United For The Troops Ships 1000 Holiday Care Packages From Shrub Oak

SHRUB OAK, N.Y. – Shrub Oak postal employees joined a local charity recently to bring the warmth of the holiday season to troops overseas.

Shrub Oak Post postal employees helped more than a dozen volunteers from the United For the Troops organization pack and ship 1,000 care packages for the holidays from the Shrub Oak Post Office to troops overseas.
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James O'Rourke

12/23/2016 10:30 a.m.

According to a statement from United For the Troops, a Carmel-based nonprofit that supports active United States servicemen and women, the postal workers and volunteers packed and shipped 1,000 holiday care packages from the Shrub Oak Post Office one recent Sunday.

The effort was part of United For the Troops’ Operation Defend The Holidays initiative, according to the nonprofit.

United For the Troops care packages are designed to ease the lives of military men and women overseas and typically include food, donations, goods, hard-to-come-by items and other amenities that troops would ordinarily receive while home. Often, the packages include cookies, DVDs, snacks, T-shirts and other items, according to the nonprofit.

Click here to learn more about United For the Troops.

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