SOLDIERS IN DEPERATE NEED!
Troops at FOB Orgun in Afghanistan have no source of personal hygiene items because there is no Post Exchange to supply these items. Citizens are encouraged to purchase items such as" shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, tooth brushes, femenine products, baby wipes, foot powder, body wash, clear eyes, q-tips etc. Items can be dropped off at Batavia ACE Hardware Store. For more information contact Ralph Gebes at 630.363.3646 support@bataviacares.org.
Andrew Erk is one of the Marines currently on the offensive in Afghanistan. The following is a note from his mother and a link to a video clip.
Thank you Ralph,! We were able to see our son Andrew in the video clip from nightline. I have put the link to abc news, so you can see who you are sending the package to. He is at 1:34 time on the video clip. They are having a church service and communion before the battle. Andy is the 3rd marine, he is sitting between 2 marines that have darker hair. The one marines reaches across in front of him to grab a communion wafer.
Nightline video clip. http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerindex?id=9256469
Saluting Those Who Are Serving from Batavia
We are collecting pictures of those who are currently serving in the Armed Forces. Pictures will be in a window in the old Rachielles Pharmacy on East Wilson.
Pictures maybe submitted by attaching a .jpg to an e-mail support@bataviacares.org or mailing to Batavia Cares, 324 Church St., Batavia, IL 60510, all pictures will be returned.
The tribute will remain there on a permeant basis. Batavia is proud of those who serve.
H.C. Storm & J B Nelson Schools
Support the Troops
The students of H.C. Storm School collected over 500 lbs lf items to be sent to the troops. Along with the items collected students are making Christmas Cards to be included in the Christmas Packages.
J B Nelson Student Advisory Board Donated $200 to be used to ship the packages to the troops.
Students school wide are making cards for the troops.
Cadets from Marmion Academy are packing boxes.
Cadet Battalion Commander Zachary Young, of Batavia (right) organizes the volunteers as they pack over 300 packages going to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Cadet Exec. Battalion Commander Dan Brankin spends free time packing boxes.
Packages are going to the 1st Cavalry Division serving in Iraq commanded by Major General Dan Bolger, Marmion graduate of 1984. Chaplain Bryan Walter, US Army, 203 En Battalion will be distributing packages to the men and women at FOB ORGUN-East. Also receiving packages will be individual whose names have been submitted to Batavia Cares. Thank you to the many who filled out customer declarations for over 250 packages. Cynthia Sergent, Amber Beu, Maria Remillard. And the ladies at the Batavia Library who have been knitting helmet liners. Truly this has been a community effort.
Special thanks to Ron Royce for proving storage space for the many donations that we have received and also for providing the window at 12 E. Wilson Street to salute the men and women serving in the armed forces.
A final Thank You to the folks at the Batavia Post Office for all their help in making the shipments do so smoothly.
Tribute to Batavia's Fallen
