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October 31, 2004
Packing Parties!
Here are pictures from the Puyallup Packing Party in Washington yesterday. Vicky Mohler, Operation Santa coordinator for 9th Communication Battalion, pulled off a wonderfully well organized experience. Oohrah!
 | Vicky Mohler, Operation Santa coordinator for the 9th Comm Battalion, and Mary Helen Bartch, wife of Col Richard Bartch, currently deployed in support of OIF-II. Mary Helen flew in to help with the packing party and her years of experience with similar projects and organizational expertise were a huge help. |
| Norma Dharens and Connie Riecke share their experiences as Marine Corps Moms. Norma’s son is deployed with 1/7 Marines; Connie’s son recently returned to the United States with 3/7. |  |
 | Volunteers fill the sacks with donations of disposable cameras, beef jerky, candy, toiletries, and other |
| Volunteers carry in a van load of treats to be placed in individual “Santa Sacks”. |  |
 | Volunteers filled a room at a local church to fill hand-sewn sacks for Marines from 9th Comm. |
| Norma Dharens and two other volunteers seal boxes filled with holiday treats for our troops. |  |
 | Boxes filled with holiday treats to be shared by 9th Comm Marines. |
| In addition to the boxes filled with holiday treats, 110 boxes filled with Santa Sacks will be opened at Christmas by deployed 9th Comm Marines. |  |
 | Mary Helen Bartch signs a canvas banner that will be sent to 9th Comm with Operation Santa packages. Mary Helen’s husband is deployed in Iraq. |
| Connie Riecke meets Marines from the Puyallup recruiting office. |  |
A huge thank you to Vicky Mohler and Mary Helen Bartch for all their hard work.
Posted by Deb at October 31, 2004 07:42 PM
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Wow! Our packing party was nothing compared to that! But we will be sending our boxes off today, and we are very excited about it. We did it!
Emi
Posted by: Emi at November 1, 2004 08:49 AM
I was part of the packing party in Puyallup, WA, and what a wonderful experience! It was an emotionally charged day, and everyone there was 100% thrilled to be able to help out!
Posted by: Cindy M at November 1, 2004 10:06 AM
Vicky worked so hard to make this project a success. The packing party in Puyallup was awesome, and Vicky, so are you!
Posted by: Carol at November 2, 2004 01:07 PM
Assisting with the Puyallup moved me so much that I am in already in the planning process of 1000 stockings for Christmas 2005 from the community of Enumclaw, Wa.
It is a sad thought but, I am afraid that there will be service men and women there for sometime. And our support will need to contiue. I just need to find a batallion to tuck under our wings of hope and caring so we can send these stockings of love
It would be great to find one in this area.
Can you help me locate one? I do not have a person in the service so I do not have the connection but I have the heart as does our community.
With deepest Love
Liz Reynolds
1903 Gossard St.
Enumclaw, Wa 98022
Posted by: Liz Reynolds at November 2, 2004 09:18 PM