Dear I-Club members,

Oaf, Admin and myself want to give back to those sacrificing so much in uniform with a community care package from I-Club. We want to make the troops proud of us but need your help via donation!

As you can see in the original thread (http://www.i-club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73053), the idea is for every participant to send contributions to Paul via paypal at pdebecker@skyq.com -or- snail mail contribution (PM Paul for address). Any amount from $1 to beyond will be appreciated and recorded accordingly... Paul will scan dated receipts and take pictures of products just to give you a sense or security that your funds aren’t being abused.

If you have any particular/unique requests on what to send you can ask Paul and myself if it’s allowed with an APO address, then request Paul make the necessary purchase of the item if willing.

Here’s a URL that explains the basics on what you can send (no alcohol, pornography, weapons etc.): http://www.operationmilitarypride.org/packages.html

As for the shipment of the package, we’ve decided that October 15th will be the final day pending insignificant participation. If participation is above average then we’ll ship the package on October 29th (let’s hope it boils down to that date). Alex is also sending a number of I-club decals for pictures of a military vehicles sporting the logo. :p

Who’s the recipient of the package? The highspeed, low-drag soldiers from the 5th Special Forces Groups (Airborne) including their intelligence & support counterpart. I have a personal contact with the unit that’s looking forward to I-Club’s support. As a respectable officer of the unit, he’s guaranteed me proper dispersing of the goods from the lowest ranking enlisted to the saltiest team operators..

He also promised I-Club some type of interesting reciprocation from the fellas. ;)

Thanks in advance for you support and participation! :D

Bug co-workers, boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands, wives, neighbors, anyone that you know.
Hit 'em up for a buck or two...hell, even spare change...when you get a couple of buck's worth of $$ paypal me or stuff it in an envelope.

We all have a mission to accomplish, so let's get to work.

EDIT

Total as of 10/4/04:

$902.58

C'mon...let's reach $1000!

Shopping List Status

Tobacco 6 logs of chew & 2 cartons of cigs
Oreos 4 52.5oz boxes
DVDs- 5 New DVDs
"Books on CD"- -Anyone?
M&Ms, all flavors and sizes-5 boxes, 24 ct.
Reece's Peanut Butter Cups-None
Gold Bond powder- 2 large bottles
Aspirin- 4 Costco bottles
Beef Jerky- 10 boxes of 12, 1 oz packets
"Good" coffee- 11 lbs of Peet's.
Freezy Pops- None
Baby Wipes- 3 Costco Boxes
Pop Tarts- 12 boxes
Sports items- football, Frisbee, nerf balls etc.-3 Frisbees
Little Debby Snack Cakes-None
Magazines (Men's Health, Maxim, FHM, Time, Cars etc)None for now
Slushy Machine No luck
Large Disco Ball Pretty sure
Large American Flag from the Capitol
Two large Costco Bottles of multi Vitamins
4 Bags of Dried Fruit.

Money spent as of 10/15/04:

$792.52

We all have a mission to accomplish, so let's get to work.

Let me start off with my first contribution of $150. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/sierra11b/Emoticons/banana.gif

bump!
money is tight but ill contribute as much as i can...
dont have paypal though, i need to check my ends...

For those of you without paypal you can PM Oaf for his address in order to send a check via snail mail.

checks in the mail :)

PS i posted this link on srtforums.com for a bunch of twats who talk a bunch of **** and said i was anti military. Lets see if they put their money where their mouth is.

checks in the mail :)

PS i posted this link on srtforums.com for a bunch of twats who talk a bunch of **** and said i was anti military. Lets see if they put their money where their mouth is.


Good lookin' out, Dre! ;)

When I recieve my paycheck Thursday I shall see what I can contribute. It will most likely be around $25. Not much but enough to buy much needed things.

When I recieve my paycheck Thursday I shall see what I can contribute. It will most likely be around $25. Not much but enough to buy much needed things.

Thanks!
Again, any amount is appreciated.

Just sent you $40 with paypal. :)

Friday is payday, I will see what I can afford. :) It's a good thing you guys are doing. :D

$50 snail mail here.

$50 snail mail here.

Good man, constellation!

Friday is payday, I will see what I can afford. :) It's a good thing you guys are doing. :D

Anything you can contribute will be greatly appreciated, SilverScoober02 :)

i will send more once i get more cashola :(

Bleh.... I read this now. Oh well I bought two friends vests after i read that story about them not having proper ones. Would give here but, Im already supporting friends. :)

Still against the war mind you. But those soldiers are our children/son's/daughters/parents/friends.

