We had such a wonderful turnout at our Operation: Send Some Cheer Event in the Phillipsburg Mall, we have made it a year round effort, extending it past it's intended holiday only season.
While there, we were able to ship out almost 900 care packages to deployed soldiers, almost doubling our original goal of 500! During our final few days, we had a very generous donation of gift cards from the Greenwich Shoprite, which we only spent part of immediately to complete the care packages that needed to be finished, leaving us with a balance. Then on the last day, after packing our things to move, a volunteer , Kelli D., showed up with an amazing donation -- boxes of toothpaste and toothbrushes she secured from a contact at Colgate-Palmolive.
How could we pack up and go home only to wait until next year? We still had some donations left, and gift cards for Shoprite, now toothpaste and toothbrushes!! Finding a new location to continue assembly became imperative. After calling numerous places, only to be rejected- one was finally interested in helping our cause....
