CONIFER VFW BREAKFAST AUGUST 21 TO HELP TSAC

Dimplszzz wrote: Whew - imagine my surprise reading this thread. Interesting, funny, and enlightening.

The drama and ugliness - I won't comment on. It speaks for itself.

However, just to keep everyone informed - we (TSAC) are working with 285Bound to come on over and join the party! Y'all will be required to play nice on the forum threads, however. Moderation will be minimal, and hopefully not needed at all.

Our men and women overseas need our support. I remember my field-duty days; I'd have given my right arm for a chocolate chip cookie or something besides stale water to drink. That's what we do - make their lives a bit more tolerable by sending comfort items. Have you heard how nasty the water over there tastes? They need hydration, but many will forego it because of the nasty water. A little packet of Crystal Light (or something similar) can really make their day. They don't care if you love or hate Pinecam, they're just thirsty. Let's keep politics outta the way, deal?

So, pitch in, come help us pack and see what we're all about. We'll have a booth at Emily's Parade this weekend, come on by and introduce yourself. And have a cookie while you're there. But don't be surprised if I attempt to recruit you as a TSAC member - we need all the help we can get.

Edited to add ('cuz I couldn't help mahself): Yup, alot of the folks over there probably would enjoy some good beer & porn - however, those items cannot be shipped and are forbidden by the local government over there, and well - it'd just be kinda weird if we packed porn.

I need to clear something up here. I reached out to TSAC when the idea was brought up for 285Bound to adopt navycpo's son's troop. It was my hope that by partnering with TSAC that we all would be better able to provide for the troops by combining TSAC's established collection sites, resources, and already-established procedures with 285Bound members' community support and activism.

We are still working out the logistics of how this combined effort will work, with the expectation that we would create a forum for them in which they could post collection events, bake-a-thons, packing parties, etc. This forum will be just like all of our other business partner forums on 285Bound, no more, and no less. We are not, and will never, change our method of moderating to accommodate anyone else's wishes as we believe that our method of moderating works the best.