Roswell, GA
File #: 13-0039    Version: 1 Name: Goodies for the Troops - thank you and flag
Type: General Item Status: Mayor's Report
File created: 1/23/2013 In control: Mayor and City Council
On agenda: 1/28/2013 Final action:
Title: Presentation of a flag from the USAF 19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron in recognition of the City of Roswell's participation in the "Goodies for the Troops" collection project.
Attachments: 1. Goodies for the Troops ThankYou - letter and flag - Jan 2013
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Presentation of a flag from the USAF 19th Expeditionary Weather Squadron in recognition of the City of Roswell's participation in the "Goodies for the Troops" collection project.
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Item Summary:
The City of Roswell partnered with the Rotary Club of Roswell to collect "goodies" during the month of November 2012 to ship to military troops serving in Afghanistan.  City staff members donated over 1,500 pounds of goodies for the project.  The Rotary Club packed and mailed 195 boxes to the troops.  Eighty-five of the boxes were received by airmen at 15 different Forward Operating Bases and Combat Outposts throughout Afghanistan.  The flag was flown at Bagram Airfied, Afghanistan on September 11, 2012 and is presented to the City of Roswell as a token of thanks from the combat veterans in Afghanistan.    
 
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Presented by:
Jere Wood, Mayor