BEAVERCREEK -- The Beavercreek Fire Department will be collecting items, starting February 25, to send to the troops overseas. Items may be dropped off at any Fire Station in Beavercreek until March 11.
These items are sent to troops that have little to no support or are in remote locations. Addresses are provided by the Ohio Blue Star Mothers and Operation Thank You.
Firefighters will pack the items and plan to ship them the week of March 18. They are collecting food items (see list below) and light toiletry items. Due to the intense heat, scented items shipped with food items will ruin the food. We are only collecting limited toiletries (toothbrushes, toothpaste, and unscented wipes). We cannot send any homemade food items.
We are also collecting monetary donations to pay for shipping. Checks can be made out to: Beavercreek Fire Local #2857 â Care Package Drive. These can be sent to: Professional Firefighters Local #2857, PO Box 192, Alpha, OH 45301.
Drop off locations:
Station #61: 2195 Dayton-Xenia Road
Station #62: 3777 Dayton-Xenia Road
Station #63: 3100 Kemp Road
Station #64: 3633 Indian Ripple
There will be tables in the vestibule of each station. Donations can be left on these tables if the crews are out on calls and not in the station. Station 62 does not have an open vestibule; if the crews are out of the station, an alternate drop off is Peace Lutheran Church 3530 Dayton-Xenia Road.
Items needed:
⢠Potato Chips
⢠Cookies (that wonât melt)
⢠Gum
⢠Beef Jerky
⢠Hard Candy
⢠Baby/Wet Wipes (unscented)
⢠Nuts
⢠Microwave foods
⢠Cheese
⢠Crackers
⢠Tuna Fish/Chicken (vacu sea packs)
⢠Drink Mixes (for water bottles)
⢠Small Cans of food (with pop tops) (fruit, Vienna sausages, beans & franks etc)
⢠Tube Socks
⢠Stationary
⢠Toothbrushes
⢠Toothpaste
These items are sent to troops that have little to no support or are in remote locations. Addresses are provided by the Ohio Blue Star Mothers and Operation Thank You.
Firefighters will pack the items and plan to ship them the week of March 18. They are collecting food items (see list below) and light toiletry items. Due to the intense heat, scented items shipped with food items will ruin the food. We are only collecting limited toiletries (toothbrushes, toothpaste, and unscented wipes). We cannot send any homemade food items.
We are also collecting monetary donations to pay for shipping. Checks can be made out to: Beavercreek Fire Local #2857 â Care Package Drive. These can be sent to: Professional Firefighters Local #2857, PO Box 192, Alpha, OH 45301.
Drop off locations:
Station #61: 2195 Dayton-Xenia Road
Station #62: 3777 Dayton-Xenia Road
Station #63: 3100 Kemp Road
Station #64: 3633 Indian Ripple
There will be tables in the vestibule of each station. Donations can be left on these tables if the crews are out on calls and not in the station. Station 62 does not have an open vestibule; if the crews are out of the station, an alternate drop off is Peace Lutheran Church 3530 Dayton-Xenia Road.
Items needed:
⢠Potato Chips
⢠Cookies (that wonât melt)
⢠Gum
⢠Beef Jerky
⢠Hard Candy
⢠Baby/Wet Wipes (unscented)
⢠Nuts
⢠Microwave foods
⢠Cheese
⢠Crackers
⢠Tuna Fish/Chicken (vacu sea packs)
⢠Drink Mixes (for water bottles)
⢠Small Cans of food (with pop tops) (fruit, Vienna sausages, beans & franks etc)
⢠Tube Socks
⢠Stationary
⢠Toothbrushes
⢠Toothpaste