We are always accepting donations of the items our troops request
most, such as cards and small gifts. Please refer to our Donations Page
for a more specific list of suggested items to give to our wounded
troops.
We visit our troops and deliver these cards and gifts
from your heart to theirs all throughout the year, not just during the
holidays, to let them know the community and our Nation supports them
and we appreciate their sacrifices, and they are thought of often.
Project Lifting Spirits has organized the gifting of
the following items from the community to our wounded service members at
the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center and the Dwight D. Eisenhower
Medical Center at Fort Gordon Army Base, both located in/near the
Augusta, Georgia area as well as Fort Campbell, Kentucky and
CBWTU-Alabama that covers Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi.
We do these small acts of gratitude to express to our troops our sincere
appreciation for their SERVICE and SACRIFICE.
2012
January - Based on donations from Bands for Arms and our supporters, we raised enough funds to purchase 110 boxes of girl scout cookies this month. We truly appreciate all the continued support!
2011
December - With assistance from Consumer's Title Company of Southern California and Green Bank in
White House, Tennessee, we were able to provide all the holiday decorations for the Fort Campbell barracks and were able to provide over $2,000 worth of gifts including restaurant gift cards, candy canes, stockings, and many
more items to the service members and their families at Fort Gordon.Additionally, we received a donation in the amount of $425.00
from Bands for Arms. Thank you for all the wonderful support!
November - We attended the Fort Campbell ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Warrior
Transition Unit's barracks. On the 17th, we raised over $500 with a fundraising event held at Jack's Tavern. Lastly, Bands for Arms donated $360 this month so that we may
continue to provide items to wounded and deployed service members throughout the year.
October - We completed a Celebrating Home fundraiser that raised approximately $220 for the holiday season. Our events held on October 8th and 9th in the White House, Tennessee area raised $259. Lastly, we received a donation of 150 decks of playing cards from Spinettis Gaming.
September - We began coordinating to complete card signatures and create a wish list for the holiday season for deliveries to Fort Gordon and Fort Campbell.
August - We raised $138 at our bake sale in the Augusta, Georgia
area on the 27th. Additionally, we were able to provide 15 caeses of water, 59 stuffed animals, kids games, and outdoor
items like jump ropes and footballs to Fort Gordon, Georgia. We also have started working to collect approximately
1500 holiday and thank you cards that have been signed by adults and children so they can be provided to the service members.
July - We raffled a two (2) night
stay at Embassy Suites located at 10 Century Blvd., Nashville, TN with a
$25 gift card for Carrabba's Italian Grill. Mr. Rick Tapscott was the
winning ticket holder. Your continued support helped us raise $345.00
from this event! Additionally, we have been able to collect
approximately 400 beverages to be provided to a future event at Fort
Gordon.
June - For a Fort Gordon event on
June 17th, we provided 12 cases of water and16 twelve packs of soda to
be provided with the meal. Additionally, we provided $40 in gift
certificates to Mellow Mushroom in Evans, GA, $15 in gift certificates
to T.G.I.Fridays, 4 movie tickets, and 20 games of Putt-Putt golf so
that they could be raffled off to those that attended the event. Our
June 18th Motorcycle Poker Run was rained out but we managed to raise
$52.00. This motorcycle run will be rescheduled for a later date. Bands
for Arms bracelet sales assisted us with another $435.00 donation.
May - We provided 10 Augusta
Greenjackets tickets to the troops at Fort Gordon and raised $42 from
ticket sales for the May 26th game.
April - On April 8th, we completed
a BBQ event for approximately 300 service members at Fort Campbell,
Kentucky. We provided 12 cases of soda and 2 cases of water to Fort
Gordon. Additionally, we raised $403 with our benefit show at Jacks Bar
and Grill and an online Bruster's Ice Cream.
March - We raised $171 at a bake
sale in the Augusta area and $130 for the fundraising event at the Tin Roof Inn in the Nashville area.
February - We were able to collect
donations for 155 boxes of girl scout cookies and cards for a delivery
to Fort Gordon and the VA in Augusta, Georgia.
