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 Update:
01/03/10
'Twas the night
before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature
was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings
were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that
St. Nicholas soon would be there;
Oh...sorry...that
was The Night Before Christmas. But truth be told the Troop Stockings Project
for 2009 was a huge success! We send a HUGE thanks to each of you for sending
items and donating money to this very special project!! Once again you
have stepped up to the challenge of ‘making a difference’ in the lives
of others and showed nothing but generosity and love, for the soldiers
who are far from home.
Very special
thanks goes to Sue Therrien who headed up this project, and took on the
task of organizing all these items throughout the month and making sure
that they were sent to the soldiers. Another GREAT job, Sue!! We appreciate
your time and dedication to this project. Please take a moment to read
Sue’s special message below regarding the stocking project.
From all of
us here at the NST THANKS for taking part in this project and working together!!!
From Sue
Therrien:
Another Christmas
has gone by and once more the members of the Nelson Street Team have stepped
up and donated with an unbelievable response. We began the drive
late and chose Christmas stockings for the troops as our charity of choice
for the Christmas season. We only had a few weeks to get everything
done and the first two weeks started off slow. Things were looking
bleak. We received a unit of twenty men to send stockings too from
the America Supports You team. There were doubts if we would even
receive enough for those twenty. Then the donations of goods and
checks began arriving.
Soon the twenty
stockings were filled and overflowing and we asked for another unit.
A unit of 15 men was given to us to fill orders for. After a little more
shopping, for more candy and stockings to add to the stacks of cookies,
crackers, nuts, and granola bars we had received, those 15 were also filled.
After a little figuring on the amount of boxes those orders would fill
and shipping costs, we had enough left to fill another 7 stockings and
total in the shipping costs for those. We asked for the additional
seven soldiers,
(a medical
unit of women this time) for a total of 42 stockings filled and delivered.
Great job everyone.
Thank you all.
Love and Hugs
Sue Therrien
Thank you to
the following who contributed. If your name is not listed here we sincerely
apologize.
Allison Herald
Peggy Doran
Laurie Lagace
Joan Rogers
Nancy Burr
Dawn Kiefler
Karen Powell
Sue Faucher
Stephanie
Saville
Jennifer MyKleby
Susan Smits
Kris Bergeron
Sue Therrien
THE PROJECT:
Did you know
that there are soldiers over seas who have never received anything from
home? They are over there trying to make sure we stay safe over here. From
November 1-30 The NST will be gathering goodies & making stockings
to send to our Troops overseas for the holidays. We can bring a smile to
someones face for the holidays when they can't be home with family and
friends.
We have 3 ways
available to us to do this.
1. You may
send your own filled stocking.
2. You may
send items and NST member Sue Therrien will put stockings together.
3. You may
send money and Sue will buy items for the stockings on your behalf.
For each dollar
spent you will earn 1 point. You also earn 1 point for each dollar you
spent on shipping your items.
Please
send a copy of your receipt to get your points!
You can help
by gathering items and mailing them to:
Troop Stockings
c/o Sue Therrien
163 Greene
St
Woonsocket,
RI 02895
Or of you
prefer to help in another way: You can help with the postage costs
to send these packages to them.
1 point for
each dollar donated to shipping.
if you have
any questions please email us!
Here is a list
of suggestions for items to send:
gum
hard candy
small packs
of cookies or crackers
magazines
paperback
books
card games
hand held
electronic games
crosswords
word search
small bags
of peanuts or trail mix
brain teaser
puzzles or anything small and fun that can help kill some time when off
duty
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