Just two example of how to show some christmas spirit.
Snowball Express Send-Off
The Snowball Express (www.snowballexpress.org) is an organization that sends spouses and children of fallen soldiers to Disneyland in California every year. In its fourth year, they will be sending over 2,000 children and surviving spouses. Fayetteville is home to many of these families and this year there are 130 people from our area traveling to California.
Fayetteville Cares is sponsoring a send-off for these neighbors of ours. On Dec. 16 anyone interested in cheering on these gold star families should meet at the Fayetteville Regional Airport. Please contact Fayetteville Cares at info@fayettevillecares.org for more detailed information.
Welcome Home for Single Soldiers
On Dec. 21 112 soldiers from the XVIII Airborne Corp G2, Analysis and Control Element will be returning to Ft. Bragg from a 15 month deployment to Iraq. Of these, 58 are single soldiers returning to empty barracks. Fayetteville Cares has been asked to help provide some items for these men and women so their first night home there will be something in their cupboards.
Suggested items include:
- Laundry detergent, dryer sheets
- Ramen noodles, Chef Boyardee’s microwave lunch cups
- Toilet paper, napkins, paper plates
- Granola Bars
- Crackers, chips, pretzels
- Peanuts, cashews, almonds
- Gatorade, soft drinks, bottled water
- Any nonperishable foods, drinks and household items are welcomed.
If you would like to be a part of this effort here are two ways you can help:
Go out and purchase items yourself. These items would need to be delivered no later than Dec. 18 to Single Source Real Estate Services (behind Taco Bell on Raeford Road) Breezewood Avenue, Suite 300
Fayetteville, NC 28303
or you can give a monetary donation to Fayetteville Cares, which will use the money to purchase these items. Checks need to be received by Dec. 17 and should reference “Single Soldiers”.
Send a check to:
Fayetteville Cares
PO Box 87107
Fayetteville, NC 28304
