[3 Deuce 64]

I received this in an e mail from our local club ( http://www.cruisinbuddies.com/ ) Thought I should post it here I know you " Pontiac " Guys & Gals will help . Don

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Old Car Magazines needed for troops.

Recently I found a post on one of my car club sites (Corvette Forum)

Marc distributes the care packages. He stated that the service members get a lot of toothpaste, candy and cookies, etc., but they would also really like some car/truck/motorcycle as well as Field and Stream, and Home and Garden magazines as they are pretty scarce. Remember that porn is illegal.

I was thinking that some of you could help out as all my old magazines(even my classic ones) have been shipped out months ago. It seems like a pretty small sacrifice to give up some old magazines. I asked a couple of the local car clubs to get their members to send out their old car/truck and motorcycle magazines to my contact listed below. I was hoping some of you could help out too.

Other things to put in the packages are notebooks and pens. The soldiers give them to the kids and parents. In turn the Afghan people start to trust the soldiers more and start giving them information on the enemy. Certainly trust and respect are worth a few pens and tablets of paper.

The post office will supply you with a free Flat rate box that will fit magazines and notebooks perfectly. They cost $8.90 to ship and will arrive in a week, maybe two. You can fill them up to 20 lbs. I have 6 going out today.

Here is the information and address of my guy so you can send packages also.

Marc Piccollo (LT Colonel, a 19 year Air Force veteran) is the Deputy Group Commander for the 755th Air Expeditionary Group based out of Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. He visit sites around the country, checking in on Airmen in very remote forward base locations. Marc is happy to distribute the packages to the troops.

Here is the address to ship care packages to:

M. D. Piccolo
755 AEG / CD
APO AE 09354

Here is an address for Iraq troops;

LT Robert N. Burns Jr., Chaplain
2/8 HQ SVC CO
UNIT 73225
FPO AE 09509-3225

If you write "STOVEBOLT" on the side off the box, Marc will know it is most likely magazines. REMEMBER to send some writing tablets and pens so the soldiers can hand them to the kids.

Thanks for your help.





Thank you.

David DuBois
Lockheed Martin IS&S
1701 North Street - MD 257-4A
Endicott, NY 13760

Phone: (607) 741-2625
Cell: (607) 725-8849

[Keith Seymore]

Will do.

Thank you for posting such clear, specific directions.

K

[Bjorn]

will forward to our local group..!

[firebirdcrazy1959]

I'm packing a box right now!

[poolhusler8]

Just shipped a box today,well worth the little bit it cost for shipping.Great idea.

[RAM AIR V]

i'm shipping some monday. great idea.....jerry s

[Larry Navarro]

My wife loves this idea. She's been after me for years to get rid of the old mags.
Now is a great time to do so and give the troops support.

[blackbird455]

I just noticed this post. I will pick up a box today and pack it up. I was just about to throw some out!!

[OHC6-Man]

I've got a nice thick stack of Car and Drivers I could send out.

BTW whats the reason for writing Stovebolt? Is it a code or something to tell them it's supplies?

[3 Deuce 64]

Originally Posted by OHC6-Man

I've got a nice thick stack of Car and Drivers I could send out.

BTW whats the reason for writing Stovebolt? Is it a code or something to tell them it's supplies?

I would guess .

[Greg Reid]

I wonder if they'd be interested in some Radio Control Aircraft mags? I've got a TON of those going back to the 80's.

[Keith Seymore]

Sent two boxes of mid 80's Car Craft mags this week!

[Zig'sbird]

I have another address to add

SGT Marley, Scott A.
C Co 1-151 INF
FOB Q-West
APO AE 09351

SGT Marley will make sure that everything will be distributed but mostly to the Army. FOB Q-West is a little south of Mosul in Iraq.

[1971WARBIRD]

as someone who has spent over 2 years in Iraq,Thank You each and everyone for your thoughts and old mags.

yes someone will love those R/C mags.Arifjan(main base in Kuwait) even had an R/C course set up for guys to run thier R/C cars and 4 wheelers.we would read any thing we could get our hands on,some times to think of home and our cars,and other times to think of anywhere but where we were.

Thanks again.

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by 1971WARBIRD

as someone who has spent over 2 years in Iraq,Thank You each and everyone for your thoughts and old mags.

yes someone will love those R/C mags.Arifjan(main base in Kuwait) even had an R/C course set up for guys to run thier R/C cars and 4 wheelers.we would read any thing we could get our hands on,some times to think of home and our cars,and other times to think of anywhere but where we were.

Thanks again.

In that case, I'm going to make a point of it to start boxing up and sending those old mags out. I have many R/C aircraft magazines going back 20 years.
And thank you for your sacrifices and service!

[70formula]

This is a great idea I had a bunch and was going to get them to a VA hospital. I will split them up and send a box to each. Also put in some notebooks and pens.
Thanks to the Veterans for all they have did.

[Zig'sbird]

Originally Posted by 70formula

This is a great idea I had a bunch and was going to get them to a VA hospital. I will split them up and send a box to each. Also put in some notebooks and pens.
Thanks to the Veterans for all they have did.

I wanted to let you know that your box arrived in Iraq safely. It was very appreciated. A special thank you for remembering that there are females soldiers serving in Iraq also.

Again, thank you for your kind act. Everything was appreciated.

[70formula]

Zig, We were glad to send stuff over. Would like to include other things that would help the men and women serving our country. My wife talked to another soldier that was over there, He stated that they had plenty of sunscreen but could use chapstick. He also stated that flavor pks for water, because they got tired of plain water, along with babywipes . Please let me know what you think for the next boxes to go out. I would like to send other thing along with mags. Thanks for your help.

[Zig'sbird]

Babywipes is BIG. Here at Q-west once summer hits we can only shower once every 3 days.

Flavor packs are ok - but we get a lot of that free in the chow halls. The one flavor we do not get is lemonade.

We have plenty of chapstick, but we go through a lot since it melts so easily.

Q-tips are always popular.

[blackbird455]

Heres a bump for a good post. I shipped out 5 boxed last month.