Article: Happy holidays, from home: Delray joins two groups sending care packages to troops.

Byline: Erika Slife

Nov. 24--DELRAY BEACH -- It may seem like the most unusual Christmas list. Among the items: foot powder, Easy Cheese, playing cards, beef jerky and tube socks. But for soldiers serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the world, the snacks, hygiene products and other goodies compiled in care packages are cherished gifts from home.

"I can't say enough about it," said former Staff Sgt. Walter Brown, an Atlantic High School graduate who served in Iraq in 2003. "Most people who have been away from family and friends for a long time, they know what it's like to just get anything from home." For the past few months, You Are ...

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