Making a Difference...Supporting Our Wounded Warriors

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I shared this information last year and had some friends participate so I wanted to let you all know that the opportunity to support our wounded warriors receiving treatment at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center is here again. 
The German-American Kontakt Club here in Stuttgart is collecting donations for the Transition Unit at Landstuhl in support of 'Make a Difference Day,' which is Oct. 22.  They will be delivering the donated items to Soldier's Angels Germany.

Service members who cannot be treated in Afghanistan and Iraq are medically evacuated to Germany for treatment at Landstuhl.  They often arrive with just the clothes on their backs and chances are those have been cut off for treatment.  Soldier's Angels Germany provides clothing, toiletries and other items upon their arrival.  You can read a story and watch a video about air evacs out of Afghanistan by clicking here.  So, as you can imagine, these items are greatly needed and greatly appreciated.  
Below is a list of the most needed items for the Landstuhl Transition Unit.  If you want to send something you can mail it to my APO and I will take it to the collection point.
Nicole Dalrymple, CMR 489 Box 1173, APO AE  09751

- Sweatpants and Zippered Hoodie Sweatjackets (M, L, XL - grey, black, dark blue) Sweat clothing, especially size XL, is urgently needed at this time.

- Undershirts and plain T-shirts (M, L, XL - crew neck, any color)  Especially needed at this time.

- Lounge/sleep pants/pj bottoms (M, L, XL - any color or pattern)

- Gold Bond or similar Foot Powder and Body Powder

- Shaving cream, aerosol cans, travel size preferred

- Nail Clippers (large)

- Good disposable razors, triple or quad-blade, individually wrapped or 2-packs (we would rather have one good razor than 100 of the cheaper kind that tear guys' faces up)

- Men's Boxerbriefs (M, L, XL) 2nd choice boxers. Please do not send "tightie whities".

- Calling cards

Thank you for considering! 

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