A message from the Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club Inc.

Whitney Point, New York

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In support of our men and women currently serving in the armed forces
protecting our freedoms, the Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club will be collecting
 items to send to our troops currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Attached is a list of suggested items. Items can be dropped off at our April 2nd meeting at 7:30 pm,
in the Whitney Point Intermediate School, or at the Beauty and Body Connection located
 on Main Street Whitney Point.
If people would rather mail a donation so the club may
purchase items, please send your donations to “Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club”
at the address stated below and state, “troop support” on your donation.

We plan to include several photos of our snow covered trails, our snow groomers,
and a few snowmobiles as well. Also, we intend to send along disposable cameras to
our troops with preaddressed return envelops to allow them to take photos of themselves
and return the camera to us so we may show their duty stations at our club meetings and community events.

Please help the Ridge Riders send a little of our homes over to those serving our country,
and who are so very far away from their own home. Remember that we have both men and
women serving our country. We often forget that we have Moms, wives, daughters, and sisters that
we are also proud of. Please review the list of items, you may include other items if you so desire.
Special packages will be assembled for our female soldiers.
This will allow us to perhaps give them a few items that other wise are often over looked.

Any and all non-perishable items will be accepted. We would like to encourage you and
your family to send a short note to our troops, thanking them for their service and dedication.
Please remember, our troops are doing a job as directed by our President.
No matter how you feel about the situation we are in, please think of our soldiers and how we
can help them. We all want our men and women home as soon as possible. In the mean time,
lets show them we are thinking about them and that they are in our hearts and prayers.

 

Questions or concerns please call Mike Reynolds At 607-692-3140

 

Thank you in advance for your help and support.

Mike Reynolds
 President, Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club Inc.
 P.O. Box 1004
Whitney Point, NY 13862

List of items needed 

Most anything is best if it's personal sized.  Food in individual wrappers, etc. 



Listed below you can view a few pictures by clicking on the links.

http://www.poyi.org/63/11/01.php
Todd Heisler The Rocky Mountain News
When 2nd Lt. James Cathey's body arrived at the Reno Airport, Marines climbed into the cargo hold of the plane and
draped the flag over his casket as passengers watched the family gather on the tarmac. During the arrival of another
 Marine's casket last year at Denver International Airport, Major Steve Beck described the scene as one of the most
powerful in the process: "See the people in the windows? They'll sit right there in the plane, watching those Marines.
You gotta wonder what's going through their minds, knowing that they're on the plane that brought him home," he said.
"They're going to remember being on that plane for the rest of their lives. They're going to remember bringing that Marine home.
And they should."

http://www.poyi.org/63/11/02.php
Todd Heisler The Rocky Mountain News
The night before the burial of her husband's body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket,
asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag.
Before she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and played songs that reminded her of 'Cat,' and one of the Marines
asked if she wanted them to continue standing watch as she slept. "I think it would be kind of nice if you kept doing it,"
she said. "I think that's what he would have wanted."


This page was last updated March 6, 2008

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