmarlowe]

Just awesome Sand, thanks so much!

[Brad’s Gramma]

I think I’ve heard of this group...Hmmmmm......

:)

THANK you SandRat!!!!

[Jet Jaguar]

This is a great outfit.

While in South Korea for a year, I received numerous letters, treats, and a couple of needed items.

I turned two of my subordinates on to them and they received some great stuff as well.

If you have a good name, rank, and APO address, I would recommend dropping them a note.

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

Good job, Proud Patriots!!

[Jim Robinson]

Woo hoo!! ProudPatriots bump!!

[SandRat]

Just Some of FR’s own finest doing their part.

Accolades to all the Proud Patriots Supporters and to the Proud Patriots Organizers.

[AZamericonnie]

“Doing our part to help those doing theirs”

[radu]

WOO - HOO !!!

I've been keeping my eyes out for this and am so happy to see it at last!

[tomkow6]

PROUD PATRIOTS????.....Why does that name/group sound SOOOOO familiar???

[Albion Wilde]

Thanks for letting me know, Brad’s Gramma!

Go, Proud Patriots!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

WOO HOOO!!!!!!!
A Big ol BUMP from Maine!
Ms.B

[HiJinx]

Modest Bump for Good Folks

[fatima]

Thank you HiJinx,here’s a bump.