Paperback Book collection for our Troops.

[Bob_Skurka]

Hey guys, here I am again asking for some help. The soldiers in Iraq are getting all the attention, but the folks we have in Afghanistan are in pretty bad shape in terms of conditions. I was on the phone with the Family Liasion for the Charlie Company, 113th Spt Btn this morning. She gave me a list of things that are in short supply.

They included a lot of simple things razors, chapstick, sunscreen, & women's hygene products. The troops are also bored.

I came to you a while ago to ask your help collecting DVD's. With your help I collected and shipped several hundred DVDs. And I really appreciate everyone who came through and sent me DVD's that I could pass on.

I am coming to you one more time. This time for BOOKS. If anyone has any old paper back or hard back novels collecting dust in a box or on a shelf that you are no longer needing, if you could please ship it to me, I have begun a new project to collect a small library of books that the soldiers can pass around at Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanstan. There is about to be a major personel change with fresh troops shipping in and the end of a tour for many currently serving at Camp Phoenix. I'd like to send over the books sometime before then end of August or perhaps in early September.

If you have any books that you can spare, please send them to:

Bob Skurka
c/o City Sales, Inc
2552 Industrial Drive
P.O. Box 9038
Highland, IN 46322-9038


Also, while my company deals directly with many major manufacturers of personal care items, if you would like to send razors (mens & womens), skin creams, lotions, shampoos, toothpaste, sunscreen, chapstick or other items, I am also working on collecting those goods and shipping over what I can. But my main focus right now is trying to collect books for the troops.

 

[NIXON]

Bob .
I've Pm'd you for ideas . I've also got the wife working on it .
She works for PPG ,and has promised to enlist some help from her coworkers . We'll do what we can to help .
Thanks for thinking of these fine young folks ! John

 

[om21braz]

Mighty nice of you Bob ! I'll see what I can come up with in the book area - wife has quite a few novels she has finished that need a new home/reader.

 

[Bob_Skurka]

Hey guys, thanks.

What I think we all lose sight of is that there are a lot of simple little things that we can do to help out these folks, to make them more comfortable, or to help them pass the time.

Comfort comes from things like having basic toiletries, snack foods, etc.

Passing the time can come in so many ways. Travel size games, chess, checkers, yatzee, backgammon, decks of cards, books.

If a few of us do a little bit, the total of the efforts will equal a lot of pleasure for some people who are giving up a heck of a lot more than we ever think about sacraficing.

 

[JDgreen227]

Bob,

I am an avid reader, have quite a collection of used books that I was going to donate to another place but I will send them to you instead.

Hey...I thought you were going to be "off" TBN for a while.

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[Bob_Skurka]

<font color="red"> Hey...I thought you were going to be "off" TBN for a while. </font>


<font color="black"> I should be off now. But when I got the call this morning from the base I figured I'd make some time. I'm actually supposed to be gone right now, but I stuck around a bit too long. I will be spending lots more time with the family, and then I'll be gone later this month and into early August. But I will poke my nose in here every couple of days. By mid-August I should be back to my old routine.

In the mean time, any and all donations are going to be greatly appreciated. </font>