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Vista and Shoreline Community Women Wrap Up "Boxes for Soldiers" Drive With Over 1,700 Items

Beginning this past December, Vista Vocational & Life Skills Center partnered with the Shoreline Community Women to hold a “Boxes for Soldiers” drive. Overwhelming support and  donations poured in from schools, groups and individuals from all over the shoreline community, totaling over 1,700 items all together. Vista members sorted through the plethora of food, books, hygiene products and other supplies, and were later joined by Cindy Stevens and Lynn Mann of Shoreline Community Women, to box the items into care packages. These care packages will go to a number of American soldiers serving overseas.

            The Shoreline Community Women have sent hundreds of care packages each year to soldiers since starting “Boxes for Soldiers” back in 2006. “Boxes for Soldiers” Chairperson Cindy Stevens says that the effort began with a few boxes for soldiers from the local community, but soon expanded into a much larger project. The gratitude expressed from the soldiers receiving these boxes has inspired the Shoreline Community Women, along with many supporters in the area, to keep the project going. They see the project as a way to thank the troops for their service, and as Cindy Stevens stated, “It is the least we can do.”

            If you would like to donate directly to “Boxes for Soldiers” year-round or would like more information, you can e-mail Cindy Stevens at snowsblock@aol.com or write to the Shoreline Community Women at P.O. Box 51 Clinton, CT 06413. There are also drop-off locations at the Henry Carter Hull Library and the Clinton Sport Shop in Clinton, Connecticut.

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Based in Madison and Westbrook, CT, Vista Vocational & Life Skills Center is a 501©3 nonprofit organization.  Vista’s mission is “Providing services and resources to individuals with disabilities to create opportunities for personal success.”

For more information regarding Vista, please visit www.vistavocational.org

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