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Sending care packages to our troops deployed overseas

 

 

Mailing Address:
500 Randolph Ave
Milton, MA 02186

Contact Us:
617-429-7462 ph
struckkm@gmail.com


Pack It Up is a 501c3 organization.  Our EIN # is
43-2087826.
All donations are tax deductible.

 

Pack It Up is dedicated to the memory CPL Brian M Kennedy, USMC.  
   
Total Amount Raised:  $84,128
$9,000 raised during 2009 5k race
$11,358 raised during 2008 5k race
$11,640 raised during 2007 5k race
$5,200 raised during 2006 5K race
$6,525 raised during 2005 5K race
$11,332 raised during 2006 Silent and Live Auction
$2,500 grant received from the AFCF - March 2007
$2,500 grant received from the AFCF - March 2008
$2,500 grant received from the AFCF - March 2009
$2,500 grant received from the AFCF - March 2010

IN THE "POT" - $2,183

10/10/10
Registration for the 6th Annual Rhody's Run for the Troops is open!  Click here for more information and to register.

August 2010

We are happy to announce registration has opened for the 2010 Rhody's Run for the Troops.  This will be the sixth annual race.  We've always been lucky enough to have fantastic weather so we expect the same this year!  This race is a day to celebrate the military heroes in our community.  YOu will see old friends and make new ones as well. After the 5k race, we have a free cookout, raffle and fun kids races.  We hope to see you there.


We recently sent out 10 IPOD Nanos with 8 GB of memory for storage of over 1000 songs and video.   They are all engraved with a message of thanks on the back.  Each IPOD was sent with a $25 gift card.  IPODs are one of the most requested items. Our soldiers often express a desire to have some quiet time to listen to music or watch shows during their downtime.  Thanks to all of your generosity and support of Pack It Up, we were able to send these items to our troops in Afghanistan.

 

 

June 2010

We were happy to get the news that our friend and repeated contact, Colonel Larry Gallogly, returned home safely from Afghanistan on March 18th. Welcome home Colonel!
Upon Col Gallogly's departure, he gave us the name and address of another RI group and we've been able to send packages to Lt Col Anthony Hamel, commander of the 143 Security Forces Squadron currently in Iraq.  Col Hamel and many of the airmen with him have participated in the annual Rhody's Run for the Troops.
 



In April, Pack It Up sent Lt Col Hamel an XBOX 360, controllers and games.  We also sent 3 portable DVD players and about 25 movies.


It was good to hear everything was well received in this note from Lt Col Hamel.

 

In May, Pack It Up sent over sports equipment.  Footballs, basketballs, soccer balls, ping pong set and nerf balls were sent again to Lt Col Hamel along with magazines, more DVDs, Providence Journal newspapers and girl scout cookies.

Ahern Family Charitable Foundation

For the fourth year in a row, Pack It Up was the recipient of a $2,500 grant from the AFCF.  It was another fantastic event by the Ahern family.  Please check out their organization and all the great work they do!

http://www.ahernfoundation.org/

 

Pack It Up given a grant of $2500 in March 2010


Run To Home Base
In May, Kristin Struck and John Moretta from Pack It Up participated in the Run to Home Base at Fenway Park in Boston.  The 9k run ended inside of Fenway Park and all runners crossed home plate as part of the race.  This fundraiser raised money for the new  Home Base Organization:

The Home Base Program is a new philanthropic partnership between the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital dedicated to improving the lives of New England servicemen and women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with combat stress disorders and/or traumatic brain injury through clinical care, innovative research, education, family support and community outreach.

 

http://www.runtohomebase.org/

 

Kristin Struck and John Moretta from Pack It Up at the Run to Home Base race

Memorial Day 2010

In May, we were lucky enough to attend a breakfast in Boston for the group Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund.  http://www.massmilitaryheroes.org/

The Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund supports families of those lost in service as a result of current military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. For Memorial Day 2010, the MMHF placed 20,000 flags on the Boston Common to in remembrance of the 20,000 Massachusetts soldiers who have died since WWI.  It was an incredible visual spectacle.