“Support Our Troops”
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- December
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More than 100 volunteers from Larchmont and neighborhing communities will be at St. Augustine’s Church Sunday, accepting personal items and packing them up into care packages to ship to Iraq and Afghanistan in the annual “Support Our Troops’’ drive.
The effort began in 2006, when Jennie McFarland of New Rochelle and a few friends collected and shipped 120 boxes of magazines, snacks and toiletries while her husband was serving in the Marine Corps in Iraq. The drive has grown immensely and last year more than 700 care packages were shipped to the troops.
“We’re hoping for another great effort, especially since so many of our troops are on a third and fourth tour,’’ McFarland said of Sunday’s drive. “It’s important for our troops to know that we continue to support them, and for our military families at home to see the effort and know that they too are supported…”
The drive is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church, located at 40 Cherry Ave. Volunteers are asking for donations of reading material, snacks, toiletries and other small items. Check out their website here for a complete list.
Donations to cover shipping costs are also needed. Checks payable to St. Augustine’s Church should be mailed to Support Our Troops, 40 Cherry Ave., New Rochelle, NY, 10801.
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on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 at 2:14 pm by Rich Liebson. 
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Rich hello again it was great seeing you again Rich your article about supporting our troops is right on the button Please all concern just donate what you can for all those who have given and are still given all they can seasons greetings to all