Bleh.... I read this now. Oh well I bought two friends vests after i read that story about them not having proper ones. Would give here but, Im already supporting friends. :)

Still against the war mind you. But those soldiers are our children/son's/daughters/parents/friends.

You're to be commended!
Can you mail me a buck?

$20 paypaled.


-Steven

I proably will actually just not in this month im tapped out. Plus, I try to send my friends stuff as much as possible. Almost all my highschool friends are in the force. I went to schools run by the army oversea's and schools by the bases in the US mostly populated by you guessed it Army children.

Anyways whats been the biggest contribution? That person should get something special. :) And Oaf pm me your address...don't have paypal so I'll just either write you a check or send cash. Actually what do you perfer?

$20 paypaled.


-Steven

Much appreciated, Steven! :)

I proably will actually just not in this month im tapped out. Plus, I try to send my friends stuff as much as possible. Almost all my highschool friends are in the force. I went to schools run by the army oversea's and schools by the bases in the US mostly populated by you guessed it Army children.

Anyways whats been the biggest contribution? That person should get something special. :) And Oaf pm me your address...don't have paypal so I'll just either write you a check or send cash. Actually what do you perfer?

Biggest = $150.
I accept check, cash, MO, gold(bullion, dust, teeth), silver(see gold), platinum, palladium, rhodium...you get the point.

sent ya $25

sent ya $25
Got it...Thanks!

Sent ya $30 bucks!!

Sent ya $30 bucks!!

:banana: Outstanding, nautic1601! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/sierra11b/Emoticons/thumbup.gif

Sent another $150, Paul.

Sent another $150, Paul.
Thank you, Daddy Warbucks!

I just sent 20.....Possibly more in two weeks! :D

I just sent 20.....Possibly more in two weeks! :D

Thanks, SS02!

Salty can you adobt me and pay off my school debt? I will become a Republican and Im a good worker! PLEASE! All joking aside, you own dude.

Salty can you adobt me and pay off my school debt? I will become a Republican and Im a good worker! PLEASE! All joking aside, you own dude.

I'll think about it if you donate ;)

I haven't donated anything yet but this thread got me thinking. I was sitting in traffic and I was stuck behind one of those cars that was covered in ribbon magnets and 9/11 stickers and it was making me mad. I look over and at least 60% of the cars around me had something like that on them. What a waste of money. All those people had a noble thought but that money is just going into someone elses pocket instead of going where it could be really used. Anyways I was on my to my PoliSci class which has like 200 people in it. When I got there I asked the teacher if I could say something and he let me talk about doing something for the troops instead of just sticking a magnet on your trunk lid. Imagine if you had the 5-10 bucks from each one of those people with a magnet. So I told the class that if anyone wanted to do more to just let me know. I've only had a couple of people come to me so far but I hope more will come.

Long story short, if you have the ability I feel that you should put the word out in your sphere of influence so we can do even more.

...So I told the class that if anyone wanted to do more to just let me know. I've only had a couple of people come to me so far but I hope more will come.

Long story short, if you have the ability I feel that you should put the word out in your sphere of influence so we can do even more.

YOU F'ING ROCK!! :banana:

I plan to Im just tapped out right now... :( Hopefully next month I can send Oaf 50 or 100. Im not a big baller like you yet Salty. ;)

I plan to Im just tapped out right now... :( Hopefully next month I can send Oaf 50 or 100. Im not a big baller like you yet Salty. ;)

Hey, that's cool...but please don't strain your finances...any amount will be just fine.

heheh 50 bucks won't hurt me im just broke right now, because I did buy my friends those vests. And Im just messing with Salty. :D

funds away via paypal!

great cause guys!!!
edgar, :) <-- supporting americas real heros

funds away via paypal!

great cause guys!!!
edgar, :) <-- supporting americas real heros

Thanks a lot, Edgar! :)

$25 paypal sent to break $500! :D

$25 paypal sent to break $500! :D

Thanks, my friend!

paypal sent.

-Zoeb

paypal sent.

-Zoeb


Thanks a LOT, Zoeb! :D

Paypaled you - this looks like a good cause
- Alex

Paypaled you - this looks like a good cause
- Alex


Thank you very much, Alex! :)

Sold my guage pack. $25.00 has been sent via pay pal.

Sold my guage pack. $25.00 has been sent via pay pal.

Thank you for your help!

I sent some chedda to this address:

pdebecker@skyq.com



On a side note, I bumped into some guys from the Army at the Sac airport who had just returned home from their tour. It was awesome. Shaking a man's hand after he has been in the thick of a war is a powerful thing. And this special i-club package is to be commended... nice work fellas!

:banana:

Thanks for the moola!

