This year's Holiday packing event was even more successful than last year! Lara Spina, our VP and Trustee, got her family and friends to buy Xmas presents for our adoptees again -- and this year they ran out of names! It was incredible. Marty and the kids from the Atlantic County (NJ) Alternative High School did a special project to collect goodies for our war fighters and brought up 13 cartons for SFC Scott S and his warriors in Sharana and outskirts. Anne, Mo and the Bryan Cave Law Firm (NYC) Administrative Angels packed over 30 large cartons for 1SG Bubba B and the kids in Afghanistan near his base. Bill A. and Emilia N. from Kessler Rehabilitation Centers got all 80 of their operations in NJ to collect goodies for the Paladins in AFG and brought nearly 100 cartons!
Then add the pillows from Ginny and the Needlecraft School in Midland Park, NJ; the holiday bears from John B. and friends for Walter Reed AMC; the pillows and stuffed animals from Liz H and Operation Jersey Cares for Walter Reed AMC; packages from the NJ Turnpike Authority for the Rakkasans in AFG; the packages from June A; all the goodies from Joan and the Norwood/Northvale Women's Club; candy from Christine and her husband's Pediatric Dentistry Practice in Shelton, CT; Xmas stockings from Linda D and the Piedmont (GA) Patriots; candy and goodies and cards from the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Manasquan, NJ; over 70 helmet liners from the Grace United Methodist Church of Wyckoff, NJ, and Leigh B. and her Knitting Club; coffee from Coffee Associates in Edgewater, NJ; Snicker bars from Dr. Phil A; stockings and goodies from Dawn B and Fair Lawn, NJ's Lyncrest School and the Pediatric Care Billing Dept; stockings and goodies from the North Bergen Girl Scouts and Tara P; goodies for the 745th FST from Bill S. and the FDNY firefighters; and goodies from many of our supporters coming to the Friday packing event (thanks Bruce, Jenny ...).
We also thank Paula and the Seyfarth Shaw Law Firm in NYC and Crystal, Curt and the team at Planet Tool & Engineering and their partner firms in O'Fallon, MO, for their fantastic holiday drive to send packages to CJTF 101 in AFG!
Add to that the financial donations from Bob G, Tom D, John Q, John and Joan C, the E family, Brenda K; Wm Raveis Agency in Trumbull, CT; Paul Z; Frank and Joan T; Carol D; Judy F; Rainer and Joy M; George V; the Parallel Group; Fair Lawn Athletic Club; Jeanne E; Donald and Lilyam W; Midge and JH; and others ... well, it's been a great holiday season for our troops so far!
And thanks to DHL Express for sending Xmas trees again to our troops this year! This is their eighth year in a row and the sixth year they have given trees to our units. This year we are even sending trees to our great NATO Commander GEN David H. Petraeus for HQ and surrounding units. We are so honored to do so. Thanks DHL!
Thanks to everyone who has pitched in, came to the packing event, will come to Tuesday's event
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