DONATIONS SOUGHT FOR MILITARY CARE PACKAGES

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November 7, 2013 (El Cajon) – The City of El Cajon’s Special Events Committee, a group of city employees volunteering their time for city and community projects, is seeking item and monetary donations to mail care packages to military members serving overseas through the second annual “They Serve Us, Let’s Serve Them” campaign from “9-11 to 11-11.”  

“We’ve had an outpouring of care package item donations and will probably be able to assemble 30 care packages to help our military this year,” according to Ron Luis Valles, a coordinator and member of the special events committee.

The packages are shipped using the Post Office’s special Priority Mail package discounted rate of about $15 each package. Checks could be made payable to “EC Military Care Fund” and mailed to the El Cajon Federal Credit Union, at 266 South Magnolia Avenue, Suite #101, El Cajon, CA 92020.

Donations are being collected at several drop-off locations throughout city offices and the El Cajon Federal Credit Union. Items to donate include heavy duty socks, snacks, personal hygiene items, such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, shavers, deodorant, etc.  The packages will be mailed after Veterans’ Day, November 11. Included in the packages will be a special poem written by a city employee who was inspired by the sacrifices from the military in protecting our country.

The seed for this campaign was planted from a conversation that took place between a city employee and a service member’s parent mailing a care package at the post office. The Special Events Committee coordinated the drive last year and mailed about 20 packages that were well received from service men and women who sent letters of gratitude for the packages.  For more information, send an email with “Military Care Packages” in the subject line to Ron Luis Valles at ronluisvalles@gmail.com.


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