Anyone interested in sending Iraqi kids a care package?
Here's an article from the last time he did it: http://www.kcentv.com/news/c-article.php?cid=5&nid=512 Anyway, these kids have nothing (shoes, toys, blankets, and the clothes they have ...don't fit), so it really means a lot to these kiddos. Winter is coming, and many of them don't have anything to shield them from the cold especially when they head to school. My husband said when you go into their houses, they have one mat on the floor that a family of over 8 share, some bowls, and not much more. I'm partial to the little girls because my husband always talks about them being treated like worthless garbage. Here's what he wrote: First, I would suggest people don't send heavy stuff since it will be so expensive to send and don't send expensive items since they won't understand the difference in price. Second, kids are somewhat shorter and skinnier here because they are not properly nourished. Last, we leave early December so the cutoff time for sending would be November 1st. Jackets Sweat shirts Toys (no remote control because they can use them to make IEDs) Dolls for girls Soccer balls (no footballs) A set (11) of cheap soccer team jerseys would make a village go crazy School supplies (pens, pencils, crayons, paper, notebooks, etc.) Candy Fruit snacks (like fruit rollups, gushers, or other small snack food) My MIL is trying to get her friends to send the soccer team jerseys (cheap goodwill/amazon.com stuff), so I think the shirt and shorts are taken care of for several villages. My husband and his battalion want to start a soccer league over there for them before they leave (it's all they play). So if you're interested, youth socks or shoes are also needed. If you're interested in sending something, please PM me for his address. Although if you have the Christmas addresses, his correct one is the one that says "FOB KALSU" ...if you state you're from the OES board too, that would help my husband know who its from! Thanks! |
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| Can you suggest sizes? Or age groups? Under 7? Under 12? Teens? |
| From the email I got from my MIL, my husband was suggesting youth medium, youth large for soccer stuff... but I know the school supplies and sweaters/jackets last time all went to kids of all ages (12 and under).
Here are the kids with their new clothes on from last time (they should be around this age group): 
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| Mr. Johaeyo and his colleagues are truly amazing. We should all be very proud of them. I'm happy to support men and women with such good hearts. |
| Thanks! ..and to the few who sent PMs! Once my husband gets set on something, he tends to get gung-ho about getting stuff out to the kids. As long as its for a good cause and keeping him busy!! Hopefully he'll take lots of pictures like last time. |
| How touching! I agree with Sue, it makes you proud to have such kind hearted men and women representing you. It's such a worthy effort to help the children. |
| How absolutely touching... those pictures brought tears to my eyes. I have a very good friend who is from Al-Najaf, and he told me about how the kids there often had nothing to do for fun because they had no toys. My two teen foster-daughters were from Iraq, and they told horrible stories about the conditions they had lived in, and about the constant stress of living in war conditions, and something so simple as a doll or a soccer ball could make such a big difference. The same with having nice clothes that fit and shoes. My foster daughters also told me of how gestures like this from individual soldiers (or soldiers who would give out candy to kids, or play with the kids) helped the kids not to have the fear and mistrust of Americans that many of their older parents and grandparents had. Everything they hear or read in those countries is so tainted and biased, so gestures like this are all they have to contradict much of the horrible stories they have heard. |
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