This week Shelby’s middle school started collecting items for A Soldier’s Wish List. Here is the letter they sent home…

The Steelville Middle School has partnered with A Soldier’s Wish List for the second year, trying to help as many of our military as we can to know they are remembered at Christmas. We will be collecting items for our troops. These items will be taken to St. Louis, and will be sent to our troops overseas for Christmas.

If you can help, we would appreciate it! The thing Steelville folks can be proud of is that we may not have much, but we share what we can.

The 7th grade Current Events class will be organizing/wrapping the items. If you have any questions, they will be happy to find an answer for you.

Collection dates: November 2, 2009 – December 1, 2009

(We could also use wrapping paper, ornaments, etc., if anyone has extra.)

THANK YOU!!!

I’m encouraging all my local readers to donate what you can. Just drop it off at the middle school office and they’ll make sure it goes to the right classroom! We can’t possibly imagine what it’s like to be away from our families and loved ones for months at a time, especially over Christmas, and this is just a small way to say “Thank you for all you do!”, so please help!

And for everyone else out there, if you’d like to adopt a soldier yourself, there are many great organizations to go through…

http://www.soldierswishlist.webs.com/
http://www.adoptaussoldier.org/
http://soldiersangels.org/
http://www.anysoldier.com/

If any businesses want to donate items to Shelby’s middle school, I’m offering text link advertising or posted advertorials in exchange. You can either email me at ccswch@yahoo.com or use my contact form to discuss it.

Suggested items (other things are fine, too!):

• CD players
• CD’s (any type music)
• New DVD movies (a lot of chaplains use these for troop movie nights)
• PSP and all types of computer games (GameStop sometimes has gently used games)
• Twin Sheet Sets (popular)
• Hand Held Games
• Board Games
• Rubber Slippers (or shower shoes, most requested sizes 9-12)
• Microwaves
• Travel Pillows (great for sitting in Humvees)
• Feminine Bath Sets
• White or Black Socks
• T-Shirts (black, white, Army green)
• Homemade cookies (wait until the last few days before we send to make these)
• Hand/foot warmers
• Blankets
• Hard candies, gum
• Snack items (jerky, summer sausage, Little Debbies, packaged cookies, etc.)