Christian Business Leaders celebrate troops and Christmas
By: Rebekah Skelton
Issue date: 11/23/09 Section: News
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"I currently have two cousins serving in Iraq right now and I was talking to them before they shipped out and I said, 'When Christmas time comes around what do y'all like?'" said special events committee chair of Christian Business Leaders Bryce Dickens, a junior management information systems major. "They said, 'We really miss candy canes.' When school started up this year I talked about this at CBL and the idea came up that we could do Christmas care packages for them."
The Leaders will be making 300 care packages for the soldiers in the 115th Fires Brigade 2- 300th Battalion, Companies B and C, and each package will include a handwritten letter, Bible, gum, Slim Jim beef jerky, moist wipes, sunflower seeds, toothbrush and toothpaste, powdered electrolyte drinks, candy canes and a deck of cards. The cost of each care package is $20; therefore, the organization is trying to raise $6,000 in total.
"This Christmas as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, we are able to do so in the comfort of our warm homes surrounded by family and friends," a fundraising letter from the Leaders said. "It is at this time that we must not forget the individuals that are protecting us day and night to ensure these freedoms are not threatened."
The organization will be taking donations through Dec. 3. They will be accepting cash and checks made out to Christian Business Leaders. To make a contribution, contact Bryce Dickens at bryce_dickens@hotmail.com or Jennifer Hayes at jenhayes2011@neo.tamu.edu. Donations can also be taken to the organization's office in room 135 of the Wehner building.
"We wish to provide some form of hope, love and comfort to those protecting our Freedom at home and abroad this Christmas season," the letter said.
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