The post office ships packages to APO for free. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 11:27 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Care Packages > > 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 > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > >
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