Sand Springs Leader - Sand Springs, Oklahoma - Neighbor Newspapers > Archives > News > Blue Star Mothers remember troops overseas

"With Thanksgiving coming up, Sand Springs Blue Star Mothers want to make sure area military personnel serving overseas will have a little taste of the holidays.

That's why the Freedom Boxes, packed and mailed Monday, will have some special treats in them, said Sandy Curtis, local chapter president.

Items in those boxes included a canned ham, beef jerky, Girl Scout cookies, and other snack items; plus golf balls, a pocket book, and cards and letters from students at Park Elementary School and Clyde Boyd Middle School.“This so important to their morale,” Curtis said. “They share the snacks and cards and letters with their friends. It means a lot to them to know somebody is thinking of them.”Blue Star members packed about 30 boxes for the November shipment overseas.Claire LaPorte, a Sand Springs resident who is a member of the Tulsa chapter of the American Sewing Guild, donated special handmade items for the troops."

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