Harmony #18 Military page
We have several Brothers in the military services - Active Duty, Reservists and Guard Soldiers
They appreciate hearing from all of us and receiving letters, cards, packages, Masonic literature.
BRETHREN on active military duty:
230 MP Company
CMR 422 Box 391
APO AE 09067
A Troop 4-6 ACS
FOB Diamondback
APO AE 09334
Serving in Kuwait with a hospital unit
A-2-503 IN
FOB Abad
APO AE 09354
List of supplies that are appreciated by our soldiers overseas - I'm sure there are more items and you can use your imagination. Feel free to send things on your own initiative or coordinate any donations and/or ideas with Senior Deacon Kurt Schmid. The Lodge can use your donations, whether they be items or monetary in nature. Help us show our support and appreciation, my Brothers!
* AT&T phone cards
* Coffee filters, coffee, cream, sugar
* Fly strips, fly swatters, bug spray
* AA and D-size batteries (These have been described as gold)
* Little Debbie cookies, Red Vines, beef jerky, candy (that doesn't melt or deteriorate in shipping, of course)
* Knee-high nylons (good for protecting feet from hot spots and blisters or for "soap on a rope")
* Crosswords, word finds, paperbacks of all kinds, any reading material (Masonic or otherwise)
* Razors, shaving cream, Stridex pads, baby wipes, Gillette clear deodorant, Bond's gold powder or some such alternative, Crest toothpaste (not gel)
* Whatever else we can think of...
WB Rick Bonnell is one of our most avid patriots and wrote this poem,
which he read during the 2007 annual veterans' appreciation program.
The Washington State Grand Lodge Medal of Patriotism.
Click here to learn who this medal is for and to see a larger picture.
Do you know somebody who deserves this medal??
