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November 2013 Adoption… USS RENTZ FFG-46
Jingle Bells… Jingle Bells… Jingle and the way to the Crew of the
USS RENTZ
3 Females and 240 Males Aboard
We are heading back to sea and sending out love out to the USS Rentz FFG 46. They are currently assisting the Coast Guard performing drug enforcement off the coast of South America. They are about midway of their eight-month deployment and ready for some love from home!
We would like to send each sailor a small VHS sized box filled and wrapped as a Christmas gift to be opened on Christmas morning. If you pack them carefully you can fit eight of this smaller box in a large FPO box. That is a total of 300 VHS boxes... are you ready moms??
Pillowcases are a go! They will have them set out for the guys to choose from on Christmas day.
Remember it is warm where they are- still in the 90 degree range every day! So there is no need of warm hats or gloves for this group... even Santa will want to slip into his bathing suit for this delivery!
Let's show them our mom love and send the very best for the Christmas Hannuka Kwanza Holiday… Season
Drinks: Gatorade Powder, Capri Sun, Maxwell House & Starbucks Coffee
Food: Canned Tuna, Chicken, Soup, Mac & Cheese, Noodles
Snacks: Individual Cakes, Pretzels, Potato Chips, Peanuts, Trail Mix, Candy, Microwave Popcorn, Beef Jerky, Protein Bars, Granola Bars, Cookies
Toiletries : Soap, Deodorants, Tooth Paste, Tooth Brush, Mouth Wash, Disposable Razors, Razor Blades (Gillette Mach III),
Misc. Magazines (current Hot Rod, Motor Trend, Guns & Ammo, Gossip)
Head Phones, Disposable Cameras, Sports Water Bottles, Mini Fans, Amazon Gift Cards, Dr. Scholl’s Inserts,
Movies: The Wire (Season) Box Set, Smallville (Season) Box Set, Dark Angel (Season) Box Set Charmed (Season) Box Set, Martin (Season) Box Set, Deadwood (Season) Box Set
Games: XBox 360 and PS3 Video Games
SHIP DATE 11/20 - 11/22
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Permalink Reply by alice on
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Hi everyone! I just joined but would love to start helping if that's ok. I can def do 8 of those little boxes that go into the one bigger box. Since Im so new i don't even know if there is any other moms in my area that are involved. If so I would love get together with them so as to do more boxes.
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Permalink Reply by Sarabi2013 on
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I will pack a total of 14 DVD boxes.
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Permalink Reply by Pat L. in IL on
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Illinois/Chicago moms filling and packing 243 Christmas stockings today! HUGE THANKS to valeriejean and Pam (GM Mom) for sending me the stockings. You ladies ROCK!!!
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Permalink Reply by HuskerFan on
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** Donna I was able to squeeze in an extra 8 so I have a total of 40 going out this week. We had a great time getting these together today and look forward to helping again! Here's a pic of some of our boxes!
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HuskerFan, WooHoo GREAT JOB!!!
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Permalink Reply by Kim (Ethan's Mom) on
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Great job!
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Thanks ladies. We had so much fun. I have 3 kids still at home (5 total). They all pitched in to help, plus some friends came over. I had several friends pitch in money to help pay for stuff to go in them and the shipping cost. I had to hit up 4 different post offices to get all the boxes! :-)
I will also be sending a box of about 250 or so cards from 1 of the elementary schools and 1 of the middle schools my kids go to that some of their classes did for the sailors. I sent a few emails, then headed to the dollar store and picked up a bunch of cards. They laid them out in their classrooms and told the kids if they wanted to write to the sailors they could and the kids snatched up the cards and wrote away!
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Permalink Reply by Gulf Coast Mom on
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Donna - If you still need more, please post. I can do 8 without a problem - will be able to mail them on Thursday. I have lots of stuff I have collected and need to send off - just not been very motivated. Will be watching for a reply. :)!!
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