Troops can say it better than I can so please read and feel the pride from these men and women serving in combat zones. Their sincere appreciation for all items from home says it all.
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Dated 30 July, 2008
Afghanistan
Dear Give2TheTroops North Carolina Branch,
I just wanted to say "THANK YOU SO MUCH" for the box I just received. It was full of all the essentials my fellow soldiers and I can use over here in Afghanistan.
I was wondering if you in the next package you send me is there any extra DVD's or video game system games laying around there that you could send me to distribute to the troops. Or how about some sunflower seeds, Andes thin mint candies and some gum. Just some ideas for you.
THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH for the support you have been giving me and my unit while we are deployed.
I look forward to hearing from you again soon.
Take care and God Bless,
SPC Ricci Frisk
3D EOD BN
U.S. Army
Dated 30 July, 2008
Afghanistan
Dear Give2TheTroops in North Carolina,
I just received your box today with all the goodies in them. IT WAS AWESOME!!! Thank you so much for the care package your organization sent us here at 455 Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight. As soon as I started opening them up everyone was all around getting into each one to see what they could get. Our flight has 5 Aeromedical Evacuation Crews and 2 Critical Care Transporation Teams and 8 person command cell that serve all of Afghanistan. We like to think we do not lose when it comes to our patients and we work long days/hours to make sure every man/woman we fly to higher level of care is given the best of care; to make sure they ALL get home to their family and friends. Anything we have left over will be going with the teams to give to patients if they need anything.
We appreciate all the hard work you do and enjoyed all the letters and cards (the hand written ones from the children were great!!!). Let me tell you the one box with girl stuff was a HIT!!! There is no girly stuff around here. I attached our Flight Picture and Our Command Section photos for you to have.
Thank you again for all your hard work.
V/r
TSgt Alexandria H. (Ali) Young, Duty Controller/IMO
455 EOG/EAEF
US Air Force
Dated 21 July, 2008
Iraq
Dear Give2TheTroops,
I am an Air Force Lt serving in Iraq. We received a wonderful package today which, among many items, included new Hallmark Cards with Sound from Hallmark Cards in Kansas City. I wanted to express my thanks to Hallmark for donating the cards. They are such an ideal gift that I, in turn, can pass along to my family to express my love to them while I am away. Your thoughts and gifts do not go unnoticed and are not taken for granted!
Thank you so much!
1Lt Heidi Carlson
U.S. Air Force
Dated 19 July, 2008
Iraq
Dear Give2TheTroops,
Hello. My name is Sgt Tommy Toney and I'm in Iraq.. I just received your package from Give2TheTroops and I am very thankful for it. The box was received today in perfect shape. All the Soldiers said thanks and God Bless.
Thanks again
SGT Tommy Toney
SVC -27 FA
U.S. Army
Dated 19 July, 2008
Iraq
Dear Give2TheTroops,
I received your care package yesterday. To say that everyone in the unit had a ball going through it would be a gross understatement. It was awesome. Everyone felt special and appreciated. The snacks, letters from the children, hand knitted blankets, etc... It was all incredible. While we appreciated everything, I must say that the Texas Hold'em set (pro-style chips and table "mat") were the stars of the ball. They came less than a week from our Fourth of July "party." One of the events that we have been planning on holding is a Texas Hold'em tournament. Let's just say that the chips that were in the box made the few chips we were planning on using look like bottle caps. Just know that we will keep your organization in our thoughts and prayers during this Indepence Day. I do not want to end this email without letting
I want you to know that I greatly admire the military spouse. I can see only glimpses of what my wife has to deal with while I'm gone and I well up with pride to know that I have the honor to be married to such a warrior. I know that she is not an exception but the norm for the American military spouse. I would like you to know that while the deployed servicemember gets most of the recognition, the majority of us (the ones with that little thing called common sense) realize the sacrifices you homefront warriors make and we salute you for it.
