Oct. 25, 2009

Mr. Gary Sinise

A little over a week ago, I received an email from Chaplain Satterfield that Operation International Children (OIC) had sent me about 10 cases of Crocs and other shoes for our children projects. I checked out the site and, to my surprise, it was founded by Mr. Gary Sinise. Wow….. THE Lieutenant Dan from Forest Gump sent me shoes! He played a major starring role in Apollo 13 and is currently on CSI: NY as well. That is awesome!! It turned out that ever since he played LT Dan in Forest Gump, he has been very actively helping soldiers and children around the globe. What an awesome and inspiring story!!!

The boxes arrived today at another nearby Forward Operation Base (FOB). We picked them up while we were out on a mission and brought the boxes to our base.

Dr. Rafi and Asad waited and helped me unpack/re-sort the boxes. I explained to them who Gary Sinise was and we all got very excited about getting to know him and his great non-profit work.

Thanks so much for your support, OIC and Mr. Sinise!!!

Donation from OIC and Fenty Aid-station

Also, a clinic, (Fenty Aid-station) located at that same nearby FOB we visited, donated a bunch of boxes with cool toys and school supplies. They have collected them from donations by normal U.S. citizens for the last several months, but did not have a chance to distribute any of it to the kids. When I found out about it, I contacted them and arranged to pick them up as well.

Thanks to Private First Class Scott who helped me with the boxes. He is a good friend I met at a training course some time ago! Thanks Scott for your help!

Thanks so much for the support, Fenty Aid-station!!!

Here are the lists of donated items:

Thank you for the shoes, OIC !

• From OIC
o Crocs
 Size(2 M, 4W) – 25 pairs
 Size(10M, 12W) – 10 pairs
o Children shoes
 22 pairs
o Adult shoes
 6 pairs
• From Fenty Aid-Station
o Children shirts – 65 pairs
o Children pants – 47 pairs
o Animal dolls – 76
o Plastic figures – 113
o Water guns – 52
o Squeezy balls – 8
o Baby wipes – 2 packs
o Tooth brushes – 50

Thank you, everyone from Fenty Aid-station!

o Sticker sets – 10 sets
o Juice cups – 16
o Crayon sets – 46 sets
o Model cars – 45
o Bubble wands – 3
o Bouncy balls – 14
o Bunny car bubble gums-14
o Water toys – 2
o Beach balls – 6
o Hair pins – 6
o Activity blocks -2
o Coloring books – 55
o Infant toys – 8
o Kid’s flip-flops – 25 pairs
o Kid’s shoes – 14 pairs

Scott helped me with the boxes! Thank you, Scott!!

Thank you!