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Morale boosters pour troops include care packs and bears
Families and groups mobilize to support deployed service members. Debbi Renbit prepares low carb treats for her husband Chris while USO organizes care packages funded by 25 donations each. Build-A-Bear donated 40,000 bears for deployed children in one week. Joey Mack, a Navy brat from O Fallon Illinois, notes hope for quick homecomings. USO coordinates care packages. Defense Department urges avoiding unsolicited mail to keep shipments moving. Other good deeds include Military Pets Foster Project matching service members with volunteers to care for pets, and Southern Illinois Yellow Ribbon Campaign sending supplies and comforts to soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Debbi Renbit
Chris
M&m
USO
Joey Mack
O'Fallon
Navy
William
Germany
Joey
Lisa
Ill
United Service Organizations
Beth Bradner
Defense Department
Army and Air Force Exchange Service
Iraq
Afghanistan
Kuwait
Judd Anstey
Steve Albin
North Myrtle Beach
S.C
NetPets Inc
Albin
Amy Oxford
Kathy Williams
Harrisburg
Oxford
Williams
US. Dept. of Defense
Defendamerica.mil
Usocares.org
Netpets.org
Buildabear
Southern Illinois
Siyellowribbon
Andrew Perales
St. John
Build-A-Bear Workshop
St. Louis