Hello All,

     Thank you again for the 66 people who attended last week’s 5th year anniversary celebration/meeting.  What a night!   (we had 7 people that first meeting in Sept. 2004)  Thank you to all who brought food for our celebration.  It was an awesome night!   Soldier Zach Grear, home on his R&R, stopped by with his parents – and gave lots of hugs!

   Special Thanks to Mrs. Regina Shuster & Mary Lou Cuneo from Support The Troops NJ who presented us with our ‘US Army Freedom Team Salute’ certificate to the Group!   We are honored.

  Special Thanks to American Pride Car Club for their attendance and their very generous donation to the Military Support Group of NJ Inc. (MSGNJ)   We are extremely Grateful!

   Thanks to all who brought blankets, items for the care packages, and donations,  our group is blessed!  And in turn, our deployed troops & their families are blessed.

   Upcoming: 

#1.  Oct. 3rd, 10am to 4pm, Stratford NJ Fall Festival, Yellin School, Warwick Rd,  MSGNJ will have a table.  Come on out to enjoy the fair!

#2   The email went out about the Boscovs shopping event held on Oct 6th, 25% discount tickets for $5 each are still available.  Can be used at any Boscovs.  Thank you to those who volunteered to help at the table, more details to follow (MSGNJ receives the full $5 per ticket.)

#3  Saturday, Oct. 10th, 9am – noon, Veterans Legislative Seminar held at Gloucester Co. Institute of Technology, 1360 Tanyard Rd., Sewell, NJ  Admission is FREE – ALL are welcome!

#4.  Saturday, Oct. 10th, 8pm to midnight, Oktoberfest event, $25 per ticket includes food, beverages, music & dancing.  Proceeds from this event benefit MSGNJ & our troops. Event open to all adults. Contact Marcelle Shriver for tickets ron101abn@comcast.net.

#5  We are trying to get MSGNJ T-shirts, great for homecomings, upcoming events, etc. if you are interested, please let me know what style, what size and how many…….thanks. Karen

2 Styles –

   Lastly, we can use items for our holiday packages that we’ll pack up in the beginning of November.  I figure we need about 900 wrapped presents – NEW DVD movies (no war), NEW CDs of Music, NEW paperback books (no war) packages of white socks, new handheld games,  900 signed Christmas cards, and Christmas candy. Thank you kindly.  : )

  Thank you everyone for your love and support of each other, it is wonderful to see.  Have a Great month and See you at our next meeting on Thursday, October 8th.