This holiday season, we will be collecting donations to send to a troop in Afghanistan. Janet Puleo's nephew, Mike Gerome, is serving over in Afghanistan and we would like to make their Christmas special.
Mike is 21 years old and this is his first Christmas away from home. We will be making Christmas cards on November 20th and collecting donations on December 4th.
The following is a list of items to donate that we obtained from Operation Troop Support:
Stationery products: blank cards, paper, envelopes, pens, pencils, stamps, phone cards and disposable cameras.
Puzzle books/games/holiday gifts: books, crosswords, word searches, brain teasers, magazines, playing cards, hand held electronic games, travel games.
Coffee and snacks: regular or instant coffee, sugar packets and powdered creamer, oreo cookies, other cookie types, beef jerky, peanuts, single drink mix-in for water bottles, gum, cheez-its, pringles, doritos, hard candy, fruit snacks, pop tarts, cereal bars, and throat lozenges.
Toiletries: soap, shampoo, conditioner, dental hygiene products, disposable razors, shaving cream, petroleum jelly, baby powder, baby oil, nail clippers, deodorant, skin lotion, breath mints, body wash, odor eaters for shoes, kleenix, baby wipes, q-tips, eye glass wipes, food powder, wet wipes.
Clothing: new socks, boot socks.
Thank you and please feel free to pass this information on to family and friends who may wish to donate. God Bless!