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Status Report - December
14, 2007
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Packages Shipped: |
173 |
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Shipping Weight: |
2,400 lbs. |
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President Bush thanking the
troops for their service in defense
of freedom during a visit to Bagram
Air Base in Afghanistan.
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Girl Scouts from the Greater Houston Area
(Museum Oaks Service Unit) are shown above.
They solicited and delivered 85 cases of Girl Scout Cookies,
in excess of 500 pounds
of candy and other
donations for distribution in the "Gifts for Troops" boxes.
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CURRENT UPDATE
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December 14, 2007
Houston West Point
Parents Club and West Point Society Members,
We have now completed mailing our Club's holiday boxes to the
troops. Your support, coupled with the donation of in excess of 500 pounds of
candy and other donations from our friends affiliated with the Girl Scouts of
the Museum Oaks Service Unit, has ensured that we again have been able to send
wonderful boxes to our deployed troops. As you can see from the updated totals,
over the last 12 months we have shipped 173 boxes weighing approximately 2,400
pounds. While these numbers are a very objective means of measuring our Club's
support, I thought you might enjoy some additional and more personal
information.
Over the course of the year, we have supported approximately 35
individual soldiers. Some have been West Pointers from Houston, WPPCGH sons and
daughters, familiar names to some of us. Some have been their friends from USMA
days, company mates now deployed. Many others have not been. They have been
soccer buddies, boyfriends, a co-worker's son, the nephew of someone from
church, the brother of someone you met in a long line at the post office. Some
of them serve with our grads, compassionate commanding officers who send names
home of those who could use a box from someone. Some are older reservists.
Some are barely out of high school. They have been soldiers, sailors, airmen
and marines. Some have been deployed for only a few weeks. Others are now
spending their second Christmas away from home.
As we look forward to 2008, there will be more boxes to send. The
names on the labels will look more familiar as 2006 and 2007 grads deploy and
older grads head back for second or third deployments. I know that your support
of the Gifts for Troops program will continue as we attempt to continue to meet
these needs.
I am never sure if any of these soldiers can use another granola
bar or another packet of hot chocolate, but that is not really the issue. I am
sure from the response we receive from them that the mere act of such tangible
support from us means the world to those serving in a dangerous world so far
from family and friends.
On behalf of all those you have supported this year, many thanks
for being such a wonderful group.
Best regards,
Paula Hubbard
West Point Parents Club of
Greater Houston
November 30, 2007
West Point Parents Club and West
Point Society Members,
We have continued to send boxes to our deployed soldiers. As you
can see from the updated totals, we have been able to send in excess of 1,700
pounds of goodies over the last year. We will continue to update those totals
as we step up our mailing again throughout the holiday season, so be sure to
check our website again.
I wanted to specifically update you all on the results of the
collaboration of our club with the local chapter of The Institute of Real Estate
Management, an association of real estate management professionals commonly
referred to as IREM. Their Community Service Committee wanted to solicit
donations for deployed troops but wanted to work with a group that had some
experience in packing and mailing on a regular basis. They sought our advice on
their efforts as well as our assistance in actually packing and mailing the
boxes and identifying recipients of these boxes. IREM completed their donation
and postage drive on Veterans' Day, and some of our alumni parents have worked
with them over the last 10 days to pack and prepare the boxes for mailing and
actually attend to mailing the boxes. Through IREM's efforts, 100 flat rate
boxes have been mailed to units in Iraq. The boxes, totaling in excess of 650
pounds, should be delivered in time for the holidays. It also appears that the
excess items not used in this mailing may provide us an opportunity to again
send support to a Family Readiness Group at Fort Hood.
While the IREM mailing is not reflected in our Club's total
number of boxes sent (125) I'm sure that we can all take satisfaction in knowing
that this large mailing will have a wonderful impact on the holidays for our
soldiers. The minimal time requirement from us paid truly significant
dividends. If you happen to know someone who is a member of IREM, please be
sure to thank them for their tremendous effort on this project.
Regards,
Paula Hubbard
West Point Parents Club of
Greater Houston
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