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March Adoption: First to be Second!
No one ever wants to be second. Not unless it means they will be getting showered with love by Molly moms for the second time!
The USS Cape St. George is our FIRST ever SECOND time adoption! You ladies did such a great job the first time that they are back for more. Our first time supporting the Cape was a Christmas adoption in 2010. Over 50% of the crew is new since then, so even though the ship is being adopted a second time, many of the sailors will be first-time recipients of our love.
The Cape St. George is a guided missile cruiser based out of San Diego and is deployed as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to the U.S. 5th Fleet as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. They left on their current deployment on December 7 and have already heard that they will be extended. Their theme is "Dragon Slayers." Their moto is "Always Victorious."
I did some research and found out that April is “Humor Month,” so the theme for this adoption is “humor.” When I asked the POC about this theme, he said the crew will certainly be ready for some humor by the time our boxes start arriving. So let’s try to bring smiles to their faces and laughter to their day! Here are few ideas to get us started:
- Clean joke books
- Comics from local newspapers
- Movie/sitcom dvd’s with a comedy theme
- Silly putty
- Funny ties
- Those Groucho Marx fake glasses with the furry eyebrows
- Knock-knock jokes from kids . I thought this would be great for groups of kids…they can write down all their favorite corny jokes that we parents get tired of hearing over and over =]
- “Gag” gifts
- A collection of humorous stories/pictures from the internet or your own family
Their specific requests are:
- Magazines
- Toiletries
- Personal hygiene items
- Snacks
- Microwaveable food
- Candy
- DVD’s and popcorn for “movie nights”
- Phone cards—The chaplain has requested phone cards and has said that he is willing to distribute them on an “as needed” basis. There will be a separate address for the chaplain listed when shipping time comes.
- Pillowcases: This group is able to receive pillowcases, so pillowcase moms, you are on duty!
We are also going to have some extra support and love from the Makin Island moms this month. As a way to “pay it forward” for our adoption of their loved ones last month, they are going to hold a special packing party for the Cape St. George! Thanks, Makin moms, you rock!!!
The male/female count is 350 male, and 6 female.
Here is a list of what we need and what we have so far:
Female pillowcases (6)—All taken care of!
Male pillowcases (350)—All taken care of!
Magazines: Loraine 100+
Toiletries (female): Boxes for the 6 females
Toiletries/Personal hygiene: 1 full box of misc., deodorant, toothbrushes (1 case+), lip balm, razors, dental floss-240, hand sanitizer, body washes
Microwaveable food/Snacks: Popcorn-2 boxes+, 400 cookies, Fortune cookies - 2 boxes,
DVD’s: 40+
Candy: Laffy Taffy-101, fruit snacks, several boxes of misc. goodies
Drinks: Drink packets-500, water bottles filled with goodies-36, energy drinks-800
Games, etc: 120 decks playing cards, "game" cards (Monopoly, Clue, etc.), puzzle and brain teaser books, puzzle pages-350
Silly stuff: Groucho glasses-4, glow-in-the-dark glasses-4, Silly Putty
Banner: 1
I know you moms are going to be full of great ideas for how to get some huge belly laughs out of this awesome crew! So let’s get busy and show our FIRST SECOND that our love is just as strong the second time around!
Shipping Dates: March 21-23
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Permalink Reply by kayakhinkle on
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Just mailed our first box of love!! I'm officially a one box mom...or more accurately a one box couple. My husband helped pick out the goodies and decorate the bags. Now we are at airport waiting for my daughter's plane to land. Life is good!!
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Just to remind everyone....Monika started a discussion on coupon clipping. I went there about a week ago and so far I've gotten Mitchum Deodorant for 99 cents at Walgreens. Last night I made a trip to the store with coupons I'd gotten off Coupons.com and saved $7 on $22 order. I saved 1/3 of the total price! I was able to pick up 2 hand creams at $1 off each, and also 4 Dial Body Washes for a $1 off of each. Then on gum I got buy one and get one free. Some of it will go out in the box this Saturday and the mens body wash will be saved for another adoption. I just couldn't believe that when it totaled out I had saved 1/3 off the entire price.
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Im doing a girl scout event Saturday and packing up boxes :) Will let you know when they are in the mail --my guess is Monday
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Permalink Reply by MomByHeart on
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Just got back from the P.O. and mailing my 4 boxes. I'm usually a 1 box mom, but this month I felt a little more attached to the adoption :)
Thanks, ladies, for helping out this month and getting the USS Cape St. George some amazing love!
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Permalink Reply by Kim (Ethan's Mom) on
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I mailed 3 boxes yesterday. They consisted of microwavable meals and snacks.
I'm a one box mom but my one box always grows into more. haha
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My box made it to the Post Office this morning. It's filled with items for the female sailors.....body wash, lotions, hair conditioner, along with misc. items like emery boards, hair clips, etc. The majority of it collected by the nurses on our ortho unit ! Gotta love those nurses !!!
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Permalink Reply by chowchow on
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OK I have 2 boxes ready to mail in the morning. I kept it simple and fun. There is several basket ball hoops with a ball just the cheap kid ones. Several pop ups the ball and the container to catch them. Lots of card games, like Uno, crazy eights, old maid and go fish. Plus about 5 movies then all kinds of boxed candies like you get at the movies, and peeps, jellybeans, dice, malted coated easter eggs. Plus lots of other food items. I had a blast shopping all I could think about while I was shopping was my son saying good job mom. He just got deployed again recently & I was missing him. This was so fun shopping it really helps out sometimes. It was only 2 boxes, but I hope this helps. I goofed and didn't put in a letter with my name or anything, but I thought that would be ok I'm sure they can figure it out. Right? Oh I got one set of bunny ears. Thought that might be fun.
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Chow Chow, this sounds simply amazing! I agree with what your son would say, "Good job, mom!" The crew is going to love your box! I hope we get a pic of someone wearing the bunny ears :)
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I want to thank everyone for all you did for this adoption! It was my first time being the Mom of the Month, and I was a little nervous going into it, but all of you made it a breeze. This is a wonderful, giving bunch of women, and I am so proud to be part of you and so thankful that I was asked to help out this month.
God bless all of you and your sailors!
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Permalink Reply by Lorraine on
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Looking forward to all the feedback. I think we had a lot of one box moms this time so I hope there were enough of us to go around!
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Mom by heart you did a great job and it was very easy to keep up and I agree with Lorraine I'm looking forward to the feedback as well.
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