Welcome to 4 Our Military!!

Hello and welcome to my blog. My name is Michelle and I am an avid supporter of our Military. Here, I will be blogging about everything I have going on in the way of supporting our troops. If you too are involved in supporting our troops, I would love to hear what you are doing in your community. For the past three years, I have been a volunteer for an organization called 'Adopt A US Soldier'. They are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that allows you to sign up to "adopt" a soldier that is deployed and in need of some support. If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact me. Please direct all mail to MDawn213@aol.com. Thank you all for your support!!

Project Frontlines (Project #1 that I am currently working on)

Project Frontlines is one of the two projects that I am currently working on. This was started by Kylie Johnson and Mark Klodzinski. We then worked together and have made it an official part of 'Adopt A US Soldier'. What is Project Frontlines? We have a unit in Afghanistan that is in a very remote location. Through Project Frontlines, these men and women in uniform will receive donations from supporters around the world. For more information or to donate, please visit the Adopt A US Soldier website. We have just received a HUGE donation of 1,500 bags of coffee and it is going to cost A LOT to ship over to our troops. PLEASE consider donating for shipping costs. Every amount counts!

Friday, May 20, 2011

All of our new donations!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry for not posting yesterday, but it was so crazy that we didn't get any counting done besides the care packages. We didn't leave for Hunter Army Air Field until much later then expected, so we were pretty rushed the entire day. After driving an hours to get there, we almost weren't allowed access to get to the warehouse. The warehouse that I needed to pick up the supplies from is right on the flightline, and they had some chinese diplomats coming in within the hour. Since we were really quick about it (with much thanks to a friend of Meg's) we were able to get in and out in about 15 minutes. Once we got off the flightline, we were able to reorganize all the stuff from the truck to the two SUVs we were traveling in. It took about an hour, but we got it done :) When we finally got it home, we were able to actually go through it and see what we had. The final numbers are below under the pictures. While we are still in the process of breaking it all up, we don't know how many boxes will need to be shipped. I can tell you that it will be a lot though because we have over 650 of the travel care packages to send. About 200 of them will go to the 3d ID soldiers coming home along with the razors and q-tips, but the remaining will be sent overseas to Project Frontlines;Kandahar. Well...I guess that is it for the night. We will update you all soon :)

Michelle & Meg



Large Towelettes (about 500)


Q-tips (about 420)


Razors(about 220)


Puzzle Books (about 300)


Travel Toilet paper (about 450)


Calling Cards (about 30)


Batteries (30 packs), Drink Mixes (several hundered)


Drink Mixes (several hundred), Hand warmers (about 30), Instant Coffee (30)


Beef Jerky(30), Bandaids(30 packs), Travel Scissors (30)


USO Travel Care Packages(850+)


The inside of the care packages(deodarant, toothbrush with top, toothpaste, shampoo, comb, 2 packets shave cream, 2 packets lens cleaner, sunblock.)


The front of the care package (these bags are made of fabric, so they are very durable and reusable.)

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