WAYS WE CAN SUPPORT OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN
As American’s it is not necessary to elaborate on the sacrifice our Service Men and Women and their families make to keep us free. We can give back to them all year and especially during the holiday season.
The military has discontinued the ‘Any Soldier’ program based on the resources to open and inspect each package. All programs require a name and full address. Some will take those addressed to ‘the commander’ with the unit address. You will need to review each programs requirement.
The Livingston County Republican Women's Club will be taking items and donations to purchase needed items and/or phone cards to include in boxes to be sent. The local VFW will mail these boxes to Livingston County Service MEN AND WOMEN. The VFW will also pay the postage fee. For a list of suggested items along with those item NOT TO BE SENT go to: www.adoptaplatoon.org/ and click on Care Package Ideas on the left side.
In addition to the care packages, we will be setting up locations to write cards and letters to service men and women.
WHO TO CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION OR DONATE ITEMS OR $$$$$ FOR SHIPPING??? Coordinator is Paul Seiter 810-599-8576 or pseiter1627@sbcglobal.net
OUR PROGRESS TO DATE:
CHAIRPERSON PAULA SEITER HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF GATHERING NAMES AND ADDRESS OF OUR LIVINGSTON COUNTRY MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN.
WE ORIGINALLY RECEIVED 12 NAME OF DEPLOYED PERSONNEL. LAST WEEK PAULA PUT TOGETHER 12 LARGE BOXES FOR EACH PERSON. THEY INCLUDED MANY OF THE ITEMS FROM THE LIST ABOVE IN ADDITION, WE HAD A DONATION OF BEANIE BABIES AND CAPS WHICH WERE INCLUDED ALONG WITH A PERSONAL LETTER
THE GOP WOMEN'S CLUB PAID FOR THE POSTAGE WITH FUNDS COLLECTED FROM OUR GARAGE SALE LAST FALL.
WE NOW HAVE 15 MORE INDIVIDUAL NAMES PLUS A WHOLE PLATOON SUBMITTED TO US. PAULA'S PLAN IS TO GATHER ITEMS AND SEND PACKAGES OUT IN TIME FOR VALENTINE DAY. CARDS AND LETTER ALONG WITH PICTURES DRAWN BY OUR CHILDREN ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED. DVD'S SEEM TO BE IN GREAT DEMAND ALSO (NO GIRLY ONES). SOME OF OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN DO NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING. 
THERE IS A DROP OFF POINT AT THE FMC CENTER IN HOWELL.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR QUESTION CONTACT PAULA AT pseiter1627@sbcglobal.net OR 810-599-8576
OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP:
Listed below are just a few ways we can make their lives a little bit better. We would ask you to review the list and chose 1 or more ways to support these dedicated men and women. You can give the LCRWC
· a name or names
· bring in items from the suggested list
· donate $$$$$ that will go towards the purchase of needed items and phone cards.
· Go to any of the sites listed below and find the project you are looking for
If you belong to another club, church group or are looking for a family project, please feel free to take any of these ideas and run with them or find another on line.
Do you know a service man or women in Iraq????
· Dunkin Donuts will send a case (24 one pound bags) of coffee. They donate the coffee and pay all the shipping costs. This is done on a monthly lottery bases and they will select 50 military members from those received. Send in a request for everyone you have an address for.
· What do you need to do?
o Go to www.dunkindonuts.com click on 'about us'
o Fill out the form under 'contact us'
o Have a soldiers name and APO address
o Click on submit
SEE LETTER BELOW!!!!!!!
Subject: Thanks!!!
Monday, my son Derek called from Japan and told us he received a very large box in the mail. When he opened it, there was 24 one pound bags of Dunkin Donuts coffee inside and a nice note to him and his unit. I told Derek to hang onto the bags of coffee and hand them out as needed. He is planning on sharing half of them with the other unit on his base. Had you not told me about this drawing, Derek and his unit would be still drinking coffee that tastes like "sucking dirt through a dirty sock" (his description). At our next LCGOP meeting I would like to tell everyone of Derek's good news and remind them of the drawing. Hey, anything to put a smile on our Armed Forces faces is well worth it to me!
Thanks again and have a very happy and prosperous New Year!!!
Send Phone Cards to hospitalized veterans or deployed military personnel.
Phone cards will only be sent to the following types of address:
· Military address (overseas address with CMR or PSC box numbers also must include unit designation.
· Hospital or nursing homes
· What do you need to do?
o Go to www.operationuplink.org.
§ Fill out the form with address and they do the rest.
Donate your unused Cell Phone and it will be concerted to a Phone Card. No Cost you You. You send in your cell phone postage paid and they will sell it to a company and the money will go towards a phone card for military personnel.
· Go to the link below: http://cellphonesforsoldiers.com/shippingLabel_generic.html
· Print off a ‘free’ shipping label.
· Send in your cell phone.
For suggestions on what to send in your care package (and what NOT to send) go to:
http://www.adoptaplatoon.org/new/pdf/care.pdf
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