Our fourth grade Girls on the Run team does a service project each year. This year they have chosen to donate items to Operation Shoebox, which is a non-profit organization that assembles care packages for military men and women serving our country overseas. Items will be collected through Nov. 11th. Boxes for collection will be in the main hallways, so children can drop off the items on their way to class in the mornings.
Students are also welcome to write notes to the troops that will be included in the care packages and/or provide a pre-addressed postcard to the school with a note asking the service member to please let them know if they received the package. We do not need a stamp on the post card - service members can mail them for free back to the states.
Suggested items to donate are:
- Candy (heat resistant/individually wrapped - NO chocolate)
- Fruit Breezes (throat drops)
- instant oatmeal
- instant coffee
- powdered drink mixes
- Gatorade
- tea mixes
- coffee creamer
- ramen noodles
- beef jerky
