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We’ve started to hear back from more and more of the deployed troops who received Channukah care packages. Evidently, the effort was far larger than anyone had imagined. Jewish troops have been flooded with gifts and treats for the holiday. All the responses I have received (and seen) have been from very grateful service members who were just amazed at […]
Read moreThe Army Times has a story on holiday care packages. While it’s mostly about Christmas stuff (sigh), there is a tidbit about us chosen people: One chaplain in Iraq requested 28 Hanukkah boxes for Jewish troops, and has reported back that the ones received so far have caught each soldier by surprise, she said. Each contained a small menorah, a […]
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Operation Military Pride, a volunteer organization that assists in sending care packages to troops overseas, has a great guide for sending packags overseas. We have received a lot of requests from readers that want to send packages to deployed troops, so this should answer a lot of questions people have. You can check out their site at www.operationmilitarypride.org/packages.html. There you’ll […]
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