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Press Releases:
Dec. 7, Last Day to Send Stockings to Troops
TAVERNIER, Fla. (143 words) – December 7 is the day many remember veterans killed or injured at Pearl Harbor in 1941. This year it’s also the last day to remember U.S. veterans now serving overseas with “Stockings for the Troops.”
For a $10 donation the American Red Cross ships a camouflage stocking to a soldier stationed overseas in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. After taking a poll of what soldiers wanted in the stockings, the Red Cross stuffed them with a phone card, socks, toiletries, and candy.
Donors can write their name and message on a thank you card attached to the stocking.
Photo Credit: MYCP
At left, Marathon High School Junior Esther Raymond talks to Upper Keys residents Dick and Blanche Herrick who made a donation to “Stockings for the Troops” recently.
To purchase a stocking before Dec. 7, contact Grace Connors, Branch Office Coordinator, American Red Cross of Greater Miami & The Keys, at 92330 Overseas Highway, Suite 104 in Tavernier or call (305) 852-9612.
This is a student leadership project of Monroe Youth Challenge Program. So far students have raised nearly $3,000.
