So, many of you know I run a Juvenile Diversion program working with first-time youth offenders but I also coordinate youth service projects within the county and wanted to share my latest project. I believe it's had a huge impact and could be awesome anywhere so I thought I'd share...
We worked with Century 21 Bremer Agency and AnySoldier.com collecting donations to be sent to troops serving in Iraq from the area. Anyone can do this. It's so great. You just go on the anysoldier.com website and search for a troop and it tells you everything. I had a father with two sons in Iraq come talk to the youth and let us know what supplies we needed to send, baby wipes and ramen noodles being priority items along with feminine products of course.
If you're wondering why baby wipes, this is their shower. The kids couldn't believe it.
So many things we take for granted and so many things they're sacrificing for us.
The kids were able to collect over $600.00 in items and cash to put in care packages for the soldiers and we wrote a grant for $500.00 to help send out the supplies to the troops.
If you look up SPC Stephanie M. Nelson on www.anysoldier.com you can read what one soldier wrote back to us. (you can search by last name) I believe if you click the Where to Send tab that page will bring up a list of soldiers on the left side and you can search from there.
Anyway I just thought I'd share that with all of you. I'm really proud of what these kids did and it's meant so much to the soldiers.
2 comments:
That is awesome!! Thank you so much for posting these pics and letting us know what you have been doing. You should be very proud of your kids and yourself!!! If you ever do it again let me know and I would be glad to donate some money!!
That IS awesome.
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