De nada... I had an idea along with this.

Im sure many of us subscribe to magazines such as R&T, SI, etc... What if we collected some recent back issues and sent that as well? I would think magazines would be pretty dope.

I just moved so dont have any handy, but if I can dig 'em up I will send them your way

Magazines would be nice but they get very heavy when you're shipping a lot of them.

I'd rather send them a handful of different magazines they can share rather than pay for shipping of all that paper weight.

You've got PayPal!

David

You've got PayPal!

David

Thanks for the contribution!

Paypal'd you $50

I dont know how paypal works these days, but if it charges you to accept credit payments but not bank transfers, cancel my payment and I'll send it from my bank account so you dont get charged that 3%.

Thank you very much, Slack!!

Paypal'd you $50

I dont know how paypal works these days, but if it charges you to accept credit payments but not bank transfers, cancel my payment and I'll send it from my bank account so you dont get charged that 3%.


Thank you very much, Chuck! :banana:

Paypal sent, thanks Eric.


I know everybody on this board supports our troops, whether they support the war or not, so let's all help make their lives better!

Thanks for the generous contribution!

Where are we at now, Paul? :)

Where are we at now, Paul? :)

See post #2 ;)

I wish I could afford to give more then I did, but I sent in as much as a poor student can afford.

Okay,

A check for $25 went out with the snailmail this morning.
When you should expect it depends of where the hell "Cool" is.

Do me a favor and deposit it fairly soon... I'm opperating a little close to the margin.

Good luck with this worthy endevor,
Mike

but I sent in as much as a poor student can afford.


That's all that matters

Okay,

A check for $25 went out with the snailmail this morning.
When you should expect it depends of where the hell "Cool" is.

Do me a favor and deposit it fairly soon... I'm opperating a little close to the margin.

Good luck with this worthy endevor,
Mike

Thanks for the check!

Whereabouts in the Santa Cruz Mtns are you?
I got kin that live off Summit Road @ HWY 17.

Here's Cool, CA:

Whereabouts in the Santa Cruz Mtns are you?
I got kin that live off Summit Road @ HWY 17.

I'm just off Hwy 9, about 5 miles north of Boulder Creek. Give a yell if you ever come out this way to see your kinfolk; I could summon up the local suby-crew to go driving.

Thanks again for organizing such a worthy thing,
Mike

I sold my tranny gauge for $55 so you'll receive another paypal from myself -or- an undeclared individual within the next several days.

I'll be talking to my contact soon for the top ten wish list from the unit.

I sold my tranny gauge for $55 so you'll receive another paypal from myself -or- an undeclared individual within the next several days.

I'll be talking to my contact soon for the top ten wish list from the unit.

Tranny gauge? Does that indicate when the tranny's 'bout to grenade?

I was gonna PM you or post here for suggestions...

$55 paypal sent bro

$55 paypal sent bro
Got it!! Thanks!!

Here's the wish list...



Eric-

OK, I've polled the guys and here is a short list of stuff they said they wanted (I left off anything that I know you can't send through the mail ) No particular order:


Tobacco (LOTs of copenhagen snuff/longcut and cigerettes ;) )
Oreos
DVDs
"Books on CD"
M&Ms, all flavors and sizes
Reece's Peanut Butter Cups
Anything with chocolate
Gold Bond powder
Aspirin
Beef Jerky
"Good" coffee
Freezy Pops
Baby Wipes
Pop Tarts
Sports items- football, Frisbee, nerf balls etc.
Little Debby Snack Cakes
Magazines (Men's Health, Maxim, FHM, Time, Cars etc)
Slushy Machine
Large Disco Ball (hey, it's what they said they wanted.

Thanks again
XXXXXXX

I think we can do everything except the choclate which may melt ;)

As for the last two things?! lol

One disco ball comin' up!

http://science.msfc.nasa.gov/headlines/images/starshine3/twosat4.gif

When is the deadline for money?

When is the deadline for money?

the 15th of October, my friend.

the 15th of October, my friend.

I was waiting for your response because you're getting your hands dirty, not me.

That should be peachy seeing how we have plenty of cash to make a good package. I wouldn't doubt it we hit our $1000 goal by then.

Ever get the decals from Alex, Paul?

the 15th of October, my friend.

Good, I should be able to ship off another couple $$ before then....

Good, I should be able to ship off another couple $$ before then....

That would be sweet.

Anyone else want to help us hit $1000?

Not to sound like a snooty liberal, but if we could throw in some Peet's coffee Im sure some of those guys would be very stoked

Not to sound like a snooty liberal, but if we could throw in some Peet's coffee Im sure some of those guys would be very stoked

That's an excellent idea!
As I don't drink coffee, what grinds/blends/flavors do you recommend?
D@mn, I'm a n00b!

