Recall North America Supports Needy Soldiers, Military Families in Cooperation with San Diego M.O.M. and Soldiers' Angels.Returning Iraq Vet Part of Volunteer Effort SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- In San Diego for the company's annual sales conference sales conference n → conferencia de ventas sales conference n → réunion f de vente sales conference n → , document lifecycle management company Recall North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. will pitch in to support the efforts of San Diego Military Outreach Ministries (San Diego MOM) and Soldiers' Angels through the donation and assembly of relief packages for military families on the home front and wounded warrior backpacks for shipment to wounded soldiers returning home from Iraq. The company will also lend its warehousing and logistical expertise to outfit the San Diego MOM warehouse at Camp Elliot with new shelving and organization. Participating in the effort will be Michael Guinn, a Recall sales executive from Dallas, Texas “Dallas” redirects here. For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation). The City of Dallas (pronounced [ˈdæl.əs] or [ˈdæl. . Guinn is a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps at Third Force Reconnaissance Company. Capt. Guinn and his unit recently returned from a tour of duty where they operated in the Al Anbar Province in Iraq from August 2006 through March 2007. "It's important to me to be part of this effort to show support for my friends, fellow Marines, and soldiers who remain in Iraq," Guinn said. "It means a lot for a Marine or soldier when he knows that there's a caring community back home helping to look after his family; and for those who are injured, a care package and call to home are a vital part of the recovery process." The charitable effort will consist of the donation and assembly of 100 baby packs to help military families while a soldier parent is deployed overseas. The baby packs include a diaper bag, diapers, formula, bath products, and other infant care necessities, to be distributed to families through San Diego MOM. Additionally, Recall will donate 300 boxes of canned and other non-perishable food items to San Diego MOM to help military families in the San Diego area. "As a charitable organization This article is about charitable organizations. For other uses of the word charity, see Charity. A charitable organization (also known as a charity) is an organization with charitable purposes only. , contributions such as those being made by Recall are essential to the fulfillment of our mission to San Diego's military families," said Barbara Chavez, director, San Diego MOM. "Many people fail to realize the hardships faced by young couples trying to raise a family on a soldier's pay. The availability of food, baby products, and good quality clothing, furniture, and housewares house·wares pl.n. Cooking utensils, dishes, and other small articles used in a household, especially in the kitchen. goes a long way toward helping alleviate the worry of those who may find themselves in a difficult situation." The company will also assemble and donate "First Response Backpacks" for Soldiers' Angels, to be sent to wounded soldiers flown out of Iraq and Afghanistan to the U.S. Army medical facility at Landstuhl, Germany. First Response Backpacks are stuffed with personal items necessary and vital to a soldier's physical comfort. A typical First Response Backpack contains a toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, shampoo, soap and other hygiene products. It also contains articles of clothing and undergarments, and a pre-paid phone card so that the soldiers can call family while they recover. Each pack also contains a handmade "Blanket of Hope," handmade by Soldiers' Angels volunteers, and is accompanied by a note of well wishes for each soldier. One hospital worker recounted her experience with a soldier who had received a First Response Backpack, stating, "When his parents arrived the first thing he showed them was his Purple Heart Purple Heart U.S. medal awarded to those wounded in military action. [Am. Hist.: Misc.] See : Bravery , the second was his Blanket of Hope from Soldiers Angels! I cannot tell you the emotional thank you we received from this young soldier's mother!" "Each year we strive to include a charitable effort for the community where we hold our annual sales summit," said Nino Pala, president, Recall North America. "Last year we traveled to New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded and helped with ongoing Hurricane Katrina About Recall Corporation: Recall Corporation provides complete lifecycle management services to more than 80,000 customers from 300 facilities on five continents. For more information visit www.recall.com. About San Diego Military Outreach Ministries: Military Outreach Ministries (www.militaryoutreach.org) was begun by the National Presbyterian Church during World War II to provide assistance to military families throughout the nation. The Presbytery presbytery (prĕz`bĭtĕr'ē, prĕs`–), in architecture, the space in the eastern end of a church reserved for the higher clergy. It was also known in the early Christian Church as the apse, tribune, or exedra. of San Diego assumed responsibility for the San Diego Chapter of the ministry in 1968. In 2006, San Diego MOM became an organization independent of the Presbytery of San Diego. About Soldiers' Angels: Soldiers' Angels (www.soldiersangels.org) has been supporting our nation's military men and women since 2003. Their mission is to ensure that no soldier feels unloved. They provide aid and comfort to the military and its families, which may include immediate response to hardship situations. Soldiers' Angels is an all-volunteer, 501I(3) non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. dedicated to the support of the brave men and women deployed in support of the War on Terror This article is about U.S. actions, and those of other states, after September 11, 2001. For other conflicts, see Terrorism. The War on Terror (also known as the War on Terrorism in Iraq, Afghanistan and wherever we fly the flag of the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, . |
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