Posted on 11/13/2007 11:33:04 AM PST by Katydidnt
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Operation Santa-USMC launches holiday outreach for troops
Last year the Marine Corps Family Foundation, along with the dedicated help of Marine Corps families and friends, sent Christmas-in-a-Box to over 17,000 Marines deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. For many of these young men and women, this will be their first Thanksgiving and Christmas they will be away from home and family. And it is an unfortunate fact that some of these young men and women will not receive mail and packages from friends and family members. Marine Corps Moms and many other volunteers hope to make a difference for our Marines through Operation Santa-USMC.
Operation Santa-USMC will provide battalions of Marines with Christmas-in-a-Box. Battalions are made up of 4 or more companies, and each company has a number of platoons with 30 or more Marines. Each platoon in the battalions will receive a box containing individual filled Christmas stockings for each Marine in the platoon, plus games, food, decorations and treats for the Marines to share.
We need church groups, organizations, clubs, employer groups, etc. to sponsor platoons and fill their boxes. We also need donations to help with postage. All items need to be collected and stockings packed so that boxes will be mailed by the last week in November.
All donations to the Marine Corps Family Foundation are tax deductible.
Watch our website, Marine Corps Family Foundation for updates on this project.
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If you can adopt a platoon of 30-40 and collect and mail within the next 3 weeks, or just make a donation, we'd appreciate it greatly. The contact would be Connie Click Here to Adopt a Platoon
Thanks Freepers-I know I can count on you!
katydidnt
Operation Santa-USMC launches holiday outreach for troops
http://www.marinecorpsfamilyfoundation.org/ and
Connie crj@marinecorpsmoms
ooh-rah Katie
If you'd like to help, e-mail operationsanta@marinecorpsfamilyfoundation.org
Email: riecke@marinecorpsfamilyfoundation.org or deb@marinecorpsfamilyfoundation.org. Or, contact us by phone. Connie crj@marinecorpsmoms can be reached at (503) 409-5905 . Deb can be reached at (541) 974-6948
Donations are needed & appreciated. MCFF is a non-profit foundation (501(c)3) . All donations are tax deductible.
Use Pay Pal - send your donations to donations@marinecorpsfamilyfoundation.org
Thanks for posting, Katy!
Let’s just hope that the fringe liberal groups who don’t want a military, don’t believe in Santa, and want to eliminate Christmas don’t start some protests about this event. You don’t mess with Marines!
bttt
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