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December Adoption. May The Force Be With You ....as in the United States Air Force
Yes, our "adoptees" are a small group this month (60 male and 3 female), but certainly not insignificant!
These guys are an aircraft maintenance group deployed in Afghanistan. Originally out of Little Rock, AK, they ship thousands of pounds of cargo and hundreds of troops all around Afghanistan. They recently started an FOB (Forward Operating Base) "drop-box". They give away more than half of the items received to the countless Marines and Army troops that they provide air-drops for.
My POC said that they are all real snack freaks and scary movie fiends! Having only just received a donated XBox 360 fro their chaplain!
Their wish list consists of most of the usual basics and some not-so-basics!
Here is the list:
+ Chewing gum
+ Girl Scout cookies
+ Wheat Thins - particularly Sun-dried Tomato Basil flavor
+ Beef Jerky - teriyaki/jacks links
+ Doritos
+ Nuts/Power Bars/Trail Mixes
+ Microwave single meals
+ Workout supplement powders - casein/creatin/protein
+ Instant drink mixes to put in water
+ Headphones - skull candy
+ Green socks - Long Army issue
+ Tan t-shirts - size medium-XL
+ Rifle cleaning kits for a .223 caliber
+ Any XBox 360 games
+ Scary DVDs
+ Assassins Creed 3 XBox 360
+ Any toiletries
+ Feminine hygiene products
+ Razors/Shaving foam
+ Anything fun and feminine for the ladies
+ Magazines/puzzles/books
+ Stationary
So come on Navy mom's, let's show the Air Force how much we appreciate them!
SHIPPING DATES:
Wednesday, December 26th to Monday, December 31st
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Permalink Reply by Kim (Ethan's Mom) on
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My box is ready to go. It has the Assassin's Creed 3 XBox game, protein powder, 3 big bags of the jerky, 15 packs of gum, 20 little bags of peanuts and 3 boxes of the Wheat Thins.
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Permalink Reply by sheryl Navy 2 on
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Thanks Kim sounds great .... Can you believe it we are almost ready to ship everything . They are such a sweet group I have becomes very attached to them :)
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Permalink Reply by Denise (Dee) on
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The New England groups boxes are in the mail.
Our 92 boxes are officially enroute! Spent 2 hours and 15 minutes at my post office processing them.
Postmaster was not the friendlist but my husband got there before me so I'm not sure exactly what happened.
But the clerk that processed them all was great about it and was still smiling when we finished.
I'll get my pictures posted asap.
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My box went out on the 27th!
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Permalink Reply by Proud Navy/NYPD Mom (Donna) on
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Congratulations on a great job Sheryl!!! I just knew you could do it. Love you girl.
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Finally loaded my run to the post office pictures.
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December 2012 - loading car4.jpg, 3.4 MB
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Dee, you and the clerk deserve a medal!!! Thank you for taking care of this job, I understand the time it takes and you did wonderful.
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