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Town rallies to buy gifts for Stryker families

Aug-31-2005 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

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By Adam Lynn, The News Tribune

Dave Bliss of Packwood hopes the gifts and party supplies he delivered Tuesday to Fort Lewis do as much to boost the morale of Stryker brigade families as collecting the loot did for his neighbors and him.

Bliss drove in from the small Lewis County town to drop off a van-load of toys, games, sporting goods, soda pop, sports drinks, barbecue grills and other merchandise purchased with money from a benefit concert he organized earlier this summer. The stuff is being donated to the families of soldiers of the 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Regiment, which is deployed in Iraq.

“I wanted to do something to help the troops. They really don’t get the respect and recognition they deserve,” Bliss said. “But then I realized I didn’t know what the troops needed or if I’d even be able to get the stuff to Iraq. That’s when I decided it might be better to try to help their families.” [...]


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