Operation Soldiers Christmas Update—October 20th, 2011


PLEASE HELP US HELP OUR SOLDIERS!!!!!!!!

We have only 4 days left in our Soldiers Donation drive (Monday Oct. 24th is the last day) and we have not had many donations. Please help us make this an enjoyable Christmas season for our selected soldier unit in Iraq.

Drop boxes have been distributed and can be found at the following locations around the community: Vance Furniture; The Daily Dispatch; Community Care Partners; Maria Parham Medical Center; DataForge; Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce; Prim Residential Rentals; Staples Distribution Center; Vance County Schools Administration Building.

Some of the items requested by our soldiers are: Portable game hand held game systems (sports or martial arts games), footballs and soccer balls, decks of cards or card game sets. Also, they would like toiletries and pairs of white socks. Food items like jerky, popcorn, or pasta are on the wish list.

Please support our RAFFLE.  Raffle drawing is on Monday Oct. 24th, also the last day for all donations to be collected. Some items are Bath and Body products, a silk planter arrangement, a men’s cane, a men’s tee shirt, and a men’s hat. On the website www.operationsoldiers.org you can see the listing and pictures of the raffle items. Raffle tickets are available at the Henderson-Vance County Chamber of Commerce from 9am to 4pm each weekday or by contacting Marianne Miller at 252-436-1064. Tickets sell for $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. Raffle tickets will also be on sale at the Maria Parham Medical Center cafeteria from noon to 1pm on this FRIDAY OCT. 21st. Please stop by and purchase some tickets. All proceeds will go to the mailing costs of the donation boxes.

Pay Pal is available at the website for cash donations. Please go to the website home page at: www.operationsoldiers.org and follow the prompts provided to donate funds for our promotion. Pay Pal link is in the lower right corner on the home page.

If you or your company would like to purchase one of the big ticket items (Xbox or Play Station system or Kindle Reader Tablet) please contact Marianne Miller thru the website or by calling 252-436-1064.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!!!