
McAuliffe Middle School teacher Martha Snider’s class worked diligently before the winter break to ship off blankets to troops stationed on a remote mountain in Afghanistan. Read my December story about that here.
The blankets have reached the A-2-28 Infantry, 3rd Platoon, who couldn’t be happier. Here is a post that SSG Neil Nunez made on Snider’s Facebook page:
“We recieved 6 boxes of blankets and 6 care packages today. The timing could not be better, we had our first snow of the winter this morning. We thank all who helped to make this possible. Here is a picture of the A-2-28 Infantry, 3rd Platoon ‘Hellraisers’ getting their hands on the blankets. Thank you so much for your support of the Troops!”
Snider said the post “brought a tears to my eyes.” The class was able to ship the blankets with a donation from Lodi Support Our Troops and other help from Rep. Jerry McNerney’s office and the American Legion Karl Ross Post 16.
I don’t typically editorialize here, but this is pretty cool is it not?