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A BIG thanks to Carma Labs for donating 500 tubes of Carmex Lip Balm for us to send to the troops.  Also, this week, they mailed another 500 tubes to us. We now have a 6 month supply of Carmex Lip Balm for our troops. What a great company who cares for our troops in a BIG way. 

The floors are finally repaired, we just laid the carpet down (didn't tack it and can't stretch it). Hopefully we can move into the house by the end of the month and start getting kids involved again. A lot of work to do to clean and sort and MOVE. 

We did well at the BBQ on the River this year. THANK YOU to all who helped out. Had a great time and met some really wonderful people. Met a newly graduated Marine on the last day and met a young lady we supported while she wias "over there". She was grateful for all the love and support she received.

Christmas is fast approaching. We are starting to look at ways to get the items we need and the postage money together for between 1,000 and 1,200 packages this year. We had our Christmas packing party kickoff on Oct 17th and packed 221 boxes. Olive Garden wanted to show appreciation to those who work so hard and provided us with catered lunch. What a great lunch it was. After working for our troops, enjoying a meal and fellowship, we mailed off Octobers packages. Our prayer is that our packages will touch the lives of those who need us the most and we will make a positive difference in the life of those we serve. 

Ok, we are mailing packages, have raised just over 1/2 of the money we need. Printing labels and putting them on packages and getting them ready to ship.

Dec 9 2011 Hickman Co vs Carlyle Co in basketball AND they have a contest of who can bring in the most money for supporting the troops. Dec 9 is Hickman Co's day.. Jan 6th is Carlyle Co's day.. who will win? Hickman has one advantage in they are collecting in the holidays when people are more willing to give,, can Carlyle Co over come this advantage and take the gold? 

 1,199 packages gone as of Friday. Forgot that WPSD has one box they used to do the TV news articles with. I will get it on Monday and mail it off too. Now to work on January's packages. It does end... when the last one comes home. God Bless our troops and God Bless America.

Got information for those with someone deployed. Operation Not Alone has formed as a support unit for anyone needing to talk to someone and share what they feel. Contact  Ashley Sanders at bosssanders@gmail.com for more information.