Help Entertain our troops in Afghanistan???

EastTexFrank · Jun 1, 2004

My box will be in the mail today or tomorrow at the latest.

Thanks for doing this for the troops.

Bob_Skurka · Jun 2, 2004

Inspector507 . . . just wanted to let you know the box of DVDs arrived via FED EX today. Lots of good titles in there too!

And you may have thought the music CDs were unusual, but there were a couple really good groups included in that stack of CDs you sent with the DVDs.

Thanks again.

Inspector507 · Jun 2, 2004

Just make sure they get forwarded on......... /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Bob_Skurka · Jun 2, 2004

You mean these are NOT for my personal collection? /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

I actually got your package today, and a shipment from a seller on EBAY that I bought a bunch of DVDs from. I've found some of the sellers on EBAY have actually thrown in free DVDs for the troops when I write them asking for discounts on shipping when I tell them what I am doing with the DVDs.

This project is taking on its own life, something far more than I expected. One of the ladies at my office is having a garage sale and is offering to sell anything for anyone, but she has the condition that 50% of the sales price is going to buy more DVDs. I plan on filling up my SUV with some old golf clubs, a bike, and some other things for her to sell for whatever she can get for them. I would have called someone to haul them out for me, so all the money will go to the troops from the sale of my old stuff. Hopefully some of the other employees will give 100% of the sales price to the cause, but even if they only give 50% it will still be money that can be used to buy more DVDs.

By the way . . . the OTHER THING that our troops seem to ask for is BOOKS. So if someone wants to start up a drive to collect paper back books that we can send to our troops, count me in on sending you some. My wife reads a novel or two each week and we have a case out in the garage I've been threatening to toss.

Inspector507 · Jun 2, 2004

Bob,
I'll be honest........I was so disappointed to only be able to send you that amount. But I have made it known around work that if they still want to donate, I'll keep sending them to you. I'm sure you have some help from your employees in this endeavor, please don't forget to recognize them as well.
I applaud anyone who wants to give up a little time or money to help out our troops while they are serving the US. I
hope the other country's represented in this forum do the same for their troops.

Best wishes my friend,
Jerry

Bob_Skurka · Jun 2, 2004

Inspector507: I think the box you sent was a great addition!

This friday our company newsletter goes out and we will announce to the employees what I have been doing. As of now, there have been 3 of us involved in this project but several have asked what all the DVDs were for that we keep categorizing and labeling. So then word spread around the company and people asked to help. We decided to wait until the official company newsletter to ask for help becuase that would make sure we get the word to all shifts.

But as for recognizing people who helped, I think the real people we need to recognize are the troops, not the people who collected the DVDs. Least of all me and the employees who are doing this during working hours.

Bob_Skurka · Jun 3, 2004

Another package arrived via FED EX from RobS today.

It is really nice that everyone is pitching in for this and I just want to thank everyone again. Most of the shipments that have come in contain 1 to 4 DVDs, and all those have really added up. Every once in a while I get a big shipement. But what really matters is that people are providing support for these men & ladies who have put their lives on hold to serve.

Afghanistan is almost forgotten about in light of all the activity in Iraq, but our folks are still fighting & dying there. Conditions are pretty bad, especially for the ladies in service there, most are confined to the base they are assigned to because the culture of the Taliban runs very deep in the society and frowns on women in general and forbids women from even helping an injured man or injured male child.

Again thanks again to all. And if anyone thinks it is too late to send over disks, don't worry, we will keep collecting them, and shipping over packages for at least the next year.

Bob_Skurka · Jun 7, 2004

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Frank. . . the box arrived today. Along with a second box from Dan McCarty. Your two boxes totalled another 19 movies!

dmccarty · Jun 8, 2004

Bob,

Has The DVD Project gotten up to 300 DVDs yet? That really is ALOT of DVDs. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif And it is a good thing. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Later,
Dan