I received a Thank You email today from a person in Afghanistan. He said that they share out the goodies they get in their parcels, the recipient gets first dibs and they share things around.
Winter has been especially cold this year in Afghanistan and though Christmas parcels from home arrived late they've been very much appreciated.
As far as Adopt A Soldier, it's been suggested that anyone interested in adopting a soldier who may not have support from home, or who needs a boost from home, address a letter to The Chaplain and you may find The Chaplain will be able to help.
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My Son returned home this week from Afghanistan - he commented on how the parcels addressed to an Australian Soldier were extremely appreciated especially by the guys without family. I asked the best part about the parcels to an Australian Soldier and he commented on the food like nuts, tin tuna, dried fruit as they could pack it into their backpacks when they went out for days on patrol. Apparently a nice change from rations. So Thank you once again.
Hi we have just posted another 12 packages off,4 men,4 ladies and 4 for the dogs and handlers we marked then Anzac,many more people in town have done them and now our Scouts came to see me as they are getting some ready,we have come to love doing them in our little town and so nice to hear they actually arrive..we were much more imaginative this time,even the local newsagent gave us bucket hats for the packs even if the troops wanted to give them to kids...lots of goodies on the way..
Great work and we did hear that they are cold at night,some ladies making rugs and if and whn they are given me i will be in touch to see what to do with them,I believe one lot of ladies made a quilt for each person in one platoon! how awesome was that,I also heard they like laundry bags,do you know anything about these?if so can you let me know..thanks
Letters arriving everywhere this week!
Nilk advised me once that thank you letters might be rare, and I could understand her reasons. But it was great to finally see that AFPO postmark on the envelope.
Hi Jacana
I hope your soldier settles soon.
A Blessed Life
I know I saw someone mention them in the comments and I clicked on their site where there were photos. I can't check right now I must get ready for work so I'll look later for you.
Hi ABL
I googled and found a blogger's site with a pattern for Laundry Bags for Soldiers:
http://onceuponaquilt.blogspot.com.au/2012/01/laundry-bags-for-our-soldiers.html
and this one, too!
http://aussieheroquilts.blogspot.com.au/
I'll have to do a post on these two blogs and their fabulous work...
Back to work for me!
I received a lovely email thank you for one of my packages the other day. It really made my day.
Hi! I am just wondering if the addresses are still all current? Also, how do you 'adopt a soldier' as one of your posts suggest? Thank you!
The addresses in the right side of this blog are current.
To adopt a soldier/sailor/airman/woman just write a letter, using the parcel address, and instead of putting "An Australian Soldier" put in The Chaplain as the addressee. Enclose a covering letter for The Chaplain explaining that you'd like to adopt a soldier. This should find the chaplain and s/he will be able to forward your letter to an appropriate recipient.
Finally I've been searching where to write and adopt an aussie soldier. Thank you so much for the information
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