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Say "HEY" in "MAY" to the USS HIGGINS!
Higgins Namesake: COLONEL WILLIAM R. HIGGINS, USMC
Colonel William R. (Rich) Higgins, USMC, disappeared on Feb. 17, 1988, while serving as the Chief, Observer Group Lebanon and Senior Military Observer, United States Military Observer Group,
United Nations Truce Supervision Organization. After being held captive by pro-Iranian terrorists in Lebanon, Col. Higgins was murdered. The exact date of death is uncertain; however, he was declared dead on Jul. 6, 1990. His remains were eventually recovered and interred at Quantico National Cemetery Dec. 30, 1991.
“As an officer of Marines, I believe it is my charge to set the example. I must create a favorable impression in courage, appearance, and personal conduct. I must be mentally alert, morally straight,
and physically strong. I must uphold the personal and professional credo of ‘doing what is right even when no one is looking.’ My integrity can never be challenged and my character must be unimpeachable. My physical courage must be such that I can face the danger of combat with calmness and firmness, and my moral courage must be equal to fear of criticism I will surely face.” - Sept 1979, then Major Higgins, from an essay entitled My Credo.
SHIP:
Commissioned on April 24, 1999, USS HIGGINS (DDG-76)
Motto of her namesake “First to Fight!”
The HIGGINS crew continues to live up to the words of Senator Charles S. Robb: “The USS HIGGINS puts the world on notice: those who threaten America’s interest or dare to terrorize its citizens will face Colonel Rich Higgins and the 8,300 tons of pure American steel that now surround his spirit.”
CREW: 288 (47 Female)
So ladies here we go...
Our May adoption for June is the USS Higgins. Thanks everyone for all the wonderful ideas for this month's adoptees...keep them coming! We love all your creative feedback! The USS Higgins will be looking forward to a steel beach party about the time our packages arrive.
One of the things the ship is doing is linking with an elementary school in San Diego. The school’s mascot is a dolphin and the Chaplain's wife bought a dolphin at Sea World for the Chaplain to take along on the ship. He takes pictures of the dolphin ("SOLANA") doing various jobs around the ship. Then they send the pictures to the school. They have a bulletin board at the school that they post news from the dolphin on... the school kids are writing to the ship. So a “summertime fun with a water theme" would fit in great. We could even send photos from everyone (with a dolphin in the picture) back to the ship with our packages saying "Hi" back from us Molly Moms and supporters...LOL...reminds me of the Christmas "fruitcake" adventure!
Our “We Stitch Love” group will be there every stitch of the way…LOL…no pun intended. We will need 276+ pillowcases for this month.
As we get more info from the POC, we'll post it for here for everyone. A special thank you goes out to Susan for all her help with this month's adoptees.
Updates from POC: BEACH TOWELS WOULD BE GREAT!
Address is in the WE SHIP Room and click here for LABELS
SHIPPING THE WEEK OF MAY 23rd - 27th
So far we have:
CO (yeah!) packing 300 individual bags with personal hygiene items.
Pillowcases: 144 CO Packing Party (many moms)
69 Krista (16 female)
6 Lauren
9 Dana
30 Nancy (10 female)
30 Ally (5 female)
288 (0 remaining)
Beach Towels: 10 Julie
20 Btown Sandy
6 Carol
4 NYPD
2 Pat
5 Nancy
7 HisMom
7 Kim Ethan's Mom (2 female)
225 FL
2 Lauren
288 (0 remaining)
FEMALE BOXES: 47 - Kim Ethan's Mom-2, HisMom-4, Carol-1, Molly's Retirement
Ctr. -20 (0 remaining)
Oregon Ducks, FL Marlins and all the goodies from the MA packing party shipping to the group
MISSION:
Beach Towels, Summertime and water themed items and toys, Cards & Letters (you might want include a picture of you/your group with a dolphin - read about Solana above)
Post your ideas, packing parties or boxes and I will keep a running total for everyone up here! Let me know if I misunderstand anyone and I'll fix the totals. Thanks everyone!
Hip, hip, hoorah…off we go to the USS Higgins to say "Hey There in May" from all of us Molly Moms!!!
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Permalink Reply by BtownSandy on
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I am completely new to this. I have 20 beach towels, six of them are female. What do I do now? I read the "newbie" post, so I know I need to go get boxes and customs forms. Do I just pack as many as I can in a box and repeat, then ship? I want to do regular boxes eventually, so I am putting my toe in the water with the beach towels.
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Permalink Reply by Dana on
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Wow, Btown Sandy...way to go!!! What a great start. You can pack as many as you can fit in one box or pack multiple boxes and throw stuff in to fill it to the brim. Don't forget a card or letter so the adoptees know who sent it to them. Do only what you are able to do and thank you again...they will LOVE them!
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Permalink Reply by Pat L. in IL on
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Hey Neighbor (Sandy), Will send you a message on your page!!
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Permalink Reply by nancy (ian's mom & tanya's mil) on
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Okay, I wills stick with my 20 and 10 for PCs. I am thinking i might get some flip flops to fill in boxes. not sure. Right now I can say I am just tired from a long day at work. 2 days off to reenergize.
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Rehab nurses just donated a large bag of :Bath & Body" soaps and lotions. Can I pack all this into 1 or 2 boxes and just write "For the Girls" on it......or does it have to go out in individual boxes?
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I got a phone call last night --- one of the retirment centers here in town is having a memorial day shin-dig and they wanted to pack boxes and asked if I have females --- they wanted 20 of them. So I gave them the Higgins girls :)
so we have 23 female boxes going to the girls
On to the boys now ----- do do do CHARGE !!! lol lol
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Sure you can. We have other female items being bulked in as well and I will let the POC know what to look for before the boxes arrive. Thanks Julie...you may want to wait on the decision cuz by the ship date there always ends up being something extra...he he he...at least mine do...LOL.
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Permalink Reply by valeriejean on
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Sorry I haven't participated this month...had ankle surgery, recovery going MUCH better than anticipated!
Are you still short pillowcases? I know I have at least 9 I can stick in a box if you need them! -
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So glad your surgery went well and you're recovering quickly...yeah! We can let you know was the final count is in or you can go ahead and ship them...they can always use them. Or, there's always next month whichever you prefer. Thanks VJ!
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****Reminder to mark your FEMALE boxes FEMALE on the outside of the box**** Thanks everyone!
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Permalink Reply by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) on
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I went shopping yesterday and had so much fun. Look what I brought home for about $13!! I'm so excited I can hardly stand myself - bet you are glad you aren't here! Or, maybe you wish you were since I'm headed out tomorrow again...
2 Kiddie blow-up pools, 4 squirt guns (more tomorrow, Target has them on sale for $1), 2 soak & splash balls, 3 beachballs (all different), 1 disposable camera (going to get a return envelope to wrap around it), 6 swim rings w/open backs - 2 dolphins (forgot the seahorse, back to get it tomorrow), frog, monkey, turtle, duck, looking for the pony that Rite-aid advertised, 300 freezer pops after the pharmist convinced me they are made to expand with freezing so they should NOT explode on the plane. Tomorrow is my day to hit Target, Walmart, Walgreen & back to Rite-aid for the pony! Also got some snacks (forgot to put them in my pic). Had to put things in front of each other to make them fit, but have to send pic of the swim rings, they are so cute. I hope the sailors have a ball with them. Don't want to drown in the kiddie pools!! Family Dollar Store has a bigger size for $10, my have to splurge on that. Absolutely cannot wait until Sun. Pray for sun & a good turn-out.
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