In November, we asked for donations for the 15th annual Stockings for Soldiers campaign. Once again this year, our Sussex County community demonstrated its generosity. Many groups and countless individuals contributed both financially and with the stockings stuffers. Our collective giving made a major supporting impact.
As a result, the week after Thanksgiving, 1,412 boxes weighing 45,646 pounds were mailed to 145 locations in the following counties: Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Djibouti, Cape Horn of Africa, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, South Korea, Japan, Okinawa, Poland and Guantanamo, Cuba!
The boxes contained 10,000 individually named stockings, each giving a little touch of home, and a reminder that we care about them and have them in our thoughts and prayers. For many of the recipients, this might be the only holiday remembrance they receive. Pictures and letters of thanks will be posted on www.stockingsforsoldiers.org. Take some time to look at them and you will see how much the men and women appreciate being remembered.
Thank you to all who contributed this year.
Carl and Marianne Sheran
Lewes
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