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Article: RED CROSS CARE PACKAGES A HUGE BOOST TO TROOPS.(OPINION)(Editorial)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- January 14, 2002
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"As you can imagine, many of your donations are items that are typically hard to find over here. You should see the expressions on their face when they hear that all the items are sent from people back home. Knowing that American people value their hard work and their sacrifices is a great morale builder."
That is an excerpt from a thank you letter written by a Red Cross worker at Camp Doha in Kuwait on behalf of U.S. troops stationed there. It refers to a shipment of holiday care packages sent by the American Red Cross Badger Chapter in Madison.
The letter demonstrates how important the Red Cross holiday care package program is. And it shows why the 155 ...