My Care Package

I have been volunteering with the Armed Forces Foundation for a few years now and each moment has been rewarding in it's own way. In the past, I have visited with wounded soldiers and our veterans. This time I decided to a little something for the soldiers who are away from their homes on duty in Afghanistan. I put together a few cases of toothbrushes and toothpaste and shipped them over to Camp Juliene and Camp Dubs in Afghanistan. I was introduced to a new friend who is serving there and is active with the Armed Forces Foundation, her name is Dawn Hicks. After speaking with Dawn she informed me that the soldiers could really use the toothbrushes and toothpaste. I wasted no time and got the package right out to them. My husband helped me carry the massive box to the Post Office and he told me not to be surprised if it took a few weeks to actually reach the soldiers. My husband has been serving in the United States Air Force for the past 10 years so of course I believed him. He said the package would need to go through a lot of hands before it reached our soldiers. I was glad he told me this because it did take several weeks, I would have thought the package got lost if he didn't warn me of this. A few weeks later I received a very special thanks from Dawn and the soldiers, it made me cry. I have gotten many thanks from all the children I have reached out to over the past 6 years but this one was different. I am so happy that I could do even the smallest thing to make our soldiers lives a little easier while stationed away from home.