Hey Bruce, this is a great idea. Is there an established group that has cheap/easy transport of goods into Iraq? I'm definitely down with gathering items to send your way but given that we are all rather dispersed, i wonder how much shipping is going to take out of our overall effectiveness.
I've got a fair amount of infant/toddler clothes that my daughter has outgrown but is difficult to pry from my wife's hands and I'd be happy to pick up a couple of soccer balls and backpacks to send out if we can figure out the best way to ship it. Judah On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > It is now to the point where we are pretty much wanting for nothing. It > seems that our 1st Sgt is doing a good job of garnering lots of goodies for > us. However, we completed a mission yesterday called SWEAT. Not sure what > the acronym means, but it is basically an assesment of sewer and water > facilities in some of the small villages that we have in our AO, and > coordinating a plan of attack to upgrade/repair these facilities. All of > these villages have little kids. We donated rice, cooking oil and clothes to > the villages, but what these kids want is the same thing that all kids want. > Goodies. If anyone would care to donate things like candy, toys, stuffed > animals and/or childrens clothing, that would be awsome. Oh, and soccer > balls. These folks here love soccer more than anything else. I thought it > would be cool if we could get a few dozen balls to give to the villages. Oh, > and inexpensive back packs. All of the kids go to school but they usually > end up carrying their supplies. I am hitting up other groups such as my old > National Guard unit and friends and family for donations as well. > In return, I promise to take pictures of the happy kids here and post them > on my blog. > > Thanks, > > Bruce > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276603 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
