3,800 Gift Packages for the Troops!

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Sunday June 21, "Nebraska Troop Support" will start putting together 3,800 gift packages. These will be given to our Hero's who start arriving at Fort Riley late in the fall and early winter. They have served in Iraq, Afghanistan, or other distant lands to protect our freedom.

We want each Hero to know he or she is special and are all loved alike. To make sure no one gets a bigger package than the others all packages will have the same items; as listed below.

The items will be put in a gallon zip lock bag for each individual. If you are a business, church, or organization and wish to have a collection box, great! We will make arrangements to collect all items by August 20th, 2009. If you wish to donate money so we can buy the items please make the checks out to - American Legion/Nebraska Troop Support.

Mail to---

American Legion/Nebraska Troop Support
515 E. Donegal St.
O'Neill, NE 68763

We are a non -profit organization. If you need more information please email beth@inebraska.com ---- We also have a web site http://www.nebraskatroopsupport.com/

Items Needed
We need a card, note or letter with a name and address for each package --- the soldiers like to know who supports them. It can be simple or as lengthy as you wish to make it. If you want to go simple it could be nothing more than: Nebraska Supports All Troops--Thank you -----Welcome Home. Please make sure you add your name and address (they also love to get letters or cards from children).

Then we’ll fill their bag with:
2 packages of pop corn (microwave)
2 packages of hot chocolate
2 snack bars
2 candy bars (no chocolate)
2 packages of gum
2 individual packages of sunflower seeds or nuts
2 razors (disposable)
2 each of small soaps, shampoos, lotions, from hotels ---- or larger bars of soap, shampoo and lotion. (These will be put in their own packages - separate from the smaller items).

1 toothbrush and small tube of toothpaste (perhaps you know a dentist who would be willing to donate some of these)

1/2 cup of individual wrapped hard candy
1 cup of salted peanuts in the shell
A small note pad
A ball point pen

Thank you,

Nebraska Troop Support

If you are wondering how we will get 3,800 gifts --- it will be one gift package at a time-- with your help we can do it! Thank you for supporting our Heros.