January - The United States Military
Veterans Motorcycle Club (USMV MC) in Augusta, GA donated $700 and
Nick Padrigo Mendoza III from Bands for Arms has personally donated $600! We would
like to thank all of them for their generosity in order to provide items
to wounded service members! We have received blankets donated by Military Connections to be provided to the Active Duty
Rehab Unit at the Charlie Norwood VA facility in March. Based on the
sales of the Troop Bracelet a total of $189 was received in order to
purchase 54 boxes of girl scouts cookies. Additionally, the Lifting
Spirits bracelet raised $105. Thank you for the support Bands for Arms.
Lastly, we received a thank you letter from the Warrior Transition Battallion on Fort
Gordon.
2010
December - We completed our
December 5, 2010 bake sale in White House, Tennessee and raised
approximately $167.00. We also received a donation from Bands for Arms in the amount of $200.00 from sales of
the Lifting Spirits Bracelet.The Lifting Spirits team completed the
first delivery toRedstone Arsenal for 85 wounded service members. On
December 10, 2010, we completed deliveries to the Charlie Norwood VA
Active Duty Rehab Unit (32 personnel) and Fort Gordon (50 personnel).
Our last delivery of the month was to Fort Campbell for 50 members on
December 24, 2010 with blankets donated by Military
Connections and cds to all locations donated from Toyota Motor Sales, Marketing Department - Torrance,
California. During the holiday season, we also mailed a care package
to a naval vessell (150 personnel) with chocolate covered cherries,
candy, candy canes, hot cocoa, beef jerky, cards, and granola bars.
Anothercare package was mailed to troops overseas with chips, candy,
bubble gum, and cards. Lastly, we mailed cards to a deployed Marine
unit. Many of these cards were recived from schools in the Washington D.C.
area.
November - We completed our
November 13, 2010 bake sale in Martinez, Georgia and raised
approximately $230.00. We also received a donation from Bands for Arms in the amount of $168.00 from sales of
the Lifting Spirits Bracelet.
October - We completed a fundraiser
by selling Top Notch Car Wash gift cards through October 3, 2010 and
raised $118.50 that will assist in providing holiday items to our
wounded service members at Fort Gordon, Georgia and provide a holiday
meal for those at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Our bake sale on October 9th
only made $20.00 but we thank those that showed there support.
August - We completed a fundraiser
by working the Augusta Greenjackets concession stand on August
5, 2010. The U.S. Military Vets MC provided several volunteers to
assist us man the concession stand. Together, we raised $485.20 in order
to provide the items to our wounded service members.
May - We completed a bake sale in
Martinez, GA and obtained approximately $300 in donations.
We also completed our deliveries to the VA Active Duty
Rehab Unit and to Fort Gordon. We delivered cards, cds, and
the remaining of the baked
goods from the bake sale.
April - We completed a bake sale in
White House, TN and benefit show at Jack's Tavern in Nashville, TN in
order to obtain approximately $800 in donations.
March - Girl Scout Cookies, Black Velvet Deluxe CDS, cards, bookmarks and
letters.
2009
December - cds and dvds, Christmas cards, stuffed animals,
peanuts donated from Logans Roadhouse, stockings, candy, home-made
cookies, books, ornaments, Christmas decorations, chapstick, coffees,
creamers, hot cocoa, scratched picture frames, blankets, children's gifts, teas, and
drink mixes.
November -
bookmarks and holiday cards (Thanksgiving and Christmas)
August- cards, posters, bookmarks, and
drawings from Columbia County Schools and daycare facilities and
Springfield, Tennessee schools
May- 200 cards signed by Lewiston
Elementary for the Augusta Greenjackets game on May 8 to recognize the
wounded service members
February- Girl Scout cookies
2008
December- stockings filled with candy,
cards, blankets, dvds, games, puzzles, phone cards, candy, chap stick,
snacks, mugs, coffees, teas, children�s puzzles, children�s clothes,
etc.
2007
December- routers, heaters, snacks,
stockings, cards, candy canes, dvds, newspapers, books, magazines
