Thank You, Independent Day School

Posted on 10/14/2009 by afghanistanmylasttour

Boxes packed by Independent Day School

From Liisa, SMSgt Temple’s wife: They came right at 9 am in their big yellow school bus and pulled up next to SS American Victory, the museum ship in downtown Tampa behind the Florida Aquarium that serves as our principal drop off and storage location for the school supplies drive for Afghan children. Inside the bus 20 students and three teachers from Independent Day School in Carrollwood, one of Tampa’s northern neighborhoods. They came with boxes of donated supplies and tons of team spirit. All were happy to roll up their sleeves and get school supplies packed and ready for shipping to Afghanistan.

More boxes packed by IDS students and staff for Afghan kids

We split the students in two groups – one went to work immediately and started packing, while the other went on a tour of the ship with our wonderful volunteer guide Miss Judy. The students worked very hard and at the end of their 2.5 hour visit they had packed 30 boxes, taped them, filled out all the customs forms we had (we ran out) and carried the boxes to my car for the delivery to the post office. And they also organized and sorted all the rest of the supplies so that when the next volunteer group comes to help pack, they will easily find all the items they want to include in each box. (We currently have enough supplies to fill at least another 20 boxes and we have 5 schools in the Tampa Bay are actively collecting more supplies for this drive.)

THANK YOU SO MUCH, INDEPENDENT DAY SCHOOL, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND ALSO ALL THE DONATIONS YOU BROUGHT WITH YOU – YOU ROCK!

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