We have over $1500 in gift certificates to raffle off.

If you’ve missed it in the past – DON”T MISS IT AGAIN! Saturday, Nov. 13^th at Southside in Mahopac! It is an amazing night of great music, good
food, and lots of friends & supporters of UFT. This year we will even have some of our very brave SOLDIERS who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan as our quests. Be sure to join us …& give them a great big THANK YOU!!!

PLEASE SHARE THIS POST

If you’ve missed it in the past – DON”T MISS IT AGAIN! Saturday, Nov. 13^th At Southside in Mahopac! It is an amazing night of great music, good food, and lots of friends & supporters of UFT. This year we will even…have some of our very brave SOLDIERS who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan as our quests.

Be sure to join us …& give them a great big THANK YOU!!! PLEASE SHARE THIS POST.

If you know any soldiers serving overseas, E-mail us with their full address at unitedforthetroops@gmail.com We will get them our gift box’s. Any questions please call 845 729 4239.

If you’ve missed it in the past – DON”T MISS IT AGAIN! Saturday, Nov. 13^th At Southside in Mahopac!

It is an amazing night of great music, good food, and lots of friends & supporters of UFT. This year we will even…have some of our very brave SOLDIERS who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan as our quests.

Be sure to join us …& give them a great big THANK YOU!!! PLEASE SHARE THIS POST.

If you know any soldiers serving overseas, E-mail us with their full address at unitedforthetroops@gmail.com We will get them our gift box’s. Any questions please call 845 729 4239.

To see a list of items we are requesting to be donated, click here

The following are UFT approved drop off locations located in the Northern Westchester/Putnam area:

Liberty Mutual Insurance (next to Charlie Brown’s)
1725 East Main Street
Mohegan Lake, NY 10547

Live Proper Health Center
1010 East Main Stret
Shrub Oak, Ny 10588

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church
1377 East Main Street
Shrub Oak, NY 10588

Cortlandt Healthcare
110 Oregon Road
Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567

V.F.W. Post 5491
134 East Lake Boulevard
Mahopac, NY 10541

Incline Real Property Services
606 Route 6
Mahopac, NY 10541

Hi Folks,

“United For The Troops” serves our Soldiers all year long.With your help we have sent over 3000 box’s of needed items to our Armed Forces. “Operation Defend The Holidays” is now in full swing. If you are not familiar with what we do please go to our website and look and look at our soldiers wishlist. We need your help…any help is welcome. Please e-mail us ANY TIME with any questions,ideas or times you can help us.

Thank you for your support and we look forward to to hearing
from you.

Please send and checks or monetary donations to:

Operations Defending the Holidays
PO Box 242 Shrub Oak, NY 10588

Make all checks payable to:
United for The Troops, Inc and note Operation Defending the Holidays in the memo section

Below is a list of items that we need to send to the troops as part of their Holiday Care Package. Once the items are all collected we will be meeting on packing day to make individual boxes to send out to the Troops to let them know how much we care about them this Holiday Season.

Snacks (preferably single serve)

Pretzels Baby Wipes
Pringles
Trail mix

Chex mix
Cookies (oreo,chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin etc.)
Crackers (ritz, triscuit, saltines)
Granola Bars
Power Bars
Cereal Bars
Fruit Roll Ups
Nuts (peanuts, pistachios,cashews)
Sunflower seeds
Slim Jims
Beef Jerky
Hot Chocolate Packets
Tea Bags
Pop Tarts
Easy mac
Salsa (plastic jars or canned)
Tuna Fish in a pouch
Chicken in a pouch
Peanut Butter (plastic jar)
Jelly/Jam (plastic jar)
Single Serve Drink Mixes ( kool-aid, crystal light, etc)
Yoo-hoo /Chocolate milk (non refrigerated)
Instant Oatmeal
Cereals (individual serve)
Chili, Stew, Pastas (individual serve)
Candy (M&M’s, sweet tarts, etc.)
Gum & lifesavers
Single serve condiments ( ketchup, mayo, mustard, salt & pepper, hot sauce etc..)
Coffee & Filters

