Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Operation Shoebox question
When and where can you volunteer to fill the boxes for the troops?
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Box filling/bag stuffing meetings are most Mondays, including this coming Monday (11/11), 12:30pm, at Lake Miona Rec Center.
See you there!! |
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I am in Afghanistan in the same building as the Chaplain for this Task Force which is about 400 in theater. He gets several of these every month for distribution.
If you have any questions of how it looks from this end, ask away. Safe to say that I am the only Villager here. |
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Work. I am young for The Villages, old for here.
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The care packages address labels are removed before they are handed out (for security) and placed in the burn bin. In case you're curious why you don't get responses or thank you notes
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I spoke to one of the men involved in Operation Shoebox. He said they have binders full of thank-you notes from military personnel who receive the packages.
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Here, in Afghanistan, everything with text on it goes in the burn bag. The address labels are removed. I am simply stunned that anyone would argue with me about that. Last edited by Toymeister; 11-18-2019 at 09:46 PM. |
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I think that SFDianne just meant that many troops just send a thank you message back home to whoever handles their mail...not to specific Operation Shoebox volunteer addresses. (I can vouch for that.) Last edited by Polar Bear; 11-18-2019 at 10:12 PM. |
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“ Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. ” |
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