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SUPPORT THE TROOPS

Aug 11
Tue 12:00 PM
Location
O'Donnell South

20300 S. Vermont Ave.
Suite 245 (second floor)
Torrance, CA 90502
310-781-2255

How to find us
"The office complex is on the corner of Verment and Del Amo in Torrance. Just ask for Rachel or Angie at the front desk on the second floor in suite 245."

Estimated attendance
 6  people attended.
5.00 5.002

Who organized?
Angie Marie and Rachel

TIME OUT is teaming up with a group of women who are organizing care packages for the troops overseas, more specifically, the 1st Battalion 5th Marines. We are asking for your support by dropping off anything you can from the list of items below.

Troops Wish List

*Prepaid phone cards in small denominations
*Travel-size games
*Hand held electronic games
*Mini-battery-operated fans
*Individual packets of trail mix, beef jerky, Slim Jims, nuts, energy bars, sunflower seeds, candy
*Ready to eat tuna or chicken salad kits
*Small boxes of cookies
*Packets of powdered cold beverages
*Sealed lip balm, roll-on deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes
*Individual packets of moist towelettes
*Travel size containers of foot powder, lotion
*Boot socks in dark colors (black, brown, green)
*Blank greeting cards w/envelopes
*Tobacco products (Skoal)
*Small packages of baby wipes
*Ice packs used in first aid kits
*Monetary donations for shipping (each box is $12 and we are shipping 10 boxes at a time)

Angie and I will be accepting the donated items at our office during the entire month of July and up to August 11th. The office hours are 7:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday through Friday. If you are unable to make a drop off during the week please send me an email and we can arrange to meet on the weekend.

Regardless of your personal views on the war we are hoping you will join us in helping the soldiers who are overseas and without some of these basic items that we take for granted.

If you have any questions please feel free to email me - Organizer Rachel

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Talk about this Meetup

  • Rachel
    Posted Aug 11, 2009 2:35 PM
    Rachel
    TIME OUT Organizer, Rachel
    THANK YOU so much to all the people who donated to the Troops. I'll most likely post another one of these in the future as the ladies are going to be doing this as an on-going event.
  • Pre-Meetup comments below
  • Rachel
    Posted Aug 10, 2009 3:12 PM
    Rachel
    TIME OUT Organizer, Rachel
    PLEASE SEE PART OF AN EMAIL FROM THE AUNT OF ONE OF THE TROOPS MEMBERS: This is a picture of my nephew and another member of his unit who we have been sending care packages to. They are so happy to be receiving care packages that they jumped into the pile of them and took this picture. He has sent word that the boxes are like Christmas and they are forever grateful.
  • Rachel
    Posted Aug 3, 2009 1:30 PM
    Rachel
    TIME OUT Organizer, Rachel
    A BIG THANK YOU to Trish and Carolyn for their wonderful donations. You guys ROCK ! ! !
  • Rachel
    Posted Jul 10, 2009 3:08 PM
    Rachel
    TIME OUT Organizer, Rachel
    Thanks to Linda and Jeannine for their donations of snacks for the Troops. Yahoo! This is getting fun. Wish I could see their faces when they get their goodies.
  • Rachel
    Posted Jul 9, 2009 2:01 PM
    Rachel
    TIME OUT Organizer, Rachel
    A BIG Thank You to Vance (who heard about us from TIME OUT Member Trish) and his generous donations of magazines, underwear, socks, wipes, and cards. Thank you so much!
  • Rachel
    Posted Jul 6, 2009 8:42 AM
    Rachel
    TIME OUT Organizer, Rachel
    Any magazine is ok except for porn. Thank you!
  • Posted Jul 3, 2009 1:23 AM
    Claire
    Can I ask if most women's magazines are appropriate? I've heard some might cause problems, like Cosmo and such, but what about US Weekly? :) I have a ton I could probably round up! :)
  • Rachel
    Posted Jul 1, 2009 11:47 AM
    Rachel
    TIME OUT Organizer, Rachel
    We would like to give a big THANK YOU to Sean Powers of TIME OUT and his company Mailboxes4less.com Sean's company donated 72 decks of playing cards for the troops. What a generous gift. Please check out his company for your Residential Mailboxes, Commercial Mailboxes and Address Plaques needs at http://www.mailboxes4less.c... or call 1-[masked]
  • Rachel
    Posted Jul 1, 2009 10:09 AM
    Rachel
    TIME OUT Organizer, Rachel
    If you don't feel comfortable walking into our office please call Angie or myself at the number listed and we will be more than happy to come outside to meet you
  • Rachel
    Posted Jul 1, 2009 7:58 AM
    Rachel
    TIME OUT Organizer, Rachel
    PLEASE NOTE: Angie and I will be accepting the donated items at our office during the entire month of July and up to August 11th. The office hours are 7:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday through Friday. If you are unable to make a drop off during the week please send me an email and we can arrange to meet on the weekend.

Who attended?

  • 6 attendees
    • “ Great job organizing this Rachel! ”
    • “ This was a great event and so worth it. The donations made so many of our young men happy. It felt really good to do something for someone else, however, I was a little disappointed in the lack of participation by our 700 members as only 6 actually donated. I know a lot of people don't support the war but we should always support the men and women in the US Military. ”