"Support the Troops" FVTS Care Package Event

"I received the box that you sent with the pictures, that I loved very much, the cookies as well. I also received all the letters that the kids wrote me. Next time that you talk to them please tell them that I say thanks again for the joy this brings into my life."
-Marine SSgt Patrick J Ezel-Afghanistan

Definition of Support – To keep from weakening or failing; strengthen

Fox Valley Troop Support, Inc is partnered with the Batavia Veterans of Foreign Wars for the annual Armed Forces Care Package Event.

Location: Batavia VFW  -  652 S River Street  -  Batavia, IL

Event Dates:
Fri 5/13: dropping off donations and sorting. (5-8 PM)
Sat 5/14: care packages prepared, inspected, sealed. (10-3PM)

**Donations may also be dropped off at Cabooses Bar & Grill in Geneva, IL before Fri 5/13**
Cabooses Bar & Grill Address: 
300 Crescent Place 
Geneva, IL 60134
Phone: (630) 232-9448
Next to the Geneva Metra Train Station

If your service organization would like to collect items for care packages, organize a fund drive to help defray the expensive postal rates ($12.95 to send one USPS APO flat rate box) or if you have an idea how you can help, please contact:
FVTS Co Chairs Sarah Giachino (630) 587-3789 sarah@fvts.org 
or Kathy Tobusch (630) 937-4181 kathy@fvts.org

Information on tips for letter writing/care package suggestions and updates can also be followed at
Website: www.fvts.org 
Twitter: twitter.com/foxvalleytroops
Facebook: www.facebook.com/FoxValleyTroopSupport

To add a deployed member to our care package list, we need their name, rank, unit address including APO or FPO. We also need their approximate month of return from deployment. Care packages usually arrive overseas in approximately two weeks.