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June 2, 2009

Packing Another 300 Care Packages

Yes, you read that correctly; SKIP is back in action after a few months of what we like to call "preparation time." On Saturday, June 13, we invite you and your family and friends to join us from 2PM - 5PM at the War Memorial Building in Brockton, MA (address and driving directions below) to help pack another 300 (or so) care packages destined for our troops currently deployed around the world to places like Iraq and Afghanistan.

This will mark the first shipment of 2009 that SKIP has been financially capable of sending, and we greatly appreciate all of the support we've received so far this year. Many of these military members will be receiving their very first SKIP care package by the end of June and, from those of us responsible for the behind the scenes SKIP stuff, our hats are off to you for making that possible.

At the last packing party, we offered an opportunity for volunteers to sponsor a care package that would be packed that day and shipped that following week. This time, because several volunteers enjoyed that, we're doing the same thing. So, bring your checkbook or cash (sorry, we can't accept credit cards at the packing party) and sponsor a care package or two for $25 each.

For each care package sponsored, you will be given a certificate to fill out with your name, email address, and mailing address that will be placed in a SKIP care package that afternoon - this way, the receiving military member has the opportunity to thank you personally if they have time. But, we cannot guarantee that every military member will have time.

War Memorial Building
150 West Elm St (parking across the street and on side streets)
Brockton, MA 02301
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Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009
Time: 2pm - 5pm

SKIP Packing Parties are always free and open to all ages.

Bucks For Boots

Bucks For Boots Campaign

June 10 – July 11: The next time you go into your South Shore (Massachusetts) based convenience store, restaurant, retailer, or other business make sure you ask if they will be participating in the Bucks For Boots fundraiser to support our deployed troops. If they aren't, find out why and give them our website address.

Our goal is to have 3,000 of these boots sponsored for $1 each before July 11 all around the South Shore. But, we need your help to make that happen. We need several local businesses to participate. We need 3,000 of your closest friends and family to stop by one of these locations to sponsor the boots. Without you, we won't make the goal.

Interested business owners can request more information by completing a very quick form (link below). Filling out the form doesn't require you to participate, but we will contact you to discuss the specifics of the fundraiser.

Click here to request more information

Complete Ceremony Kits

Starting June 15, SKIP will begin offering complete kits for the Fallen Comrades / Missing Man and Honors Table Ceremony (minus the table, chair, and lemon). Quality and durability are key factors for these kits; we want them to last and make a good impression on your guests. All for only $50 (plus shipping)!

SKIP is the first and only to offer these kits and we're doing it with the hope that more Americans will begin honoring our fallen, missing, and POWs at every event with this simple, brief, yet powerful ceremony.

Complete Ceremonial Kits - Fallen Comrades / Missing Man