Teens for Troops have “adopted” a group of soldiers deployed in Iraq.  Nevada’s own Captain William P. Gehlen of the 130th Engineer Group says his unit is comprised of 161 soldiers that could use our help. William’s family lives in Sparks and they have been sending packages to him about once per month, but the rest of the soldiers receive very little mail. We would like to change that by sending packages at least twice per month to as many of the men and women as we can. We will send the packages directly to Captain Gehlen to distribute.

We have asked for a "wish list" and these are a few items they would love to have sent over.
Chap Stick, foot powder, paperback books, gum, coffee, creamer, Stay Awake, Q-Tips, Menthol Sticks (similar to Icy Hot) Sports Magazines for stats, People or other magazines, hard candies, eye drops, Bug-Off, any kind of nuts, Phone cards, (AT&T works best), disposable cameras, powdered drinks, drawing paper, shaving cream, mouth wash, hot sauce, licorice, On the Go Charmin Toilet Paper, Life savers candies, popcorn. Funny pictures from home, jokes, CD’ or DVD’s (any age, any kind).  Although appreciated, chocolate does not hold up in the heat there. You get the idea; basically small comfort items and things that bring a little bit of home to those in the field.

We heard that a soldier some where had received a small amount of grass seed, which some soldiers kept watered until they had a 6 foot patch of nice green grass to walk on.   Putting your feet on something cool and fragrant as grass at the end of day felt almost as good as being home.  Very creative I would say.

If you would like to donate any of these items and need someone to pick them up please contact Ashley @ 775-575-4742 or email us to make arrangements. If you have some great ideas, let us know so we can add them to our list. Reminder: The collection of these items will be ongoing, not just for a few weeks or month. When grocery shopping every week, please consider picking up an item or two to send to the troops.

Thank you.
Ashley