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Products received by Our Troops Online cost a lot to ship to our troops. Most of the donation money is needed to help pay for postage. We sometimes have as much as 40,000 lbs. of items to ship. At about $1.00 a pound, it costs nearly $40,000.00 just in postage fees to get these items where they need to be.
There is stuff in our warehouse right now that the troops need. These items could be shipped out today with your help.
U.S. Troops thank Our Troops Online
A video showing the appreciation that our troops have for Our Troops Online. Our troops deal with negative stuff overseas but of course there are good moments too. It is rewarding to see an Afghani child smile because they just received school supplies. We are trying to protect these kids over there, with your help we can do a lot more.
Tampa Bay Lightning Host Treats For Troops
January 28, 2010
The Tampa Bay Lightning and Treats For Troops will work in conjunction with one another for the remainder of January in an effort to raise money for Operation Pocket Change, an initiative aimed at collecting sufficient funds which make it possible to send care packages to military personnel overseas.
Vietnam veteran serves as snack man to troops
September 03, 2007
Bob Williams, 58, says he would re-enlist if he could, but instead he spends his days, and nights, sending care packages overseas.
WESLEY CHAPEL - Every morning at 4 a.m., while the world outside sleeps, Bob Williams is inside a warehouse packaging boxes.
It’s quiet. He sips Starbucks coffee as he carefully weighs and labels each parcel.
On the other side of the world, American soldiers are getting ready for bed. Some of them e-mail Williams.
Dear Bob, we really enjoyed those snacks you sent to our unit. If it isn’t too much trouble, we would appreciate some more.
A former Navy airman, Williams, 58, was discharged after sustaining a knee injury in Vietnam. Still, he continued to meet regularly with the Navy League, a civilian organization that supports Navy service people and their families.
Florida man is king of the care packages
January 07, 2007
Businessman mails 215 boxes a week to troops at combat-zone bases. The holiday season is over, but Bob Williams keeps on giving.
Coffee, cigars, hand-warmers, spotlights, chips, dip, Beanie Babies, switchblades, DVDs, squirt guns, red dot scopes, flannel pajamas, 24-inch TVs and millions of pens — Williams has gotten them all into to his Florida warehouse and mailed them out to military bases in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Qatar.
Business Owner Still Showing Troops He Cares
April 17, 2005
The flag is enclosed in a triangular presentation box with glass on one side so the white stars on the blue field can be displayed. It came with a certificate of authenticity that notes it saw action aboard a KC-135 tanker as it refueled A-10 Thunderbolt II “Warthogs” over Afghanistan, Sept. 11, 2004. Four spit-and-polish Navy recruiters - chiefs Melissa Carlin, Glenn A. Blair, Jr., and Lamont D. Reed, and NC2 (SW) Leonaldo Ramos - made the presentation in Bob William’s office on State Road 54 in Wesley Chapel. They gave the flag to me. But it really doesn’t belong to me or The Tampa Tribune. It should go to the hundreds of generous readers who donated thousands of dollars so that Williams can keep up his amazing work.
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