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05/12/2004 Entry: "Afghan kids"

Ink Pens for Afghan kids (the stuff we take for granted)

"I just heard from Terry, who's serving in Afghanistan, and he has this to say:

"As many of you know, I am currently in the apolitical position of Army public affairs specialist in Afghanistan. I only recently arrived, after waiting for 2.5 months at Ft. Riley, Kansas, but that's another issue. I'm writing you all today because I'm going to take many of you up on your offers and rudely ask a favor of those who made no offer.

"When I first mentioned on my blog that I was going to be deployed, a large number of you asked how you could help me, what I would need for Afghanistan. The truth is, there's not much. However, I just went on my first mission with a civil affairs group and found a way you might be able to help me out.

"It seems that the children of Afghanistan want nothing more than they want a pen.

"It was explained to me that the villages through which I traveled (near Kandahar, where I'm based) are so poor that a pen is like a scholarship to these children. They desperately want to learn but, without a pen, they simply won't. It's a long story. I won't bore you with it. Trust me, though, when I say that it would be a big deal if even a few of you could put up the call for pens for me. Anyone interested in helping out could either send some directly to me or go to these sites and send them, where you can find them for as cheap as $.89 a dozen.

Office Max

They can be shipped directly to:

Terry L. Welch
105th MPAD
Kandahar Public Affairs Office
APO AE 09355

"Let's finish up the week knowing that Americans gave some kids a chance.

"edit: per atrios, who worked out a good way to do this:

"I edited out his site list - he linked to Officemax and Office Depot. Office Depot was making it very difficult to enter a military shipping address, so I went through Office Max. Spend a few bucks - send a few pens.

"...Office Max does require a delivery address phone number, but I just put in my own. I put in "Armed Forces" rather than Armed Forces America or Armed Forces Pacific..."
Completely copied from Sisyphus Shrugged, May 12, 2004 because it is perfect the way it is.

And my two cents is, maybe some pads of paper would be nice to toss in the package, too.

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