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Kim & Karen

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Debbie getting a Bob Hug ;)

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Two of our volunteers WORKING HARD !!!! LOL

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Comments

Journal

Heartfelt Story of collecting school supplies, toys & learning materials for the Iraqi children

Here is the story of what we are doing to help two

units in Iraq collect school supplies, toys and

leaning materials for the Iraqi children:

Caryn Shay and I belong to a military support group

called, “Whole in My Heart”. The mission statement

is, “Restoring Wholeness to Friends and Families of

Deployed Loved Ones”. We are basically a group

that gets together the 1st Thursday of each month

at the Union Township Civic Center at 7:00PM and we

talk and support each other in coping with the

great price that our loved ones are giving to our

country to keep us free. But, when something is

requested by our military members that they need,

we do whatever we can to get it to them. It helps

us to stay busy and it keeps us from thinking about

the pain we feel. The saying is true, 10% in life

is what happens to you and the other 90% is how you

react to it.

The 1/76FA and the 1-22 Units of the Army needed

items, new or used, book bags, pencils, pens,

paper, scissors, crayons, any school supplies

learning materials and toys that can be donated.

Bob Proud, Clermont County Commissioner and

supporter of the military suggested that I contact

Jimmi McIntosh with the Clermont County Educational

Service Center and she may be able to help me

contact the schools. Jimmi went over and above.

She asked me to forward her an e-mail to send the

request to all of the principals in the Clermont

County Area and even offered to pick up items if we

needed help. Within 1 day, Dr. Nina Johnson,

principal for Amelia Middle School called. I also

heard from Nancy at Amelia Middle School, Barb from

Summerside Elementary and Chris Smith from CNE

Primary School. Liz Neal & Todd Wells are even

going to create this as a project for the Genesis

Alternative School in Williamsburg. I have loaded

my SUV 3 times and Caryn has loaded her truck once.

The Yellow Ribbon Support Center is gracious enough to

help fulfill the request of two local Soldiers for

school supplies to be sent to Iraq.

A couple of stories I would like to share is that

Barb from Summerside called and said she had 1 box

for me to pick up. I told her we were thrilled!

If it was 1 box of pencils, it would be

appreciated. When I arrived at the school, several

people were standing around smiling and they called

Barb out of her meeting. She came out and told me

that what started out to be 1 small box ended up

being this….and she pointed to stacks of items

going up the wall! Tears streamed down my face, I

was so surprised and greatful! Then the secretary

made one last call over the intercom for the

teachers cleaning out their rooms at the end of the

school year to drop off any items because we were

there to pick them up. Teachers with smiling faces

ran in and dropped off gallon sized ziplock bags

filled with crayons, magic markers, pencils,

colored pencils! There was so much stuff! They

loaded it up on rolling tables and took them to my

car. On another day, I went to CNE Primary School

and Missy the secretary told me that Chris Smith,

the principal, had a freezer filled with items. We

went out to a non-working outdoor freezer they use

for storage and my oh my! 2 SUV loads and 1 truck

load later, we were hauling tons of learning

materials! Chris said he felt like he wanted to

donate them to this great cause.

In closing, reading the 1st paragraph of one of the

articles that the 1/76 FA Soldiers put out in the

“Frontline” newsletter dated April 24, 2008, this

is what it said, “FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU,

Iraq- A convoy rolls up to a small school in the

Monsouri area of Iraq, just outside FOB Kalsu, and

at first glance the school look abandoned. Then

small faces start appearing and heads lean out the

windows.” This broke my heart……..These were the

supplies that “Whole in My Heart” Military Support

Group families sent to them with help for shipping

from Support 4 Troops Military Group.

I was asked why do the troops do this?

A once beautiful rich country that became dominated

by a selfish, greedy, sadist dictator that tortured

and murdered his people and depleted them of food

and natural resources has left these children to

abandoned looking schools with little or no school

supplies. The soldiers are helping to better the

lives of children in a country that they are trying

to liberate and help them to eventually stand on

their own.

My son’s unit, 1-22, lost CPT Drew Pearson and SPC

Ronald Tucker, killed in action while on patrol on

April 30, 2008. (This was on my birthday) CPT

Pearson started the project for 1-22 for the

schools and the unit wanted to pick up on it and

see it through.

Caryn and I want to thank all the schools mentioned

above and the families of “Whole in My Heart” for

what they have done so far. The outpouring of love

from the schools help us to remember that the

public has not forgotten. Other than our Faith in

God, this kind of support to our military troops is

like taking a quick brisk walk early in the

morning. It pumps you up, refreshes you and gives

you faith to face the days ahead.

Kim Pellington

Thurs. 06-19-08

YELLOW RIBBON SUPPORT CENTER

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