You may remember this post about the fans of Clay Aiken who generously adopted CPT Patti and the Gators for Christmas this year.
Well...the good news is that our post newspaper ran a story on it - and that link is here. The bad news is that this is an insanely large Adobe Acrobat file that you should not attempt to open unless you have a broadband connection.
The other good news is that you can see photos of the family members (but not me, I was in the USA) repacking all the donated loot for the troops at this website. (Click on Clay to Troops when you get there.)
Finally, if you want to see the on-line discussions the Clayniacs were having about this project you will find those here.
Here is an excerpt of one of the posts by Angie, the lady that heads our Gator Family Group:
WOW guys, I still can't believe the amount of packages I received. 66 packages and boxes. 183 Clay CD's. From Batteries to movies, lollipops to games, wipes to books.
We would have package opening meetings to help document who sent and what was sent. We would open boxes and say "what a great idea". Things that we had never thought of...Somebody is getting a toaster oven for Christmas...
But for us spouses the best thing was reading the letters you sent. We don't get to see a lot of patriotism sense we are stationed in Germany. We read them outloud, shed some tears, and felt really appreciated for the sacrifices we make and for what we are going through with our spouses in a dangerous situation.
Folks, if you had a part in this project please accept the heartfelt thanks from this old soldier and on behalf of CPT Patti and the Gators.
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