Please do. The freecycle moderator here is willing to approve this as a request on your behalf but there could be quite a response... one thought, could the Air Force help out if I drove the donations over to kirtland?
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 12:21 AM, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will find out and get back to you all. > > On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 8:17 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:276642 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
