Letters From Home Ships 4,657 Packages!
4,657 packages were sent to military all over the world, with only 10 being in the USA, so 4,647 went to those serving outside of the USA. There was a total of 33,054 cards/letters shipped, with each individual receiving 1 food package, 2 drinks, 1 personal item and a Christmas card. The program started at 1 p.m. and finished packing at 3 p.m. Many organizations helped out, including the Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Brownie Troops, Patriot Guard Riders among others. The winner of the quilt was Wendy Anderson of Kersey. Thanks so much for your help!
"Wow. thank you sooooo much!!!!! I got all the boxes of stuff today. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!! I gave all the stuff to my First Sergeant and she was like, WOW!"
"Thank you so much for your support...we got your boxes...thanks so much! Unit 78007"
I wanted to take a moment to thank you. I received two boxes today with CDs and DVDs for our troops! I can't tell you how excited all of us are! How nice it will be to have a choice to see something other than the movie that is pushed out on AFN!
"Once again, I really appreciate it and the troops do, as well."
Sir, Ma’am,
I just wanted to thank your organization for brightening my day. My name is Tom Winkler, I’m a Master Sergeant with the United States Air Force,
and I am currently deployed to Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq. Just about an hour ago, someone handed a coworker and I two care bags. I don’t think I have
ever received one, so I thought it was a nice gesture. After I opened the bag, I was shocked to see letters from two towns that were named Johnsonburg
and St. Marys. After reading the letters in the bag I received, I immediately grabbed my coworkers bag to read his. There were two letters written by
school children discussing life in rural Pennsylvania. It really made my day because they brought back warm memories I once lived while attending
St. Mary’s Area High School. I grew up in Force, Pennsylvania and graduated St. Mary’s Area High School in 1987. It’s something that I was able
to find a little bit of home 8,000 miles away from where I grew up.
Thank you,
Thomas Winkler, MSgt, USAF
lvin Shutters, Joseph, Nana Bush, Teen Lewis holding up the candy that arrived from the Necco Candy Compan
.
Nana Bush, Lisa Auman, Anne McDonough, Victoria Barker working on decorating the bags
that hold the greeting cards.
We
are proud to be a part!!! Questions,
please contact Christine
Jovenitti, director
We are
a 501 c 3 non profit grassroots organization that works directly
under the Dept of Defense/Pentagon guidelines with the www.americasupportsyou.mil network, we would like to thank you very much for your donation
Letters from Home Inc.
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