[Bordermarch] Re: [Ansteorra-announce] Gathering and Sending Care Packages to our Service Man and Women

kandace harris thetexladi at sbcglobal.net
Tue Jul 20 07:38:36 PDT 2004


Elizabeth,...Do you know what can or can not be sent....and what is needed more than other things?....and is there anyone from Bordormarch or Greywood servicing right now ?....I guess I had more than one question...LOL...Kandace

Elizabeth Burgin <elizabethburgin at yahoo.com> wrote:I've been meaning to do this for a few years...I
volunteer to take in donations for Bordermarch.
Anyone who wants to can bring things to me at Fighter
Practice. Which means I'll have to be there. 
Hmmm....yeah, okay, I can do that :)

--- Brian & Pam Martin 
wrote:
> Greetings Ansteorra,
> 
> As many of you have heard and read in the last two
> weeks, one of our own;
> Friedrich von Konigsberg, was killed while serving
> his country in Iraq. 
> One of the things that we learned from Friedrich's
> frequent emails home was
> just how much receiving care packages meant to the
> soldiers serving in
> Middle-East. Anything that these brave men and women
> get from home helps to
> lift their spirits and reminds them that we
> appreciate their service. 
> 
> In honor of Friedrich and his life, many of his
> friends have begun gathering
> and sending care packages to the men and women who
> are serving in Iraq and
> Afghanistan. This has lead people from Bryn Gwlad,
> where Friedrich lived, to
> begin working as a group to gather and send care
> packages to our troops in
> harm's way. I therefore invite, nay, challenge the
> other baronies, shires
> and cantons in this great kingdom to do the same.
> How many groups out there
> are willing to put forth just a little effort to let
> our soldiers and
> marines who serve in hazardous duty know that we
> remember and appreciate
> them? All you need is one or two people from each
> group to coordinate the
> effort of collecting the donations, then boxing and
> shipping it - everyone
> else can just drop off donated items at fighter
> practice or populous
> meetings. It's that easy. 
> 
> What's that? You don't know what to send or where to
> send it? That's not a
> problem - just have your group's coordinator contact
> us at the email address
> below, and we'll tell you all that you need to know.
> Furthermore, we'll keep
> a tally of the groups who are joining in this effort
> and sing each group's
> praise on these lists and in as many courts as
> possible. 
> 
> We often speak of heroes in the SCA, and sing their
> praises. Well now we
> have the chance to honor true heroes - the men and
> women who have
> voluntarily placed themselves in harm's way in order
> to help keep us safe.
> Come on, Ansteorra, let's do what little we can to
> honor and support these
> heroes!
> 
> Thank you,
> Sir Pendaran & Mistress Jehanne
> (twinoak at cox-internet.com)
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