[Elfsea] Sending care packages..

[Armand Dragonetti]

Stella is currently email challenged. However, I believe that Bert just
recently left Iraq and should be arriving here soon. I am not sure exactly
when or for how long, but hopefully we'll be able to ask him in person soon!

-=Armand=-


From: "Vicki Marsh" <xaraxene at comcast.net>


> Hola!
>
> Isn't Stella's son, Bert, still in Afganistan, too?  Is he due to come
back
> soon, or would we have time to adopt his unit?
>
> As for the knitting, I seem to recall seeing camo yarn at Hobby Lobby and
> Walmart.  I don't recall if they had desert camo or not.
>
> Xene
>
> p.s. Maria, call me when you have a minute, please.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elfsea-bounces+xaraxene=comcast.net at ansteorra.org
> [mailto:elfsea-bounces+xaraxene=comcast.net at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of
> Damon and Christine Huse
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 12:35 AM
> To: Elfsea
> Subject: [Elfsea] Sending care packages..
>
>
> Hola!
>
> Ok, we have a group of soldiers to send things to!  Here is our contact's
> letter:
>
>
> Where in Afghanistan: near Kandahar (1)
> Contact for approx number of Male soldiers: 23 (2)
> Contact for approx number of Female soldiers: 7 (2)
> Expected to leave Afghanistan: 01 Apr 2005 (3)
>
> >From the soldier:
> 13 Jul 2004:
> We are currently pulling long missions, which are not giving us any time
to
> purchase products which are needed. Alot of us are out on missions for
days
> at a time, eating nothing but MRE's, with no time to pick up anything
else.
> We are currently living in tents, with 15 to a tent, which we are actually
> lucky for this. It is very, very hot here, and its just the begining of
> summer, but I guess that means we have the winter to look forward to. We
all
> greatly apprechiate anything that is sent. Not only will it help us out
with
> things that can be used, its also a morale boster, knowing peolple out
there
> still care. Thank you to all of those who contribute to this wonderful
idea!
> You can never know what little things make such a big difference.
> PFC Ashley E. Cairo
>
> So, what would you like to send her commrades??  Though they are entering
> the summer months, winter will be upon them soon enough, too. An idea that
> occured to me for our knitters and weavers out there, they might be able
to
> use scarves and the such, too!
>
> Maria
>
>
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