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Adopt-A-Soldier
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Until
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TCLSPA
Coordinator
Reba Peden,
Certified PP, PLS
(rpeden@brunini.com)
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515th
Sapper Company
5th
Engineer
Battalion
Ft.
Leonard
Wood,
Missouri
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 The 515
Engineers out of Fort
Leonard Wood,
Missouri,
were deployed to Iraq
(May 2008) to continue
the
fight for freedom and
democracy in the
Middle East. We are
now focusing our efforts
at making sure our
service men and women
of the 515 Engineers
have items of
comfort from home.
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One
of the young men
serving with the 515
is Jeremy Cochran, the
son of our Honorary
Member, Lois Cochran
and her husband,
Dennis Cochran. |
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August 2008 Update
The 515
is on the move -
packages need to be
"held" until
we receive word that
they have reached
their new destination,
then we can resume
sending items to our
adopted
soldiers.
We
currently have seven
individual soldiers
which our members or
secondary members have
adopted.
Please help
support our efforts to
make sure that these
young people are taken
care of during their
stay in Iraq.
For more
information on where
to send care packages,
or if you would like
to adopt one of our
soldiers, please
contact Reba Peden,
PP, PLS, at rpeden@brunini.com. |
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Tri-County’s
Adopt-a-Soldier Program is an ongoing
project. As coordinator of the
program, I would like to personally
say a great big THANK YOU to
our members and secondary members for
stepping up to the plate and
participating in this program. They
are spending money from their own
pockets to fill and mail goodie boxes
to the
unit we are supporting in Iraq.
I
would also like to recognize these
young men
and women and say a public THANK YOU
to them for the service they are
providing to us and our country.
There
are no words to adequately convey how
we feel toward these young men and
"Thank You" seems totally
inadequate. Our heartfelt thanks
go out
to all of our
soldiers.
Reba
Peden, PP, PLS
Project
Coordinator
rpeden@brunini.com
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In
Tribute
In
memory of all of our fallen soldiers,
including PFC Shawn Hensel 2/23 Bravo
Co.
PFC
Hensel was one of our adopted soldiers
and was killed in action on August 15,
2007.
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©
2007 Charlie Gragg (Penryn,
California)
reprinted
with permission personally received
from author 01-29-08
For
each soldier that has fallen so that
many may stand
We honor their spirit as they pass
to God's hand
For without their sacrifice we would
live forever in fear
We pray for their loved ones and
provide a salute and a tear
God help us heal the wounds of hate
and the misery of war
That is our gift to our fallen
heroes that are amongst us no more.
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you would like more information on the
Adopt-a-Soldier Program through
TCLSPA, please contact Reba Peden,
Certified PP, PLS (rpeden@brunini.com).
Participation is open to all chapter
members, including our secondary
members. |
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