Supplies donated thru troops to Afghan school kids

Here are recent photos of a November delivery of school supplies and other donations to about 400 school children in Afghanistan. The donations were shipped to our soldiers in Afghanistan who in turn sorted, repacked and delivered the goods to the kids.
Many of the donated items were supplied by Airborne Angel Cadets donors.

Halloween Bash 2007

The first photo shows troops in Afghanistan sorting and packing supplies for delivery to local school children.



The second two photos show the soldiers having some fun at their Halloween Bash. We supplied some costumes and fun stuff to help them have a little fun. The two 'cows' are Blackhawk pilots.


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Thanks to Atmos Energy for donations

Just a quick thanks to the folks at Atmos Energy for their recent donations to our soldiers in the Mideast. The cash donations have been very helpful in paying for the costs of mailing the care packages overseas. The soldiers will be very appreciative of your concern and generosity.

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Notes and Christmas requests from Mideast

Message just received from one of our good soldiers in the Mideast:

"Yes, we finally delivered all the school supplies y'all donated to a local school outside our base (Afghanistan). We first separated the school supplies and filled over 400 little book bags. The bags were then loaded with a forklift onto a LMTV (big truck) and we convoyed into the city where we were able to visit with the children and distribute the bags. It was a great experience and I have mailed y'all pictures so you once again can see where your efforts go and how many people enjoy them!

Thank you for the Veteran's Day wishes and the care packages with the DVDs. That was so nice. And y'all are welcome! Sometimes remembering the people back in the Real World and how much they appreciate what we are doing is the only thing that keeps us going> :-)

Yes, I did receive the boxes with the kids' pictures and cold weather items. I have yet to respond to the kids, but I have all there pics and letters up for the Soldiers to enjoy.

Of course I do not mind the multitude of boxes. We are continually hand delivering care packages as we visit those less fortunate bases. And for Thanksgiving, my Brigade Commander is travelling to many of those bases in order to spread Holiday Cheer and I have been asked to ride along. I plan on bringing as many items as I can carry and fit on the Blackhawks :-)

Holiday items and cold weather items would be great right about now. Yes, I can distribute all those wonderful stockings and black is the only authorized color we may wear in hats and gloves. And any black gloves are appreciated. And I love the Insulated Black Hats that were sent - those are awesome! Hand warmers are great too.

Oh, and at the beginning of the deployment y'all sent some Carmello candy bars that were purchased as fundraisers and the pilots loved them! Since the pilots help me so much with traveling and getting care packages to Soldiers, I try to go out of my way for them as well. Anyway, if anyone happens to donate more of the Carmello candy bars, would you please send them my way and I'll make sure the pilots receive them? Thanks.

Overall, we have just entered our 9-month of being deployed and with 6-more months to go and the Holidays coming-up, we are stressed and tired, too include myself. But we are coping and with continued support form people like y'all, I'm sure we'll be fine :-)

Hope y'all are doing well and enjoy the upcoming Holiday Season!"

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Letter from soldier in Afghanistan

Here is an email just received from one of our new contacts in Afghanistan, including photos of a supply drop. "Wow, you guys go all out when you donate! The stack of boxes just came in today. The movies, soap and shampoo was a great item. They like the popcorn too. Now everyone has writing materials so they can send letters to their families. I haven't given everything away yet, and there should even be some left over for some guys outside my unit. The guys are were really happy that I signed us up with your organization."
"I can't begin to tell you how happy your gifts make soldiers like us. It lets them know that there are people back home that care about them. Thank you."