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MAS Packing Party SouthWest Illinois
Event Details
Time: February 13, 2011 from 12pm to 3pm
Location: Troy VFW Post 976
Street: 123 W. Market St
City/Town: Troy, IL
Event Type: packing, party
Organized By: carols_kitchen
Latest Activity: Feb 14, 2011
Event Description
It's a Packing Party for 1,000 troopers! Join our Molly's Adopt a Sailor group as South Western Illinios (and Metro East Missouri) at the Troy VFW Post 976. We will have the party room, with spilloever into the room with the BIG TV for sports fans.
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Comment by carols_kitchen on February 14, 2011 at 7:49am
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Krista--sent you a private message
ILM--Yeah! Fun to meet everyone!
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Comment by ILLi on February 13, 2011 at 10:36pm
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Great time today Carol!! Thanks for all the food and for getting us all together! I love doing things for our troops!! :D
Cindi
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/sorry Krista. Actually, we are also going to use some regular parcel post boxes if under 10 pounds or larger items. so will be ok.
take care!
I'll let you know about next month as soon as I get a free rental room.
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Ok, looks like I may have pizza coming in. Keep your fingers crossed.
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I will post their request list next week as soon as the Saberhawks are done shipping! The Chaplain is great.
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Awesome, Kellie. Bring snack if you want something and the VFW will have drinks for sale.
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Carol, if anything changes for this event, date or time, please send me a regular email or call me in case I don't log back in nearer to the date. I'm going to meet with some folks a couple of hours away who are sewing and have some items for the packing party, so the sooner you let me know, the better.
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I've had several phone calls for material donations. Now, we just have to keep our fingers crossed the snow does not come through as predicted. If it does snow, this will still have time to be rescheduled in time for our 1000 troops. In the meantime, sew whatever you can from home! We have a large group to sew our love to!
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Sorry, Carol, I won't be able to make it...I wish we lived closer. :*(
I know you will have a very sucessful packing party!!! P.S. That is one of my favorite pictures!! I love that the sailor was so happy that he kissed his care package!!
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