That's an excellent idea!
As I don't drink coffee, what grinds/blends/flavors do you recommend?
D@mn, I'm a n00b!

Keep the fancy flavors to a minumum but don't exclude them... mostly Dark & hearty blends. Too bad we can't send some whiskey too.

Maybe tea bags? Limpton and other different blends?

Hehe..You said "teabag".

Okay, I'll be buying some of the goodies this weekend..will keep y'all posted.

Oaf,

The Peet's House Blend is the shizznit (plus it's the cheapest!)

You can get Peet's Coffe at one of these fine locations:

Fair Oaks, Lyon's Plaza
Davis, Mini-mall off 113

Oaf,

The Peet's House Blend is the shizznit (plus it's the cheapest!)

You can get Peet's Coffe at one of these fine locations:

Fair Oaks, Lyon's Plaza
Davis, Mini-mall off 113

Thanks...I'll be driving through the Davis area this evening.

awesome... it is in the Marketplace Plaza, on the northwestern edge of town

1411 W. Covell Blvd

Just wanted to thank you guys, people like you are what get us though the day over there. Mail call is a morale booster you cant imagine. I've just got back from Iraq this past march and we are already slated to go back this coming spring. I'm at Fort. Carson. Like I said just wanted to say thanks and that small gestures like this go a long way. Sgt. Hall

Just wanted to thank you guys, people like you are what get us though the day over there. Mail call is a morale booster you cant imagine. I've just got back from Iraq this past march and we are already slated to go back this coming spring. I'm at Fort. Carson. Like I said just wanted to say thanks and that small gestures like this go a long way. Sgt. Hall

I'll be going back with SCE_Spanky. I too appreciate this for my brothers in arms.

-2LT Galstad

^^^^^^

Thanks youse guys, for all that you have done...and will do.

Please email, PM, or post here your addy before shipping out out...which I hope doesn't happen.

What's the status sir Paul?

Well, I got the coffee last Friday...wouldn't give a discount and I got lectured by a self-admitted Communist. I used the Jedi "mind****" on him about how he's being oppressed by working for a bourgeoisie establishment.

But I digress.

1. Apparently, paypal was experiencing technical difficulties, so I wasn't able to transfer funds around. Will try later this evening/tomarrow morning.

2. Alex pm'd me saying stickers are inbound.

3. Costco trip is planned Thursday or Friday for remainder of items.

4. No luck with the slushie machine, but I wasn't really looking for one.

5. Disco ball is 50% sure.

I have added the shopping list to my first post & will be updating it accordingly.

Requested $$ transfer from paypal...looks like it will go through 3-4 days.

Woohoo! They are gonna be stoked on that list. Once again, thanks for rallying for our troops!!

i-club teh politics regulars = :banana:

Just sent a little more....Hopefully we can hit 1000!!

:banana:

Just sent a little more....Hopefully we can hit 1000!!

:banana:

Awesome! :D

Bug co-workers, boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands, wives, neighbors, anyone that you know.
Hit 'em up for a buck or two...hell, even spare change...when you get a couple of buck's worth of $$ paypal me or stuff it in an envelope.

We all have a mission to accomplish, so let's get to work.

EDIT

Total as of 10/4/04:

$902.58

C'mon...let's reach $1000!

Shopping List Status

Tobacco 6 logs of chew & 2 cartons of cigs
Oreos 4 52.5oz boxes
DVDs- 5 New DVDs
"Books on CD"- -Anyone?
M&Ms, all flavors and sizes-5 boxes, 24 ct.
Reece's Peanut Butter Cups-None
Gold Bond powder- 2 large bottles
Aspirin- 4 Costco bottles
Beef Jerky- 10 boxes of 12, 1 oz packets
"Good" coffee- 11 lbs of Peet's.
Freezy Pops- None
Baby Wipes- 3 Costco Boxes
Pop Tarts- 12 boxes
Sports items- football, Frisbee, nerf balls etc.-3 Frisbees
Little Debby Snack Cakes-None
Magazines (Men's Health, Maxim, FHM, Time, Cars etc)None for now
Slushy Machine No luck
Large Disco Ball Pretty sure
Large American Flag from the Capitol
Two large Costco Bottles of multi Vitamins
4 Bags of Dried Fruit.

