Hi y'all... I know it's hard to keep up with every post sometimes, but PLEASE read this one if you missed it:
http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=17206.0 (http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=17206.0)
In a nutshell, none of us have the ability to properly show all of our troops our full appreciation, but by golly, there's enough of us here to do it up right for one soldier. Nepas' son, Dustin, has just come home from Iraq. He's still at the base now, but he's looking forward to going to Wally World (funny the things you miss when you can't do them anymore!). Wally World is LOT more fun with a pocket full of money, and we're on a mission to make that happen.
We have 22.5 hours to go, and so far, the response has been overwhelming - yet (IMHO) it ain't enough.
I want to thank everyone who has participated thus far. Seriously, y'all have some hearts of gold, and I love ya!
I know some of y'all are trying to keep the utilities on - and we don't want your money. Just send a prayer.
But if you can help out, we would deeply appreciate it.
If you haven't participated, and would like to, PM SquirtTheCat -- he's our treasurer on this matter.
buuuuuuuuuuuuuuump.
Rump a bump bump
Helloooooooooooooooooooooo....
Quote from: hal4uk on August 03, 2010, 10:29:12 AM
Hi y'all... I know it's hard to keep up with every post sometimes, but PLEASE read this one if you missed it:
http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=17206.0 (http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=17206.0)
In a nutshell, none of us have the ability to properly show all of our troops our full appreciation, but by golly, there's enough of us here to do it up right for one soldier. Nepas' son, Dustin, has just come home from Iraq. He's still at the base now, but he's looking forward to going to Wally World (funny the things you miss when you can't do them anymore!). Wally World is LOT more fun with a pocket full of money, and we're on a mission to make that happen.
We have 22.5 hours to go, and so far, the response has been overwhelming - yet (IMHO) it ain't enough.
I want to thank everyone who has participated thus far. Seriously, y'all have some hearts of gold, and I love ya!
I know some of y'all are trying to keep the utilities on - and we don't want your money. Just send a prayer.
But if you can help out, we would deeply appreciate it.
If you haven't participated, and would like to, PM SquirtTheCat -- he's our treasurer on this matter.
It just takes a little effort to make a young man very happy
Done
First off, Thanks to everyone who has kicked in so far. The response has been amazing!
Hal and I are just a bit short of a 'nice round number' that is our pie-in-the-sky-goal...
So, if any of you are interested in pitching in a little bit to the cause, feel free to PM me... I'll personally cover the rest.
Cheers,
STC & Hal4UK.
I'll give this the early morning bump
Mission Accomplished!
We hit our 'goal', and I just dropped the package off at our corporate distribution room..
Thanks again, everyone!
And a "thanks" to you Squirt for taking time to handle the logistics! ;D
A very big thanks to Hal and STC for putting this together. Great work, gentlemen!
Sorry Hal didn't mean to leave you out. Thank you!
Thanks for the great idea and for making this happen. :)
I gotta say thank you to everyone here on the forum. I was just letting everyone know he was back and ok and did not expect this at all. Like said so often here we are like one big spread out family ;D
Thanks go to all forum members for their support for Dustin over these 14.5 months of deployment and for the support for my other son who is deployed to Columbia with the 7th group SF, his wife who is SF and my Daughter who is active logistics support.
There have been a few members who sent goodies to Iraq & Afgn and we want to say Thank You Again.
I will see Dustin this weekend and am sure he will post his thank you to the forum.
Rick & Chrystal
Rick,
Thanks to Dustin, all of your kids, and both you and your wife for the service and incredible parenting. We wouldn't be what we are without all of you.
A big thank you to Hal for starting this!
And a great big thanks to Squirt for finishing it for the forum members!
Some days our heart just gets pulled in a way we never expect! And it's that way for all of us! Gods speed and welcome home Dustin!
Rick & Chrystal,
It's not my place to speak for the rest of the forum members so I'll just say this for Jan and me. As long as your children and family are willing to risk their lives for our backs, Jan and I will always have their backs.
Nuff said.