"The Town Hall Gang" sends two boxes to military personnel stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan every week. One box is for personal care items and the other is for food items. They send to a variety of troops - some with connection to people in Washington and others are total strangers.
Note1: Remember that we cannot send aerosol cans so shaving cream must be in tubes.
We sent boxes (including one for the holidays) to this soldier in November.
Our Soldier for Friday January 25, 2019
Spencer W. McCormack
Attn: Any Soldier®
TFI 6-7
APO AE 09316
Added here: 03 November 2018
Expect to not mail past: 01 Apr 2019
Contact for approx number of Males: 6, Females: 0
Unit is from: Texas
20 Jan 2019:
Hello,
This is SPC McCormack from the 86th checking in. Hope that everyone had a great holiday season. We received an incredible out-pour of boxes and letters over the last few weeks. Some people sent decorations that we livened up our workspace with. Everyone got stockings and gifts. Nothing beats being with your family over the holidays, but it meant a lot to us seeing how many people thought of us during the season.
Because of the sheer volume of boxes and letters we have received, we haven't been able to reach out to many of those that sent us mail. We are much more likely to reach out to your letters if you include an email. What we have gotten has exceeded what our small group of soldiers can reasonably go through, so we have been sharing with soldiers, sailors and airmen around us who have not been getting so much. So the impact has reached farther then on just the six of us who came out here together.
We have been extremely busy out here, working as if nothing was any different through the holidays. But getting mail is an exciting time for all of us, and a reminder that people back home care about us and want us to succeed.
Thank you to everyone who sent us gifts and letters.
03 Nov 2018:
Group of six soldiers from the 86th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, attached to a unit deployed to Iraq for nine months. We are from Fort Bliss, in El Paso, Texas.
Living in buildings, 220V electricity available. All male soldiers.
Doing own laundry with provided machines. Buying our own Tide pods and dryer sheets.
Access to running water, microwave, refrigerator and freezer.
No access to stove or cookware.
No need for gear or tactical supplies.
Very small PX available, converted semi-truck. Expensive and far away. Limited selection.
Everyone works 12 hours a day on various shifts, every day. Some soldiers work at times with limited ability to go to dining facilities, or have to work through meals on busy days.
Soldiers all live in good conditions, but work long hours, through weekends and holidays.
Soldiers would appreciate food, snacks, candy, especially less common ones that can't be found out here. Coffee, teas, beverages in powder form. Have access to a Keurig 2.0, and ability to make drip coffee as well.
Thankful for any comfort items, letters, or other reminders of home
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The team normally packs for shipment on Friday evenings upstairs in Town Hall.
Items can be dropped off weekdays at the Town Hall in Bryant Plaza. Please place items in the upstairs room next to kitchen.
Contact Denise Arturi if you have any questions about the program or items in
found on a weblist of troops requesting supplies. Also, for shipping purposes, any canned food should be small.
For more information, contact Denise Arturi: 860-868-2880
