Helping Soldiers

Posted by Pixelhead

I was attempting to give blood at a mobile blood mobile, but had been turned down due to being exposed to Mad Cow disease while in the Army in the 80′s. The woman who did my assessment, Simone Freeman is the founder of the organization BerksEnduringFreedom.com. According to Mrs. Freeman and the site, “The group assembles and mails packages to our (Berks County, PA) soldiers serving overseas. Packages may contain personal care items, food, snacks, reading material, audio, video tapes, discs and unused cards so that the service personnel can keep in touch with their families and friends.”
Visitors to the site can view a list of items our soldiers need. Apparently they not only get packages to soldiers, but also have general shipments 3 times a year. Made of a few people the group has a very important mission, and one that the soldiers with out a doubt will appreciate greatly. As a former soldier, I know I appreciated all packages from home. These packages were a sign of hope and often times served to elavate our spirits tremendously.

If you are from the Reading area and would like to donate some items, there are plenty of locations listed on the above page. Donations in the form of money and time are also accepted and needed.

Written by Pixelhead on December 8th, 2006 with comments disabled.
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