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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 appreci...

This is some information I've been meaning to get up on the blog for a week or so now.  Just finally had the chance to do it.  I know that folks back in the States are always interested in ways to support deployed service members and wounded warriors so I wanted to share this information in case anyone would like to participate. For October's "Make a Difference Day," the local German American Kontakt Outreach Club is collecting items that will be donated to the Medical Transient Unit at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center here in Germany.  Chances are you have heard of Landstuhl before.  It is where all the wounded warriors from Iraq and Afghanistan are taken when they are medically evacuated.  They often arrive with just the clothes on their backs and that's not saying much as their uniforms are often cut off their bodies during initial medical treatment.  If you have an interest in sending along any of the items below for the donation drive below i...