I'm with Judah. I have stuff I could send, but don't know where to send it and wonder if there's a "cheap" way to send bulky stuff like kid's clothes.
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 12:17 AM, Judah McAuley wrote: > 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:276634 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
