THANKS EVERYONE!

 Updated chart and list below – New items in green.

I will be working on personalizing the ornaments and crafty things on Thursday after 9:30 if you’d like to join me. J

 

Hi AAP “Moms”,

 

We’ve already got a great list going of things that will make our troops’ Holidays HAPPY! – THANK YOU!! J  Below is a list of things that we still need and don’t need anymore and the chart of what everyone has gotten so far.  Please read the list and look at the chart so you spend your hard earned money wisely.  I’ve decided that a couple of 4-6 foot trees will be better than 26 small ones.  The plan is to give each soldier a bag full of ornaments so they can decorate the trees themselves. Let me know if you have an artificial tree you need to get rid of. J  Keep your eyes open for ornaments we can write messages on, I hope to go to the dollar store tomorrow.

 

If you are bringing games or gifts and would like to wrap them before bringing them that would be very helpful.  I’m sorry to ask you to do that, but it will save us a lot of time.  As always, please let me know what you are getting so I can keep you updated it and we don’t get duplicates. THANKS!!

 

Things we don’t need (based on what we already have-see chart):  (New items added are in green)

*Blankets and hats (I’m waiting to hear back from them to see if they’d like more.  If you already have hats, please bring them!)

*Playing cards – (I still have lots left over donated from Foxwoods and we send them every other shipment.)

*Candy – If you have it bring it, but don’t buy anymore.  Some students donated their Halloween candy and we have leftovers from last time.

*Hot Cocoa

*Snacks

*Soap

*Fleece Socks

*Shirt Boxes

 

Things we need:

 

Gift Ideas

Board Games/Puzzles (used or new) – small or travel sized or is good (Have 16, need 10)

DVDs (used or new) (Have 24)

Razors, hand/foot lotion, etc

Traditional Christmas home baked goods

Calendars (Pocket sized $1 at Michaels) or the free ones you get in the mail

 Decorations/Trees/Miscellaneous

Artificial Christmas Trees (used or new) Let me know what size you have asap OR I will purchase some.

Christmas Decorations/ Hanukah Decorations

Candy Canes

Shirt Boxes

Wrapping Paper

Medium to large boxes for shipping.

 

Depending on how much I get done, I may have a get together next week to work on crafty things, baking or personalizing the ornaments and cards. I'll keep you posted on that.

Please let me know if you are coming to the meeting and what you will be bringing and I will post that on the website.  Also let me know if you just plan to donate cash and I will be so very happy to shop for things that they need.  J

Thanks so very much!

Jayne

 PS: If you have items you’d like to drop off, feel free to drop them by my garage at any time.  Please remember we always need magazines and large boxes (Please remove all labels from magazines and boxes.) As always thank you all so much for your continued support.  

~ Holiday Theme ~

November 25th at 9ish   

Name	Items	We have	Quantity  Still Needed
	Board Games	10	16
Jayne	Holiday pads Snow-shaped soaps Stockings to fill Coal Gum Bags Homemade Beef Jerky   Deodorant Board Games Gingerbread cookies Ornaments -small red balls, drums, gift boxes and silver bells	26 26 26  26 26  14  5	0 0 0 0 0   12 21
Candy	13, 5.07 oz. Hand Lotion called Winter Chocolate 13, 5.07 oz. Body Lotion called Christmas Cookie 2 boxes 20 bags, Bigelow Tea "Eggnog’s" 2 boxes 20 bags, Bigelow Tea "Ginger Snapppish" 13 mini note pad w/Santa on front, will look for another 13 2 more boxes of holiday tea, "Sugar Plum Spice" 2 sets of UNO card games 8 sets of playing 1 big fun puzzle 26 bags of 12oz. in shell pistachios (great $, couldn't help my self)   I will buy box of sugar packets	13 13 20 20 13	0 0 0 0 0
Sue B	Fleece Scarves (Camo fleece material at wal-mart)	26	0
Joan	Fudge J Candy Canes	26	0
Diane	4 board games, Yahtzee, Dominoes, Checkers and Monopoly  Some holiday shirt and robe boxes 36 individual Oreo cookie packages	4 ? 36
Carol	Cash
Gail H	Peanut butter crackers Hot Chocolate Pudding Hershey Miniatures Jinglebells decoration in a candy cane shape ornament balls that are wrapped with ribbon - red, white +gold balls. puzzles	45 60 36	0 0 0 0
Rose mary	Soap Fleece Socks Cash	26 26	0 0
Sue S	2 -4 foot trees Black Socks	26	0
Becky	Shirt Boxes Checkers 2 strands of multi-colored lights Wooden Games Homemade treats J	20 1	0
Leftovers	DVDs Candy Toothbrushes Hot Cocoa (will put with marshmallows and candy canes)	4 lots 8 26	21 0 22 0
	Small Trees (Dollar Store/Wal-Mart?)  or  3 large trees?	26	26
	Small Decorations to put on trees and personalize	lots	lots
	Candy Canes
	Gifts - (Possibly DVDs, games, etc)	Lots	Lots
Linda	Snacks Deodorant toothbrushes	5 3
Gayle B	Bingo, Checkers and Guess Who 26 clip lights that include the batteries 20 plus used DVD's 40 small snowman gift bags new proud to be an American T-shirt
	Send me any clever ideas you may have!
	Snacks from the list online http://www.avonencore.org/2007-2008/AAP/AAP%20Suggested%20List.htm
	Small gifts

 

Don’t forget to take labels off of your magazines and boxes.

THANKS again for your fantastic support!

Jayne

Weblist - http://www.avonencore.org/2007-2008/AAP/AAP%20Suggested%20List.htm  

Here is the information about our new platoon:

There are 30 Soldiers in your Army platoon.  They are deployed from Fort Bragg, North Carolina to Afghanistan.

Their living conditions are not very good. They do have a small PX with very little supplies and there are a lot of things that it does not have. Your Soldiers are living in tents and have limited power and water.  They do not have daily hot meals.  Most Soldiers have a plug in burner they can use.  It will be very cold for them during the winter months, so please keep that in mind when planning your care packages.  We realize that these are tough times for everyone and all we ask is that you do the best that you can in providing support. The most important part of any support for the Troops are letters as they read them over and over.

Suggestions for care packages:

Any type of can goods with pull off lids, Vienna sausages, Ramen noodles, beef jerky, trail mix, powdered drink mix singles to add to bottled water, granola bars, protein bars, beef jerky, dried fruit, mixed nuts, gum, sunflower seeds, freezer pops, trail mix, prepackaged cookies, powdered drink mix singles, any kind of chocolate after Oct. 1, personal hygiene items such as shower to shower powder, mouthwash, deodorant, bath size wipes, hand sanitizer wipes, Kleenex, Q-tips, medicated foot powder.  For the winter they would appreciate: blankets, hand warmers; black knit hats, extra gloves, skin lotion, lip balm and instant hot chocolate packets.  For Their Down Time:  They would appreciate support letters, current magazines, card/board games, dominoes, darts/dart boards, DVD’s, anything Nerf and support during the holiday season with decorations/music and holiday cards to send home to family/friends.

THANK YOU!!

Don’t forget to take labels off of your magazines and boxes.

THANKS again for your fantastic support!

Jayne

Weblist - http://www.avonencore.org/2007-2008/AAP/AAP%20Suggested%20List.htm