Willie's Corner

ANGELS: THE FOLLOWING S.O.S. IS GOING OUT FROM OUR GERMAN ANGELS. Reports Willie, "Important: I need new 60 blankets for January! For January we have nothing here!" And please remember--this is an ongoing need, since these Angels need approximately 60 new blankets EVERY MONTH for their work with our wounded heroes.

Dear Angels,

First of all, thank you so much for your ongoing support!! In the last month we were able to bring 80 backpacks to Landstuhl hospital, Ramstein Inn and a car full of snacks to the Kleber Barracks Kaiserslautern outpatient barracks. And we still have many more items to "assemble" and bring. Please check the SA Germany blog for reports and updates. http://www.sablogs.com/index.php?blog=40

Second, here it is--our new shipping address! Please use exactly as shown here:

21st TSC, Medical Transient Detachment
ATTN: Soldiers’ Angels
UNIT 23203
APO AE 09263

As most of you know, our mission at SA Germany is to support our wounded and ill heroes who are transitioned through Germany from Iraq and Afghanistan. We have an ongoing need for the following items:

Landstuhl Hospital (for the backpacks):
 Cards and Letters of Encouragement
 Blankets of Hope
 T-Shirts (solid color, L, XL, or XXL)
 Boxerbriefs (L, XL, or XXL)
 Socks
 International prepaid phone cards
 Sweatpants and sweatshirts (or jogging suits) for cold winter weather
 Snacks and goodies
 Small stuffed animals

Kleber Outpatient Barracks: Microwaveable meals, cookies, fruit cups, instant oatmeal packs, and other snacks. Soldiers often arrive at Kleber from Iraq or Afghanistan in the evenings after regular meal hours and they are hungry!

*** Note that personal hygiene items are no longer needed here in Germany. Contact Lynette if you would like to donate these items for the CSHs. ***

Please notify me before you send anything and give me your mail and your e-mail address at josephinefs2654 at gmail.com, so we know when items are shipped and we can look out for them and confirm their arrival. Without your e-mail address, this is not possible.

All donations are delivered directly through Willie or MaryAnn to Landstuhl hospital and Kleber Barracks.

Thank you all for your support of our wounded and ill Heroes!

God Bless you and your family!
Willie
Wilhelmine Aufmkolk
International President Soldiers Angels
e-mail: JosephineFS2654 at gmail.com

A couple more things to share with you all...here is a picture of the most recent backpacks our German Angels assembled for our wounded soldiers.

MaryAnn offers this touching account of their October visit to the Kleber Barracks:

It’s always happens at the end when we’re packing up and getting ready to leave.

"Hey listen, I just wanted to thank you guys..."

Oh, $h#t! Here it comes...

"I mean, what you guys did here today..."

We can’t help it, our eyes fill with tears. Pull yourself together! You know what happens when one person starts!

I don’t trust my voice, so I just turn around and give him a hug. So does Willie.

Other guys come over. We stand around awkwardly and talk for a few minutes, all of us pretending we’re not choking up. They slowly go inside.

Willie and I turn back to the car without looking at each other and busy ourselves unnecessarily rearranging stuff in the trunk.

But it's been a good day.

Remember: to stay updated on Willie, MaryAnn, and our other German friends, please remember to add http://www.sablogs.com/index.php?blog=40 to your list of bookmarked sites!

Lastly, here is a thank you note received by our other German counterparts.