Adopt a Platoon

SOSA will be sponsoring another group in the 2009/2010 year!

I am still continuing to accept donations for Adopt a Platoon until April 8th. If you would like to donate for April's box, please bring your items to the April's SOSA meeting, if you are unable to attend please email me and we can work out something for you to drop your items off at my house. This will be our final month to send donations to the troops because they are preparing to end their deployment and come home soon.

We have also met our budget for the year for Adopt-A-Platoon so if you would like to donate money instead of items to help pay for the shipping of these final boxes you can either donate cash or make checks payable to SOSA, and you can give the money donations to our SOSA Treasurer, Jen Roberts. All donations are welcomed as little or as big as you would like.

Again thank you to everyone who has donated and continue to donate over this past year. Our troops are very grateful for such amazing people wanting to donate items to help them through their tour of duty. Here is a list of requested items for our troops.

They would appreciate: beef /turkey jerky, protein/granola bars, trail mix, dried fruit, sunflower seeds, gum, hard candy, chocolate only between Oct 1 – May 1), powdered drink mix singles, toiletries: good disposable razors, shave gel tubes, bar/liquid soaps (moisturizing), shampoo/conditioner, deodorant, body lotion, feminine hygiene products, Q-tips, cotton balls, foot powders, foot cream for athletes foot, baby wipes, hand sanitizer wipes, (non-aerosol) insect repellent w/Deet, Cortisone Cream (anti itch cream), adhesive wall hooks and plastic clothes hangers used for drying clothes. Cold weather needs: hand and foot warmers, a few pair of warm black gloves for when theirs wear out, wool blend black/brown boot socks, instant soups, and hot drink mixes.

For their down time they would appreciate: support mail, anything to help keep the Soldier’s morale up: a variety of current magazines/books, puzzle books, playing cards, board games, dominoes, AA, AAA batteries, blank CD’s, DVD’s, “All Occasion” cards stationery to mail home, any kind of outdoor sporting games: flag football, and horseshoes.

Special HumRequest: Would appreciate anything to give to the children such as pens, individually wrapped candies, notebooks, and small stuffed toys. They would enjoy receiving cards and letters from kids.

Thanks again!!!
Cayce Mangin

You can also check out the Adopt a Platoon web site at http://www.adoptaplatoon.org.

Any and all support is appreciated!