Once again I wish to thank you for the box your organization sent. You are making an impact military-wide that you may never fully be able to appreciate. Just know that it is greatly appreciated. I am writing you to ask for a favor. I am able to help out at the base hospital a few days a month. The base hospital serves as a hub for wounded warriors transitioning to other medical installations world-wide. Many are only here for a few days while a few may need to spend weeks in the hospital. I was wondering if you wouldn't have any items that you could send for them. One of the officers of the unit in charge of the hospital stated that small travel size toiletries are always welcome. So are bed sheets, blankets and such. Those items tend to follow the wounded warrior when he/she leaves the base. I was also told that t-shirts and shorts are occasionally needed due to the warrior having his/her clothes cut off to facilitate emergency surgery upon arrival. I know that letters of support are always a hit, and in many cases an emotional life-saver. I'll understand if you are unable to put a box like that together on such short notice. While we really enjoyed the box you sent for us, if you were planning on sending another box to us in the next few months, please send the next box for the men and women that are wounded in the hospital. It might just be the light they need in the darkest time of their life. Once again, I do not want to impose. Please do not feel obligated.
Thank you again,
MA2 Philip C. Bradley
US NAVY CUSTOMS
U.S. Air Force
Dated 18 July, 2008
Iraq
Dear Give2TheTroops,
I received the care package today with the DVD player enclosed and a few DVD’s. Would there be a possibility of receiving more movies, we’re going through them like water? We all thank you for your support once again.
Love,
Jim
MGySgt James M. Maloney
Multi-National Force West
U.S. Marine Corps
Dated 18 July, 2008
Iraq
Dear Give2TheTroops,
I just wanted to let you know that we have received your care package and I personally wanted to take the time to say THANK YOU!!! I think it’s amazing what your organization has grown to become with all the donors and volunteers willing to send us these items. It is great for morale and makes us all feel A LOT better everytime we see how much people care!! I have attached some pictures to this email of myself and some of the other guys in my Unit who are benefiting from the items you sent!
Thanks again.
LCpl Ronak S. Parikh
RCT-5 3/4 S-1
U.S. Marine Corps
July, 2008 Afghanistan
Dear Give2TheTroops,
Thank you for your support. We appreciate everything. The care packages and spirit in form of cards. It's always good to hear positive things from the homefront, and a nice surprise to get any kind of mail, especially needed items.
Thank you so very much from all of us!!
Arnold Crabtree
HHC 201st/927th EN CO
U.S. Army
Dated 6 July, 2008
Afghanistan
Dear Give2TheTroops in NC,
Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!! Thank you!!!! Wow that was too much you sent, but I passed them out and there was enough for ten of the troops. You are angels! I feel bad you gave such a long list of requested items. I feel that I need to repay you some how. Anyway thank you.
EN2 John Doutt
NAVELSG, Delta Company
U.S. Navy
Dated 6 July, 2008
Iraq
Dear Give2TheTroops (North Carolina Branch),
Thank you for the package and the kind words, it really means a lot. There are about XXX guys in my platoon, and we always share the goodies from the packages that we recieve; so I need to tell you thanks on behalf of them as well. A little about my unit: I am a medic attached to an infantry company based in Baumholder, Germany. We have been in Iraq for a little over xxx months now. Our current home is a very small outpost (about the size of 4 football fields) which is located on the in Iraq. The area we currently patrol is a rural/suburban low-economy area with lots of farmland and a surprisingly high amount of forrest and vegetation due to the close proximity to the river.
The local Iraqi people have been remarkably cooperative and even friendly for the past 2 months. Some of our neighboring units have been having some problems, but we have yet to see any hostile action towards us; for which I am daily thankful. It is nice being a medic and not having to do your job.
I've included some pictures that I have taken over the past couple of months, feel free to show them to others.
Take care and thanks again!
