When: Thursday, November 8, 2007
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What time: 6pm
Where: Barksdale Station ~ Empty Space where Curves
used to be, ground floor
Cost: FREE! We need your help!
Directions:Take I-5 to Exit 119
and turn right on Steliacoom-DuPont Road when you get off the highway. Turn
right again into Barksdale Station. The space is located behind
the first building that Starbucks is in. Look for the space
located next to the ATM machine there.
What to Bring:
Bring yourself - your family - your friends.....if you can or want to
bring something else, here are some ideas:
Bring packaged goodies for the boxes - chocolate (it's not so hot now),
nuts, chews, candy, chips, gum, Crystal light or other flavored drink
packets to add to their water, cookies, protein bars, jerky, whatever
you think will make them smile! They love to give candy out to the Iraqi
kids, so any kind of candy is good too!
Bring a snack, dessert, munchies if you want - other food will be
provided
Other Options: There is an account set up at Venture
Bank where you can make a monetary donation to this cause. The mailing
of the packages is very spendy and so whatever help you can give is
appreciated!
Operation Make a Soldier Smile!
According to Denise Dhane from Dhane Orthodontics, there has been
overwhelming enthusiasm about the packages the soldiers are receiving.
So much so that Denise is going to do it again! For those of you who
don't know what this is, a group of DuPont residents and business owners
got together and stuffed boxes with goodies, labeled the boxes to
soldiers in Iraq, and sent them off! The last time we met there were at
least 30 people helping and we stuffed over 120 boxes, had a wonderful
time, and enjoyed Pizza provided by Farelli's!
Denise has received an overwhelming response from soldiers and their
families about what these packages have meant to them. Some of the
soldiers don't receive anything from home, and this can brighten their
whole experience. There has been much talk about this operation that
Denise started, and many people want to get involved, including the
press. Denise hopes to get the names and addresses of every DuPont
soldier serving in Iraq so that we can send packages to each of them,
and she hopes to get participation from the businesses and families in
DuPont to make this a huge success that can carry on until the war ends.
If you have a soldier in Iraq, or know someone who does, please get
the name and address of that person to Denise at denisedhane@qwest.net,
or to Karen Dunn at
kdunn@farmersagent.com.
Also please get the word out to all of the people you know who have
soldiers in Iraq so that they can get involved.
Information Provided by: Karen Dunn, Farmers Insurance & Financial
Solutions
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