Operation RB continues collection project for alumni serving overseas

 

In honor of Richmond-Burton High School alumni currently serving in the military, the school is collecting these items indefinitely. The date has been extended due to the great interest from the community.

The collected items will be sent to RB alumni currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan or other sensitive military zones.

Another option to donating items is to “Sponsor a Box.” Shipping of these shoebox size containers averages $9 to $15 a piece. Monetary donations can be made to RBCHS noting Operation RB Support in the memo section of the check. Donations are being accepted at the high school. Watch the Spring Grove/Richmond Report for updates on this community outreach program.

Most requested items: Snacks and non-perishable food items, particularly tuna kits, beef jerky, canned fruit, dried fruit, nuts and other healthy snacks; undershirts (white, short sleeve); socks (boot cut, black, green, or white); single-use cameras (disposable style); pre-sweetened flavored beverage mixes; letters of support (letters from you, from children, or from your business, office, school, or other organization in support of our troops;) AT&T Global Pre-Paid Military Calling Cards

Food and snack items: Gum, mints (blister pack gum is best because of the intense heat) Fruit: individual serving size cans of fruit, dried fruit; nuts, sunflower seeds, peanuts, trail mix Power bars, protein bars, nutritional bars beef jerky, beef summer sausage (non-perishable; labeled USDA Beef).

Single-serving bags of snacks, crackers, chips, snack mixes Pop Tarts, cereal bars, “milk & cereal” bars, granola bars Ramen Noodles, Cup-O-Noodles serving cups Ravioli and other canned ready-to-eat meals (canned or Styrofoam single serving are best); tuna lunch kits (includes foil pouch of tuna, crackers, and condiments in each single-serving kit); canned sardines, smoked oysters Torengos nacho-style chips and canned nacho cheese dip Jalapeño Velveeta and crackers, taco sauce packets, seasoning salts, flavoring salts

Beverages: Coffee, coffee mixes, tea hot cocoa mix lemonade mix, Kool-Aid mix, Tang, iced tea mix Gatorade mix (powdered only) Crystal Light (or other brand) “On The Go” flavor packets Sweetener, sugar and creamer packets for coffee

Clothing: Military-green cotton boot socks. Color of underclothing and socks (try military surplus stores) is not as important as 100 percent cotton. Sunglasses, goggle-style sunglasses; Send fingerless gloves and stocking cotton socks caps during winter months only; underwear and T-shirts

Recreation items: Hand-held games, Gameboy Advance games, movie DVDs (new or used; original only), music CDs (new or used; original only), Frisbee, Nerf footballs, Hacky Sack, tennis balls, deck of cards, paperback books, novels (new or used), magazines (new or used, but fairly current) portable DVD players portable CD players

Foot care items: Cotton socks, black, green, or white boot liners/insoles; Odor Eaters for boots; Lotrimin AF or Tinactin for athletes foot (tubes of ointment or cream, or the bottle of drops; do not send the aerosol spray type) medicated foot powder, medicated foot swabs moleskin (for pads on sore feet, you’ll find it with Dr. Scholls section.)

Communication: Small cassette player and small cassette tapes; envelopes, paper, pens, small pads of paper, notebooks (a size they can keep in a pocket and keep dry). Drawing pads, small, blank journals, blank holiday cards (Christmas, Easter, Valentines, birthday, anniversary) that they can fill out and send back home.

Personal items: Batteries (AA are most requested, then AAA); tactical duct tape: military green, tan or black electrical tape; super glue; 72-inch bootlaces (brown or tan preferred.) Flashlight with a red lens; quart-size 1-and 2-gallon Ziploc plastic bags; sheets, for those at a base small travel pillow or inflatable pillows. Disposable, instant hand warmers (during the winter months only.)

Personal care items: sun block, aloe vera, lip balm is in high demand in desert areas. Throat lozenges. The lipstick-style tubes that you apply directly to your lips are preferred over the tub style. (To relieve dry eye, not redness) Blistex, Chapstick, Carmex (in stick-tubes rather than tubs) aspirin, Motrin, Tylenol, pain relievers saline spray/drops for sensitive nasal passages Q-tips, eyeglass wipes, feminine hygiene products for women, Marines laundry soap tablets;

Baby wipes/sanitizers: In high demand) Baby wipes for personal hygiene. (When out in the field, facilities for Waterless soap for showering are infrequent or non-liquid body wash and hand sanitizers existent.

Contact RBCHS staff members J. MacLachan (815) 678-7563 or [email protected]; B. Weaver (815) 678-6552 or [email protected]; or D. Wright (815) 678-7552 or [email protected].


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