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March is here!
I have been in touch with several of my military contacts and have heard back from a couple.
group 1: forward medical unit in the Afghanistan. 200: 25 sailors, 175 Marines. 15 female.
3-10-10 update - I will mail the balance of 20 on 3-11-10. thanks for your help!
group 2: This batch of whatever number we send is going to Afghanistan also. Dawn is a civilian employee who is retired Air Force. This is what she said today:
Did you want the address of a unit or did you want to send them to me to distribute to the female soilders? Unfortunately there are no all female units. I will be heading out to some smaller forward operating bases (FOBs) on the front lines once a month and think the pillow cases would make more of an impact there as little luxuries are non-exixtant. Whichever you prefer. Also, if you have any bakers...they love fresh baked goods!
So mailing to her is the way to go for a personal delivery. Just general ones for now, as I don't know what services she will visit as yet. I know many of you just mailed, but if you want to send some to this group, email me for the address.
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Permalink Reply by Sue-Pillowcase lady on
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We only need 15 female. So please check out those exact numbers. I will go thru mine too to see what is what.
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Permalink Reply by Cheryl on
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Sue - Could I adopt 20 males from this group? I have that ready to go in my stash. That will fill one medium box and will reduce my storage amount slightly. I'm going to be moving back to my Colorado house at the end of the month so reducing my stock will actually be a blessing - and it means I will have room in my car for new fabrics I'm hoping to buy next Monday! Just let me know if that works. Thanks!
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Cheryl, they are yours! I will email you the address and you can mail anytime by next Tuesday, the 9th. I plan to mail a box on Thrusday as I was going to the PO anyway.
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Permalink Reply by LLovesmysailor on
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You have my count. Let me know what you need me to send. I'm working on more females so I will have extras beyond what is in my stash. I also have some angel pcs that I'm working on now.
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Sue, Let me know what you need. I do have more angel material that has not been made into pcs yet. I have some material that have small sailors on a yellow background that I am making 2 pcs from.
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Then if you need 20-25 more...whatever fits in a med. box, I will adopt as well.
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Sue, I have 9 navy print and 11 male. If you need me to send them let me know.
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Permalink Reply by Matt's Mom/Cathy on
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Sue I will send a large Priority box which I can get 37 in. I will send the following if that works for you.
10 sailors combination of nautical prints and US Navy
10 females
17 males
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Permalink Reply by Kim (Ethan's Mom) on
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I found some Bugs Bunny that says "What's up Doc?" and Rx on it. Two are cut out and ready to sew. I've been waiting to send somewhere medical. I can also send more. I'll have about 12 by the end of the evening. How many do I need to send. I am in a mood to sew :) Just let me know how many to make!
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Ladies, this is just great and you can mail anytime until next Tuesday. please let me know when you do.
Kim, that fabric sounds so cute. you decide on how many. 12 will have to go in a medium box, so do you want to fill it with pcs (Iknow you can get 20 in it) or do you want to put snacks in the box.
Just let me know and please confirm the number that was snet. . I am going to post in the desription of what I have you down for. If I haven't posted your name yet, it just means that I am going to let you know for sure what to mail.
and post pictures if you can.
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Sue, I'll do 12 and snacks. If I get more done before the mailing I will let you know.
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