On November 14, 2018, AaSP packed over 350 boxes for our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen. The Unilever Veterans Business Resource Group, Menasha Corporation, some MPs from the Teaneck, NJ, Armory, and Adopt-a-Soldier Platoon supporters made boxes and worked the assembly line. Volunteers staged goodies on tables, put letters and flyers into the boxes, worked […]
On Wednesday, 29 August, 2018, we packed over 260 boxes for the Troops. We dedicated the pack as a Memorial Pack to ‘The Hustler 6’ who were killed in Afghanistan on 21 December, 2015. Christine Lemm, the wife of one of those killed, TSgt and NYPD Detective Joseph G Lemm, attended the pack. She brought […]
We Got Your Six is the theme for most of what we do, but it was especially appropriate for our 6th annual Salute to American Heroes gala. Salute is our primary fund raiser for our Operation Wounded Care – 100% of the net proceeds go to these programs. 100%. The Salute gala was a night […]
On Friday, June 8, 2018, we packed 250 cartons of Girl Scout cookies from the Nassau County (NY) Girl Scouts and DHL Express. Every year, DHL sends tens of thousands of boxes of cookies to our Troops, many to AaSP units. They also provide AaSP with skids of cookies we send to ALL our Adoptee […]
On March 15, AaSP volunteers packed 300 boxes for our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen and Coasties. Thanks to our Benefactors and Supporters, it was probably the best carton to date. Every box contained a “plethora” of goodies – including Peeps, Mike and Ike‘s and Hot Tamales; Unilever’s Suave, AXE and Dove products; fruit cups, 4Imprint coffee […]
Salute to American Heroes has been described by attendees as one of the best nights out they ever had. It is a gala filled with military pageantry, symbolism and patriots who love our Troops and wounded Veterans. Salute is a night of dinner, dancing, auctions and entertainment. Over 100 military attend, including brave men […]
AaSP schedules a Holiday pack by the middle of December each year. This year we started early – November 16 – to make sure all our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen received their goodies in time! Festive and holiday-like snacks and personal care items are packed in each box. Additionally, for last five or more […]
For over a decade, DHL has been shipping live Xmas trees to our brave men and women downrange in Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait and other areas. AaSP provides contacts in those areas for DHL and, in turn, our units get live trees! It’s a great win-win-win for all concerned. Thanks to DHL for their generosity […]
Every year, Captain John “Woody” Woodall leads a team of charities and volunteers to bring Christmas to our wounded and recovering Veterans at Walter Reed Nat’l Mil. Medical Center at Bethesda, MD. For years, Woody and his Firefighters Assisting Armed Forces Families (FFAAFF), the FDNY (Fire Dept. of NYC), the Washington Redskins Cheerleaders, Adopt-a-Soldier Platoon […]
For years, the Super Bowl Party for our wounded and recovering Veterans had been held at Walter Reed Nat’l Mil. Med. Center. Now the party is held at the Bethesda/Chevy Chase (MD) Rescue Center. Led by Captain John “Woody” Woodall and volunteers from the FDNY and Adopt-a-Soldier Platoon, as well as the Washington Redskins Cheerleaders, […]
Spring is a great time for a packing event for AaSP. Winter is over and our Troops are getting ready for more activity, especially in fighting zones. Easter is a time of renewal and we traditionally send holiday candies, healthy snacks, amenities, coffee and great personal care items to our Adoptees. Our Benefactor, Unilever, and […]
For more than a decade, DHL has partnered with the Girl Scouts of Nassau County (NY) to ship thousands of cases of Girl Scout cookies to our Troops overseas in harms way and at home at hospitals and local military bases. AaSP is proud to partner with this team by providing our contacts in areas […]
