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Comment by nolaj on August 24, 2011 at 8:58am

Thanks for sharing Ruth and a big thank you to all those who volunteered their time for such a worthy cause. ♥

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on August 24, 2011 at 8:03am

Last weekend we packed 57 boxes and three huge cartons for the USS Bush Shadowhawks Attack Squadron, the Molly's Adopt A Sailor project this month.  Over 50 people donated, 40 came to pack 62 boxes in about 2 1/2 hours.  I had to repack about half the boxes; that's why there's 57 now. 

Comment by nolaj on August 16, 2011 at 3:26pm

yes indeed, thank you for the reminder.  submom, my husband sent me this so hopefully it will come thru for you. Enjoy !

http://www.youtube.com/v/Z9Eo6INrPW4&hl=en_US&feature=playe... 

let me know.

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on August 9, 2011 at 2:37pm

Navy Moms are hosting a packing party to send items to the troops. We have two missions. Some boxes will go to the Shadowhawks unit on the USS Bush. Those boxes will be shipped with postage paid by Molly's Adopt A Sailor funds as they won a grant from Pepsi. The other boxes will be shipped to a remote Army unit in Afghanistan. We need donations of beef jerky, tuna packets, individual drink mixes, wipes, Easy Mac, brown t-shirts, black or brown boot socks, and fun stuff--dvd's, games, silly stuff, packing tape. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=161782697232044#!/event.php?e...

Comment by nolaj on May 24, 2011 at 10:19am

Congratulations Ruth, yes it was a special weekend.  Some friends of ours were there for PIR to see their son and am waiting not so patiently to hear from them about their experiences.  Great weather to enjoy it all.

 

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on May 24, 2011 at 10:08am

Thursday we drove to Waukegan and stayed at the Ramada, got to attend a bit of the meet and greet for the new grads' families.  I had met some of the moms on the PIR page, so it was fun to actually talk to them.  Friday morning our son took his dad, me, and his two little girls to the RTC where we were honored and awed to attend a capping ceremony and PIR, but our primary reason for being there was to see our son re-enlist for six years.  (He's an instructor there.)  It was quite an experience.  The oath was administered by the commanding officer of the RTC, a really personable man!  He presented all of us with certificates of appreciation for supporting our son's Navy career.  What a great weekend!

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on April 21, 2011 at 6:43pm

There are several organizations in Iowa that send packages, one in particular has 25,000 Girl Scout cookies to send to deployed military.  http://www.iowasbravest.org/index.html  They will be packing on the 27th, so if you have a request for your sailor or can help, visit their webpage.  Another organization in eastern Iowa is www.riverbendtroopsupport.org.  Jeannie does a phenomenal job sending boxes from her home.  Both organizations will always use donations, too.

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on April 16, 2011 at 12:10pm

I just got a message to delete the cereal as they seem for some reason to have plenty of that.  If you're sending to the Navy, they LOVE jerky, too.  That might be the case on land, too.  Dor, I sent that kind of stuff to my son, too.  Love the pig!  Also, I sent pirate stuff from the party store to another sailor cause he was the only sailor with a bunch of soldiers. 

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on April 16, 2011 at 9:43am

I belong to the Legion Auxiliary in Davenport, too, and they're going to get involved with my project.  It's not Navy as much as military support, but we're all one big family as far as I'm concerned.  There's a base in a remote part of Afghanistan without a PX--no toilet paper, VERY limited showers, no comfort items, surrounded by Taliban areas.  Pretty bleak.  I know a retired policeman who's been there training the Afghani police, but he's coming home soon.  He was able to send me another contact for this unit.  The Marine Moms and I have sent some packages, but I didn't realize how big the need was till now, so my goal is to start sending more.  If any of you can gather the needed items and pack them in the military priority boxes (postage for any weight is about $12), I'll send you the address.  It's a good group project for confirmation classes, scouts, etc. 

 

I buy toilet paper and take out the cardboard so they'll smash down.  At Hy-Vee yesterday I found bottles of foaming hand sanitizer 2/$1.  I bought 24.  I'll put them in ziplock bags because they reuse the bags to keep the dust out of things.  They can never have enough baby wipes either--unscented.  They clean themselves and their weapons with them.  I found some also at HyVee for $2.18 for 80.  I have a Sam's card and used to buy cases for my sailor when he was over there.  Snacks--nuts, hard candy, little boxes of sugary cereal.  If you have an over abundance of small stuffed animals, crayons, pencils, paper, the troops will share with kids in the villages. 

When filling out the customs paper at the post office, list hygiene products, not every roll of toilet paper, hand sanitizer.  Some post offices are pickier than others.  This hand sanitizer I bought is liquid, but won't be too specific when I tell them what's in the box!  Because priority mail is sort of expensive, make sure the box weighs at least 5 pounds to get your money's worth.  Since toilet paper doesn't weigh much, I'll probably go to Aldi's and get cans of beef stew and chicken and dumplings to make up the weight.  Aldi's has little cans of Vienna sausages, tuna, etc, too. 

So send me an email if you want the address and more info about who you'd be sending a box to! 

Comment by nolaj on April 15, 2011 at 8:05pm

Ruth- the group sounds like fun but I'm no where near Quad Cities but encourage others to take advantage of it.  Thanks.

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