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The Year In Review: Halloween Treats for the Troops - Just an excuse to once again let them know that we were thinking about them and brighten another day for them. We stuffed approximately two thousand decorated treat bags and ship them off to different camps for distribution. We recruited Girl Scouts/Brownies and small groups of children to help us with this "kid-friendly" task. Independence Day
- We shipped care packages to 25 camps in Iraq and Afghanistan in June so
they would received them in time for Independence Day. Included in the
packages were "Party Packs which included donated (and a few purchased),
red-white-blue holiday decorations, many assorted boxes of toiletries and of
course lots of snacks and drink mixes. The thank-you notes started arriving
before the holiday even arrived so we know they were much appreciated. Golf Tournament Fundraiser 2010- at South Riding Golf Club was a another success!! The final numbers showed that we raised over $5,000 net this year!! THANK YOU to all who supported our event. This event is our only true fundraiser of the year which helps us to finance a great deal of our shipping costs and supplies throughout the year. Girl Scout Cookie Challenge 2010 - Our challenge: "You donate 'em, we'll ship 'em." This year once again the scouts did another fantastic job of soliciting donations from the public and once again selected our organization as their "Gift of Caring" charity. We received and shipped 3,000 boxes of cookies to our service members throughout the spring. Hats off to all of the girls scouts and donors who purchased them! Easter - This year we were provided an Easter Egg Hunt for the children of Wounded and Ill Warriors at Walter Reed Army Hospital and also invited the children of patients and service members at Bethesda National Naval Medical. With the help of a local family we put out hundreds of stuffed eggs and also provided filled Easter Bags to the children to take bag home with them. Following the "hunt" we delivered Easter bags to patients on wards at both hospitals. In addition we shipped some stuffed eggs and bags to some camps overseas but not in the volume we have in the past. The tough economy has affected all of us. Christmas and Winter Holidays - The winter holidays are always our busiest time of year and last winter was very hectic and fulfilling for us. We had huge turnouts at our public packing parties at the Moe's SW Grill locations in Leesburg and Chantilly. Although donations were down we still shipped holiday gift bags to over 3,000 troops and hundreds of individual gifts of games, sports equipment, favorite toiletries, DVD's, etc. We also shipped about 50 boxes of toiletries to be shared, to many camps.
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