TOILETRIES

Baby Wipes
Chapstick & lipbalm
Eye Drops
Sunblock
Insect Repellant (wipes are good)
Disposable Razors & shaving cream
Toothbrushes & toothpaste
Dental Floss
Mouthwash
Eyeglass lense cleaning wipes
Ivory soap
Kleenex (individual Size)
Skin moisturizers & lotions
Deodorant
Q-Tips
Nail clippers & nail files
Feminine Hygiene Products
Foot Powder
Laundry Detergent (individual size)

NEW OR GENTLY USED ITEMS

CD Players
Personal DVD Players
Baseball Gloves
Baseballs, soccer balls, Footballs
Hand Held Video Games

SUNDRIES

Batteries ( AAA-AA-D-C-9 volt)
Tan Undershirts
Boxers (funny ones)
Crew socks (black or white)
Word Games
CD’s and or DVD’s
Sports, Fashion, Computer Magazines
Comics
All Occasion Greeting Cards
Calling Cards
Pipe Cleaners
ZIP-LOC BAGGIES _ ALL SIZES
Disposable cameras
Air Fresheners (car hanging type)
Dryer Sheets (Bounce, etc.)
Hairbrushes & Combs
Hair Clips, Ties, Bands
Band Aids
Playing Cards
Dominoes

UNITED FOR THE TROOPS presents “ STRIKES FOR OUR SOLDIERS”

Come on out & help support our Troops with a great night of fun & bowling!

Location: Cortlandt Lanes

Date: Saturday, March 27th

Time: 7:00 – 9:30 P.M.

Price: $25.00 per person

2 games of bowling, shoes & Hot Buffet all included!

Raffles, 50/50 & prizes for Hi/Low game & more!

Reservations required by March 17, 2010

Please make checks payable to UFTT

Name:____________________Phone #_______________

# of Bowlers__________ @ $25.00 ea. = _______Total

Mail to:

UFT
P.O. Box 242
Shrub Oak, NY 10588

Questions? Call Jim Rathschmidt @ 845-729-4239 or e-mail us at unitedforthetroops@gmail.com

Thank you all for your continued support this holiday season!  As a result of your efforts we successfully sent out over 600 packages to our men and women serving overseas!!  We truly couldn’t have done it without you!!
Check out our news video of Packing Day! CLICK HERE

Just a quick thank you to Wendy and Marc who graciously doneated both of their locations to United For The Troops for our fundraisers!

Thanks to everyone’s efforts at both locations we were able to raise over $6000 in the last two weeks!!

That will certainly help us bring a little comfort to our troops this holiday season!!

This Saturday will wrap up our efforts for the holiday season, and if you are available we can definitely use volunteers to help pack everything up!

With last weekend’s success in Mahopac, we have decided to host another event in Yorktown this upcoming weekend!

The South Side Bar & Grille

1927 Commerce Street

Yorktown Height, NY 10598

Saturday November 21

4-8 p.m.

If you missed last week’s, here’s your chance to come out and support OUR TROOPS!

We are on a record setting pace this year and are hoping that this weekend will put us over the top!

Help us reach 1,000 packages for our troops by coming out and showing your support!!

We will have…

**Free Food**
**Raffle for a 32″ Panasonic LCD HD TV!**
**Other Raffle Items**
**New T Shirts**
**New Sweatshirts**
**Live Music**

It is truly a great day and we hope everyone can make it!

If you can’t make it, please feel mention this on to anyone that may be interested!

A HUGE THANKS to everyone who came out in support of Operation: Defend The Holidays!!

Thanks to everyone’s efforts, we were able to raise over $4300 to send packages to our troops this holiday season!!

It was a great day, with great friends!!

We will have be hosting an ENCORE fundraiser this upcoming Saturday at South Side’s Yorktown location!

Special thanks to Wendy & Marc for opening the South Side to our event, and Gizzo for providing the music!!