Banding Together to Help Soldiers
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Posted: 5:41 PM Sep 1, 2010
Banding Together to Help Soldiers
The St. Johns High School band is looking for help to collect items to send to troops stationed overseas.
Reporter: Jason Colthorp
Email Address: jason.colthorp@wilx.com
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For the rest of the football season, the Redwing marching band along with the football team will be stuffing a military vehicle full of items to send to troops overseas.

And they want your help.

Band Director Roy Davis says they're looking for items like these:

TWIN BLANKETS / BED SHEETS / PILLOW CASES
FULL SIZE BATH TOWELS
SMALL BATTERY-POWERED LAMPS
BATTERIES
CDs/DVD
FRISBEES, FOOTBALLS, PLAYING CARDS, PUZZLES,
BASEBALL GLOVE
TRAIL MIX, GRANOLA BARS, BEEF JERKY, HARD CANDY
WATER PACKAGES – CRYSTAL LIGHT, GATORADE, KOOL-AID
BOOKS
CALLING CARDS
PAPER/PEN/PENCILS/ENVELOPE/CARDS
LONG SOCKS, LIGHT TAN BOOT LACES
ANY AND ALL TYPES OF PERSONAL HYGIENE

A military vehicle will serve as the drop area for these items at the rest of the home games in St. Johns starting Thursday September 2. September 17 and October 8 are the dates of the other two games where they will be collecting items for soldiers.


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