Photos

Photos

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First Set of Care Packages going out (June 2008)

Michelle and Dylan DeSilva picking up first set of packages at Rebecca’s house

Package Contents

A full package (large photo) surrounded by contents, clockwise: food bag; hygiene bag; misc. bag; entertainment bag (contains letter); gum/hard candy bag; gifts for Iraqi kids

Kushner Consulting

Assembly party for second set -- 25 packages assembled (July 2008)

Thank you to Adrienne and Ed (both from Young Government Leaders), Joyce, Kristen, Miriam, Arielle, Rafi, Meir and my grandmother, Mildred, for assembling 25 packages. A special thank you to Sherrill House for letting us use their Board Room (we really appreciated the air conditioning!)

above: Adrienne and Joyce carrying boxes of donated goods into Sherrill House for
assembly

counterclockwise from far right: Meir assembling cleaning supplies; Arielle & Mildred putting food/drink bags together; the group bagging items; Ed putting together packs for Iraqi/Afghani kids; Adrienne signing cover letter; the group hard at work

left: Ed with 25 completed boxes; all 25 boxes fit in Anna’s car!

Assembly party for third set -- 40 packages assembled (September 2008)

Thank you to both the individuals who donated items and helped assemble the packages, as well as the groups:
--Young Government Leaders, which held donation drives in 2 of their buildings and whose members also came to the assembly party;
--Ransom Unit of the Historic Charles St. A.M.E. Church, whose participating organizations and church members donated so many of the goods we assembled; and
--the Massachusetts Division of Healthcare Quality, whose last-minute drop-off of goods they had raised enabled us to exceed my original plans for assembling 30-35 packages, and reach a new goal of 40 packages!

Thank you again to Sherrill House for letting us use their Board Room.

Top row, from left: Barbara putting rags & Q-tips into bags (for soldiers to use to clean their guns); Monique & Natellie with bags of candy and cough drops; Connie assembling toiletries

bottom row: Colin assembling the entertainment bags; Joyce & Ashley hard at work; Jaclyn, Chris and Barbara bagging gifts for Iraqi/Afghani kids

Top row, from left: Ashley hefting tub of food bags; the care packages after assembly; Rob assemblying deodorant, foot powder,bug spray and more

bottom row: Chris at work; Kristen & Monique assembling packages; the group focused on bagging items