Money spent as of 10/15/04:

$792.52


Awesome! :banana:

Can people still get in on this care package thing or is it all done? I just saw the thread and want to put some $$ down if it is still possible. I also heard that velveta mac & cheese is the popular over there cuz there is no need for milk, butter etc. Lemme know

Can people still get in on this care package thing or is it all done? I just saw the thread and want to put some $$ down if it is still possible. I also heard that velveta mac & cheese is the popular over there cuz there is no need for milk, butter etc. Lemme know

Sure...there's still time...I'm shipping tomarrow!

Went to the Post Office in Auburn this morning to ship the last 3 boxes out.

First off...I'd like to give a big THANKS to all of my fellow i-club members that made a donation...
...Alex for hosting the "announcement" & for a ton of i-club.com stickers that went on & in the boxes.
...Salty for getting the ball rolling & contact info.

As for where everything is going, I have no idea...maybe Salty can elaborate?


Total donations: $958.00
Total Fees: $33.30
Total Net: $924.70

Total Purchases: $860.65
Total Shipping: $177.62
Total Spent: $1,038.27

What all this got:

150 punds of Oreos, M&Ms, DVDs, Beef Jerky, Baby wipes, Cigarettes, Chew/snuff, Peet's Coffee, Nerf Footballs, Frisbees, disposable cameras, Pop Tarts, stickers, etc.

thats awesome 2 thumbs to everyone involved especially oaf and salty

btw i added a new decal to my car the other day haha i must say it matches my 05 tags and rims

http://www.myimgs.com/data/zumnwrx/wrx%20support.jpg
edgar, :)

Outstanding, Paul! :banana:

I appreciate the cover on the additional shipping charge. I will inform those with 5th SFG now!

The first package has a arrived and the soldiers are ecstatic! :banana:

Charlie took charge of the tobacco products seeing how he doesn't smoke/dip but handed out the other goodies accordingly.

He still hasn't received the package with the flag but I told him it'll be at his destination withing 1-3days. Waiting on the first batch of pictures now. :D

D@mn, that was fast!
Assuming the other boxes take the same time, 3 days sounds about right.
Can you find out if there was any "shipping" damage; condition of box, cookies reduced to dust, etc?
Just so I can critique/improve my packaging methods.

The first package has a arrived and the soldiers are ecstatic! :banana:

Charlie took charge of the tobacco products seeing how he doesn't smoke/dip but handed out the other goodies accordingly.

He still hasn't received the package with the flag but I told him it'll be at his destination withing 1-3days. Waiting on the first batch of pictures now. :D

Great job guys! I can't wait to see the pics!!!!!! :banana:

D@mn, that was fast!
Assuming the other boxes take the same time, 3 days sounds about right.
Can you find out if there was any "shipping" damage; condition of box, cookies reduced to dust, etc?
Just so I can critique/improve my packaging methods.

Already asked, Paul. ;) Asked if anything was melted, damaged etc.

My contact has ALL the boxes but is waiting for the weather to clear in Iraq before he takes pictures. He said he'll take pictures as soon as it clears up. :)

Woot! Cant wait to see 'em :)

Box 2 & 3 have arrived to include the box with the American Flag from Paul and his son. I already have a few pictures but am going to wait for the Flag picture for Veteran's Day (tomorrow).

-Eric :D

Here's a taste of the photo's...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/sierra11b/carepackage1.jpg

He couldn't directly stick them onto some of the vehicles because the commander just so happened to be in the motor pool when he had time to take the photos. Nonethless, they're still pretty cool.

He told me he was going to try to take some photo's without the white backing when he can.

Man, I'm very happy that all of us could make this happen.
I'd love to see a sticker on an Apache or an M1A1!!

Man, I'm very happy that all of us could make this happen.
I'd love to see a sticker on an Apache or an M1A1!!

Yeah great work everyone. If they get a pic of a sticker on a fighting vehicle like that then that would be my new desktop! :banana: :banana:

Side note: In Michigan the govenor and a local radio station teamed up and have a project going to collect money for michigan soldiers to send them things like PS2's and Games and whatnot. They have collected over 50,000 bucks so far with the radio station morning guys giving 10,000 out of their cd sales fund! Great guys! You can listen live on the net 6am-10am EST www.wrif.com

I'm still waiting on the pictures of Paul's flag seeing how they're flying it as we speak on Veteran's Day. What an honor that must be for you and your son!

I am also waiting on a few better pictures so I can attach them for an I-Club write-up.

Here's a closeup canopy shot of the front of an old Iraqi Mig :cool:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/sierra11b/carepackage2mig.jpg

Standby for more pictures.

Few more pictures! :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/sierra11b/9c5ed8bc.bmp

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/sierra11b/humvee2.bmp

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/sierra11b/humvee121.bmp

Your Flag is in the mail as we speak, Paul. :)