SPC Michael Skinner
C Co 2/6 INF, 2BCT 1AD
U.S. Army
Dated 4 July, 2008
Iraq
Dear Give2TheTroops,
Hey! I received your care package 10 minutes right before we had to head out to live in another place so I couldn't take it with me. I grabbed all that I could pack from the box, but it wasn't much. Our mail gets held for some reason a long time. But when we opened thebox, we had a fun time looking through it.
We all put on the sunglasses and they made fun of me for a couple of things in there. Unfortunately I broke my camera so I couldn't take any pictures of us ith the box.
I thank Give2TheTroops a lot for sending all that stuff for my unit and me. I left that box up for about 25 other people who didn't have to move out of the camp, so I'm sure they appreciate it also. But as far as needing anything... we dont really need much. I mean we don't have much, so we don't ask for much and have gotten used to living in a cruddy situation. We're out in the desert with minimal suppliess. 
Thank you again,
LCpl. Don Voradeth
2D AA BN, B Co.
U.S. Marine Corps
Dated 1 July, 2008
Iraq
Dear Give2TheTroops,
I just wanted to say thank you very much for the care package. I am with the K-9 unit and you sent a Furminator Brush and Buddy Bowl to us. Those things are great. I know they are pretty expensive so I just wanted to say thank you. This was the best box I got and everyone here got stuff out of it. Even my dog Bronco loved it. I can't say it enough - Thank You for all that You do!
SGT Daniel Fulton and Bronco!
K-9 Section
U.S. Army
Dated 1 July, 2008
Iraq
Dear Give2TheTroops,
We received a care package from you today. Thank you very much. There are many items that will be put to very good use. Thank you for doing what you're doing, your efforts are very much appreciated.
Sincerely,
SFC Bernard A. Stansbury
EN 763rd Engineer Detachment (Facility)
U.S. Army
Dated 1 July, 2008
Iraq
Dear Give2TheTroops,
Thank you so much for the care package your organization sent to our unit. We are the 763rd Engineer Detachment and are currently deployed to Iraq in support of OIF. The care package that we received from you was outstanding! All of the items were things that could be used by the members of the detachment. We are a xxx- man detachment, so the box will last us quite a long time! Thank you again so much. It is always nice to know that people that we don't even know think of us while we are far away from home. The messages, letters and cards mean a lot to the guys.
Sincerely,
MAJ J. Randall Bugg
EN 763rd Engineer Detachment (Facility)
U.S. Army
Dated 30 June, 2008
Iraq
Dear Give2TheTroops,
I just received your care packages! Thank you! I hope everyone is okay. May God bless you and your families. Thanks a lot for all the support & the great gifts you all sent us. A special thanks for the XBOX 360 system, games, DVD movies, etc. My platoon is very grateful. All of the contents were equally distributed amongst the platoon.
Take care & once again thanks!!
LCpl. Luis Perez
CLR 15 TRANS CO (3rd PLT)
U.S. Marine Corps
Dated 30 June, 2008
Afghanistan
Dear Give2TheTroops,
We here deployed to Afghanistan just received a box from Give2TheTroops. Thank you! Here are some photos of the Soldiers and me the day we received the care package. All everyone can say is, "THANKS!"
It's a great morale booster to receive a touch of home when we are away.
Thanks, God Bless, and Keep Up The Good Job!
SGT Ivan. A. Cortes
Task Force Lifeliners, 101 Sustainment BDE
U.S. Army
Dated 29 June, 2008
Iraq
Dear Give2TheTroops,
I received your care package yesterday. To say that everyone in the unit had a ball going through it would be a gross understatement. It was awesome. Everyone felt special and appreciated. The snacks, letters from the children, hand knitted blankets, etc... It was all incredible. While we appreciated everything, I must say that the Texas Hold'em set (pro-style chips and table "mat") were the stars of the ball. They came less than a week from our Fourth of July "party." One of the events that we have been planning on holding is a Texas Hold'em tournament. Let's just say that the chips that were in the box made the few chips we were planning on using look like bottle caps. Just know that we will keep you and your organization in our thoughts and prayers during this Indepence Day.
