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Want to help send care packages to the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan?

February
28

Nothing says “we support you – and hope you come home soon” like thousands of boxes filled with beef jerky, wet wipes, comic books and phone cards, right?

For the fifth time in two years, Jennie McFarland is organizing a “Support Our Troops Drive” in Larchmont, assembling care packages for soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. More than 1,400 packagescarepackage.jpg have been sent since April 2006, when her husband was serving with the Marines in Iraq (Col. Thomas McFarland is back now); at least four Westchester residents will be among the recipients this time.

“The touching thank you notes we have received back from the troops confirm how important it is to continue to show them that we are thinking of them and that we appreciate their sacrifices,” McFarland said, adding that she is collecting more addresses from local families with loved ones stationed overseas.

Travel-sized donations – no chocolate, large liquids or used items – will be accepted in the basement of St. Augustine’s Church, 18 Cherry Ave., from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 16. Financial contributions can help defray the cost of shipping. Volunteers are also welcome to help assemble the boxes and write letters to the troops on the day of the event.

For more information, post a comment on this blog entry (click on the “Comments” link at the bottom of this post) or contact McFarland at jennie.mcfarland@verizon.net.

This entry was posted on Thursday, February 28th, 2008 at 6:59 am by Nicole Neroulias.
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KatieRich Liebson is a "military brat" who grew up on bases in the U.S. and Germany during his father's 23-year career as an Air Force enlisted man. Rich enlisted in the Army in 1976 and until his discharge in 1980 was assigned to the 78th Engineer Battalion in Ettlingen, Germany, as a public information specialist and translator. He's been a reporter at The Journal News and its forerunner, the Reporter Dispatch, for more than 20 years. During that time he's covered a variety of beats and has written frequently about veterans and veterans issues.
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