[shezza]

Hey, patriciaruth. You are an ANGEL! Thanks for taking such good care of our troops. DH is on his way to Afghanistan (he did Iraq in 2003 -- at least this tour won't be nearly as hot), and we also plan on sending him items to hand out to the places he visits as a coalition liason officer (orphanages, hospitals, schools). My sons' Boy Scout troop is collecting socks, because very few people have socks, even in the dead of winter (and many don't even have shoes).

One of the girls at church is engaged to a soldier in Iraq and she says whenever she sends him a care package, his buddies all gather around to see what he got, because many soldiers never get anything and just get pleasure out of seeing someone else get a goodie box. So she started sending little things for lots of others, and now practically the entire unit cheers when this soldier's name is called out during mail call, because they know there will be something in his box for them. She said there are many soldiers in her fiance's unit that don't even get a letter from back home, much less a box. Can you imagine?

Again, thanks for keeping this Care Packages for the Troops program going. Big hugs!

[patriciaruth]

Bless that gal at church who seems to have adopted a unit all by herself.

Let us know if DH needs anything, and please post any news like this here anytime. It makes our day to hear news.

[Abigail Adams]

"... because many soldiers never get anything and just get pleasure out of seeing someone else get a goodie box."

Wow! Is there a way that some of us here can help out? Maybe she could tell her soldier about www.operationmilitarysupport.com and he can tell his commanding officer to sign up some of his soldiers!