August 2008.. We've
adopted the 356th based in Lake Wales, Florida. There
are 124 soldiers attached to this unit and they are currently
stationed overseas. We will be starting our collection
drive shortly - so think about what you can do to help
show these soldiers our love and support!
February 2008.. Girl
Scout troop 173 out of Oak Ridge, NC collected
donations of Girl Scout Cookies at their cookie sales
booths. We shipped the GS cookies out the
beginning of March to 2 different units stationed overseas.
12:19:07... The
unit sent a thank you letter to all the volunteers
that helped send them holiday goodies. Click here to
read letter
11:08:07... Bear
Rock Cafe @ Carolina Mall in Concord, NC allowed us
to set up a booth with 10% of the daily
proceeds to go towards sending packages to our troops!
11:07:07... Write up in the Salisbury Post!
[read
article]
10:23:07... The 2nd annual Operation: Send
a Taste of Home is in full gear.
Our mission is to put smiles on the faces of those that
choose to serve and protect our nation.
We want to let them know that we at home love and support
them!
Please join us in honoring our troops by supporting
"Send
a Taste of Home".
Packages
were sent out in plenty of time for Christmas to the 1132nd
MP Unit. They got their packages on Dec. 19th and were
estatic with everyone's kindness in making sure they knew
how much we loved and supported them!
The packages included, container of fudge, home-made Christmas
stockings filled with candy, greeting cards and letters from
area children, a die-cast NASCAR remote control car, handwritten
greeting cards, A Rose of Thanks card, and at least 1.5 dozen
cookies per soldier all packaged in a 6pk soft sided cooler. THANK
YOU to all the donations and volunteers that made this year
a sucess!
Please help us out today!
You can donate online by clicking the link below or
send a check made payable to: Send a Taste of Home,
Mail it to:
Send a Taste of Home
2118 Deerfield Dr.
Lakeland, Florida 33813
