Operation Iraqi Friendship
|
|
|
|
[Home] [Our Mission] [News] [How To Help] [FAQ's] [Photos] [Contact Us]
Care Bags for Wounded Soldiers:
Currently we send
about 100 care bags to Iraq to be passed out to wounded US soldiers in hospitals
in Iraq. Each bag consists of crossword puzzle books, novels, magazines,
gum, hard candy, small individual packages of cookies, individual bags of
peanuts, individual bags of cheetos, a breakfast cereal type bar and some kind
of mint like Mentos or Tic Tacs. Each bag also contains a card from a
child in the US wishing the soldier well and thanking them for being an American
Hero to us all. We also include our special roll of American Hero
Lifesavers in each one of the bags. We are always in need of donations of
items on the list and rolls of lifesavers along with cards for these packages.
Please contact us at
mailto:howcanihelp@operationiraqifriendship.org
of you would like to help with this part of our project. We are told that
getting these care bags really helps to lift the spirits of our wounded
soldiers. Often there are Iraqi children in the hospitals who have been injured and we are working to do some bags for these children too. For these bags we are looking for stuffed animals and especially coloring books that do not have text. We are also looking for children's pajamas that consist of pants and a button-up top in cute kid prints. These are hard to find also, so if you can sew and would like to donate some pajamas like this, please contact us. Holiday Bags for the Troops:
|
Send mail to OPFriendship@aol.com with questions or comments about this web site. |
While
Operation Iraqi Friendship focuses on helping the children in Iraq, this program
was designed to also help our American soldiers. We hope that the program
will help foster a friendlier relationship between the citizens of Iraq and the
United States soldiers there to help them. The kids who started Operation
Iraqi Friendship will always see the United States soldiers as our true American
Heroes and we want to be sure they know how many people back at home think of
them and wish them well. Currently we have two projects we like to call
Hero Hugs to support our soldiers serving in Iraq.
Each
month we send some kind of holiday themed bag to the troops serving at Balad Air
Base in Iraq. It is extra hard to be away from family and loved ones
during the holidays and we hope our care bags make this time a little easier on
the soldiers. If there is not holiday in a month, we make one up (such as
our American Hero holiday). Usually the bags consist of candy and gum, but
this varies to the theme of the bag. Each of these bags also has a card
for the soldier. If you are interested in helping with one of the holiday
bags for the troops, please contact us at
know
the theme for the next few months packages and more detail on the items we need
for those packages.
We have amazing support from classrooms in Okaloosa County School District
putting together these packages and really thank them for their continued
support!