By Daily Press staff
Thirty members of the community packed boxes for overseas servicemen and servicewomen at the Elks Lodge last week.
Small boxes were pushed along by “Santa’s helpers” and put in pads of paper, pens, envelopes, flash lights, batteries, a deck of cards, snacks, pocket books and candy. The small boxes were then sealed and stamped with a Red Cross stamp. Eight boxes were then placed in a large box, which in turn was sealed and stamped. The finish boxes made a pile nine feet long, six feet wide and five feet tall, representing 600 individual gifts to the servicemen. The boxes were then transported to the post office and shipped to a central location.
The Red Cross will supervise the overseas distribution. The American Legion (posts 123 and 177), the Santa Monica Elks, the Jack Showers Foundation, and the Santa Monica Elk’s Emblem Club were the major contributors.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 23, 2005. Read the original PDF.