John McLean, Colonel, U.S. Army is a wounded veteran of the Iraq war. John is also a member of The Friendly Sons Family. Though he is now home in Old Bridge, John continues to work to help those still serving in Iraq. As part of this effort he has put the club in contact with two officers currently stationed in Iraq.
Captain Robert Foster, U.S. Army, has served in Afghanistan and Iraq. Wounded on his first tour he is currently serving a second as Company Commander of Stryker Brigade.
Captain Jennifer Farrell, U.S. Army, is serving in Iraq with the Military Police.
Both officers are working with John to distribute care packages to our men and women serving in harms way. If you have loved ones serving in Iraq please contact us so that we can get focused deliveries to them.
There isn’t a man in this club who doesn’t want to help these men and women, what most of us lack is the opportunity to do so. Well, here’s the opportunity. Follow this link to check out the list of items needed. Please make every effort to help us collect as much as we can. Go to your cabinets, go to the stores, talk to store managers, friends, neighbors, colleagues. When you do your weekly shopping why not add in an extra bag of Pretzels or some Chap Stick for the troops.
Please take a look at the list of items needed and bring what you can to the club. We will follow the progress on the FSOS Diary web site. If we have stores/companies making donations we’ll gladly post a thank you to them on the site. Our Troops have left their families and traveled half way around the world for us. We can march to the supermarket for them. This is not just about sending some basic comforts, it's also about sending a message, “You may be 6000 miles away, but you're never far from our thoughts.”
We can’t march with them, but we can march for them.