A Mom's Chance to Give Back

Please pass this on if you feel compelled to other message boards or blogs or whatnot.

One of my mom's co-workers (and a former co-worker of mine) has a daughter who is a physician in the army. She's stationed in Afghanistan and sees first-hand the suffering of the little children over there. She said that they are in dire need of warm clothes and shoes right now. My mom knows that I talk to a lot of moms and so she asked me if I could reach out to all of you and ask for help.

If you have any of these gently-used items and would like to help, you could either ship them directly to her, or ship them to St. Joseph's Shrine (where I used to work) and they'll ship them for us, or you could even ship them to me and I'll make sure they get to the Shrine. All I have to do is think of my own kids suffering and it breaks my heart. This is our chance to help and know that we're directly making a difference in these kids' lives. This is the email I got from my mom:

This is the address to get out to all the kind mothers out there who would like to help other children. Xiomary is a doctor so she sees the misery first hand.

Xiomary Torres
[Address removed for privacy]*

• Most needed are:
• Wrap T shirts (infants?)
• Sweaters
• School Materials
• Shoes (no Sneakers)
• Jackets
• Scarfs, Hats, gloves
• socks
• pants (no jeans)

God bless you all
Mum

*Email me for her direct address

If you'd rather mail items to the Shrine, here is that address:
St. Joseph the Worker Shrine
c/o Aurea Torres
37 Lee St.
Lowell, MA 01852

Or you can mail it to me and I'll bring it to the Shrine (email me if you need my address).

Thank you all.