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We now have a "Drop-Off" box at the
Citizen's Bank on Rt. 32 in Vails Gate. Please feel free to
stop by and donate items (there's a list there of what's
needed).
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PLEASE
C O N T R I B U T E !!
The List of Items
Needed NOW is Here.
WE NEED
Y O U R
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Contributions can be made out to:
"Support Our Heroes"
c/o Luz Mercado
18 Windsor Square
Drive
New Windsor, NY, 12553.
Call
(845)569-9450
To contact us via
email, click
Here. |
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Make a Donation via PayPal !!
Click on the icon below. |
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Marine Sgt.
Luis Mercado, Jr.
Newburgh Free Academy,
Class of 2001.
Currently responsible for the lives of
many men, serving on the front lines in the war in Iraq.
Thank you for visiting.
Please
consider contributing, if you can. |
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New
Article Posted -
November 19, 2008
"Que Pasa?: Support Our Heroes sends parcels
to troops abroad". Click
Here for article. |
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Marine Sgt. Luis Mercado Jr. is the most
popular man in his platoon when a package arrives in Iraq
from his mom in Orange County. Surrounded by many soldiers,
he distributes supplies of socks, drinks and food. Two large
boxes of potato chips "disappear in 10 seconds, as if [the
soldiers] have never eaten chips before," says Mercado.
Luz Mercado sends out the care packages daily to boost the
soldiers' morale. Sponsoring her son's platoon has become
her mission since their deployment to Iraq. "We have a mini
Sam's Club in our garage," Luis Mercado Sr. says. "All you
need is a shopping cart to go down the aisles...Things we
take for granted, they appreciate a great deal. At 7:30
a.m., it is already 137 degrees there, so drinks are very
important."
Luz operated as a one-person charity for months; now she is
affiliated with the non-profit organization Support Our
Heroes. "it was getting costly, about $30 to $40, to send
the packages," says Luis Sr. The couple have been
overwhelmed by the public's response to recent publicity,
which sparked donations from families and organizations.
"One child sent a letter with a check for $5. He said it was
all he could do now, but when he gets older he wants to be a
Marine," says Luis Sr.
Luz says the soldiers are doing more for her than she can
for them. "Whether we believe in the war or not, they're
giving us their lives." |
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A Very Special THANK YOU is in order to:
Fred Dana
of Dana Distributors, Inc. of Goshen, NY for all the
water and drinks, They Donated To Our Troops
Matt Veronesi
- Recreation Director Of The Town Of New Windsor For All
The Necessary items that we need for our Troops
Currently serving in Iraq.
I'm Sure All Our Americans Serving in
Iraq are also greatly Feeling Grateful that people like
the above contributors remember that we are still over
in Iraq. Keeping us safe back here in the United
States.
Gone But Not Forgotten!!!
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Phil Giordano
Msg. Phil Giordano
U.S. Army is
from New Windsor, NY |
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Desiree Ornelaz
S.SGT. Desiree Ornelaz U.S.M.C. is
from California
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