I do not want to end this note without letting you know that I greatly admire the military spouse. I can see only glimpses of what my wife has to deal with while I'm gone and I well up with pride to know that I have the honor to be married to such a warrior. I know that she is not an exception but the norm for the American military spouse. I would like you to know that while the deployed servicemember gets most of the recognition, the majority of us (the ones with that little thing called common sense) realize the sacrifices you" homefront warriors" like your Founder,, Andi, make and I salute you for it.
Thank you again,
MA2 Philip Bradley
NAVELSG
U.S. Navy
Dated 29 June, 2008
Afghanistan
Dear Give2TheTroops,
Thank you very much for the Box. I received it last week and it was a big splash with the Command. We really appreciate everything that you have done for s. You definitely make being over here a lot easier. You are all such thoughtful individuals.
Loves and Hugs,
Jay
MSG Jerry J. Richards
HHC CAB 101st
U.S. Army
Dated 27 June, 2008
Iraq
Dear Give2TheTroops NC,
Thank you so much for the used books and toiletries. They were swooped up almost as fast as I could give them away! You are the best.
THANK YOU!
CH (CPT) Lenny Siems
HHC 1-68 AR, 3 BCT, 4ID
U.S. Army
Dated 26 July, 2008
Iraq
Dear Give2TheTroops,
I would like to thank you on behalf of all the troops in my unit that have enjoyed the gifts that have been sent to us from you and the organization in which you repersent. The morale was boosted ever so high when the word had passed that there are those who still support our efforts in the war on terrorism, and are willing to do whatever they can to support us in any way they can.
We greatly appreciate that there are people out there who would try to "move mountains" to help us feel like we have a little piece of home out here. Please extend our grace to all of our extended family in Give2TheTroops.
Thank you.
LCpl Jennifer Pasquale
U.S. Marine Corps
Dated 25 July, 2008
Iraq
Dear Give2TheTroops,
I just wanted to say thank you for the great care packages! The care and time you all put into helping relieve the little stresses is symbolic of the more important support we feel as we see that we are in your thoughts. Our time here has gone well so far as we advise the new Iraqi Army. It has been rewarding to see the country slowly get back on its feet. Yesterday, we saw our first train up and operating here in Iraq.
Thank you,
1LT David Keltner, MTT 0723 Maneuver Officer
C 1-327 in Regt, 1 BCT
U.S. Army
Dated 25 July, 2008
Iraq g
Dear Give2TheTroops in North Carolina,
Thank you so much for the care packages, we received one today! All kinds of good food, toiletries, stuff to read, etc. My co-workers & I really appreciate all you do for us! The personalized cards that were sent really mean a lot to us, reminds us why we are out here!
Thanks again & have a great day!
V/R,
SSgt Karey B. Garrison, Accounting Liaison Technician
407 AEG/EFM
U.S. Air Force
Dated 21 July, 2008
Iraq
Dear Give2TheTroops in NC,
First I would like to start off by saying thank you for the care packages. My platoon and myself really enjoyed the contents of the boxes. Some of the soldiers have expressed maybe next time they could have some energy type drinks such as Rip It, Red Bull, Amp'd along those lines also they enjoy this tea called Gold Peak sweet ice tea. I told them there is no harm in asking. If you can't, we understand because it's not wise to ship liquids in care packages.
Once again thanks for all you do as well as the other people working in this organization.
SPC Sherrell Clark
553 CSSB, 297TH TRANS CO
U.S. Army
Dated 21 July, 2008
Iraq
Dear Give2TheTroops,
My name is SFC Seymore and I am writing your organization to say thanks for the care package that I received. I am on a MiTT Team and we are constantly on the move with the Iraqis. I shared the box you sent with my entire team. Thank you guys so much for what you do. Attached are 2 photos. I am the guy with the hat on.
God Bless,
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