Ms. Osowiec

We Called to Serve - Adopt-A-Solider

As students of St. Barbara School, the message and theme for this year, is “we are called to serve.” In the computer classes, we have embraced this message with the program Adopt-A-Solider. The classes, Kindergarten through 8^th grade each have adopted a solider. The students will write letters weekly to their soldier as well as send a care package to their soldier. We could not think of a better way to spread the message, we are called to serve, to those who are already serving our country.

The letters from the children are going to brighten the day for these men and women who are in Iraq. The group that the students are writing to were deployed November 1^st and are on a 15 month tour of duty. For many of these soldiers, this is not their first tour, and some are actually on their third.

I have asked the students to write a letter during computer class. However, it does not have to end there. The student may write a letter or draw a picture at home and I will also send them to the soldiers. The program also informed us that the soldiers also love comics from the newspaper, local stories, and jokes from the children and any news from the outside world. We sent our first package of letters out the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and the students were extremely excited.

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Care Packages for the Soldiers

Our soldiers greatly appreciate hearing from our supportive students with the letters that they are writing to them. However, we would love to show how much we appreciate them even more by sending care packages to our soldiers. The soldiers will greatly appreciate anything and everything that we send to them. I ask that all items be sent to school with your children by the Wednesday, December 17^th, 2008!

Below is a list of items that the soldiers are in need of:

Drinks:

Capri Sun

Sweetened Kool-Aid Packets

Country Time Lemonade

Gatorade

Lipton Tea Mixes

Food:

Beef Jerky

Candy

Canned Items

Chocolate

Crackers

Dried Fruit

Graham Crackers

Hickory Farm stuff

Nuts

Prezetels

Fun Stuff:

Books (new or used)

Board Games

Card Games

Comic Books

Electronic Games

Magazines (new or used)

Tabloids

Playing cards

Poker Chips

Puzzles

Word Puzzles

Footballs

Nerf Balls

Soccer Balls

Health & Hygiene:

Aspirin

Antacids

Band-Aids

Chap Stick

Cough Drops

Dental Floss

Disposable Razors

Foot Powder

Hand Sanitizer

Hair Brush/Combs

Kleenex

Mouthwash (Cannot Contain Any Alcohol)

Neosporin

Q-tips

Bar Soap

Shampoo/Conditioner

Thera-Flu

Toilet Paper

Toothbrushes

Toothpaste

Wet Wipes

Miscellaneous:

Batteries

Can Opener

Boot Socks (Gray, Green, and Black only w/ thick soles)

Envelopes

Gloves

Gum

Journals

Pens

Plastic Utensils

Stationary

These are only some ideas… feel free to get creative. Thank you again for all of your support that you are giving these men and women who are serving our country. May you continue to keep them in your prayers.

Thank you,

Ms. Osowiec

Ms. Osowiec

Adopt-A-Solider

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