Taped up
Spc. Roderick Hooks, 6th Group, Criminal Investigation Division (CID), tapes one of the 600 boxes packed for soldiers serving with 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division last night at the DuPont Fire Station.
Labelers
Zack Bryan, Morgan Boyd and Tom Johnson put labels on boxes bound for Afghanistan.
Box Boy
Jack Smith loads one of the 600 holiday boxes prepared during Operation Make A Soldier Smile for 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division soldiers.
Book Man
Barbara and Hal Dwyer load books into boxes bound for 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division soldiers serving in Afghanistan.
Box Lady
Karli Hobart, a cadet with the Yelm Fire Department, hands a packaged good to Gina Luplon, a USO volunteer, during Operation Make A Soldier Smile.
Pitch Girl
Natalie Smith prepares to toss a care package forward during the preparation of 650 boxes for 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division serving in Afghanistan.
After four months of planning and thousands of dollars raised, the organizing committee for Operation Make a Soldier Smile in DuPont capped three nights of care package assembly last night at the fire station off Center Drive.
Volunteers showed up at 6:30 p.m. and assembled 600 boxes in three hours — packing each with toiletries, books, DVDs, candy, snacks, playing cards and more. The event followed on the heels of two other packing events, last Thursday, and Nov. 10.
In all, 1,300 care packages have been sent, mostly to soldiers serving in the 5th Stryker Brigade. After Thanksgiving, OMASS organizers will determine how much money is left after their vigorous campaign to raise dollars and care package items to see if they can conduct another care package assembly in December.
PHOTOS BY J.M. SIMPSON
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RangerKen said on Nov. 19, 2009 at 6:32pm
It was such an honor to be a part of this project. Kudos to Paula, Denise and Doyle - they had quite a vision!!
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