VOLUME 5, ISSUE 2

By Sharon Buck, LHCP Treasurer

Fall is the time of year that government agencies are asking employees to dig deep into their pockets to contribute to the Combined Federal Campaign, better known as the CFC. By participating in the CFC, employees can make donations from their paychecks to the CFC fund. Those donations are distributed to the designated CFC organizations.

Landstuhl Hospital Care Project is one of those designated CFC organizations. Remember CFC #12282. LHCP first became a member of the CFC in 2008. Last fall, individuals pledged to the LHCP mission by marking CFC #12282 on their CFC donation form. LHCP started receiving those pledged donations in March 2009. So far LHCP has received $16,225.29 from the 2008 donations. Additional donations from the 2008 pledged campaign should continue until the last quarter of 2009. These funds have been instrumental in our support of troops who have been hospitalized overseas.

The Fall 2009 Campaign drive is underway. Donations pledged in 2009

will be received by LHCP beginning in March 2010 and will continue to be received until the last quarter of 2010.

If you have the opportunity to make a CFC pledge, please consider marking down CFC #12282. Your pledge will be used to provide comfort and relief items to military service members who become injured, sick, or wounded while serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait. LHCP supports patients hospitalized at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, combat support hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan, and VA hospitals in the United States. Your contribution will bring a little bit of home to a military service member serving our country in a place far from home.

For a list of CFC donor organizations from which LHCP received donations, go to: www.landstuhlhospitalcareproject.org and click on SPONSORS.

Thank you for your support of LHCP and our military troops!

Thank You Notes from Recipients 2

BAE Systems Luau for LHCP 3

Needs at LRMC & Combat Hospitals 5

LHCP Sponsors 6

LHCP’s Stitches of Love Group 7

Honorees for 3rd Quarter Shipments 7

Upcoming Fundraisers 8

Meet LHCP’s New Policy Director 4

Patriot Guard Riders Welcome LHCP 4

Inside this issue:

Remember CFC #12282 on your 2009 CFC Campaign Donation Form

LHCP Board of Directors Karen Grimord

LHCP.president@yahoo.com James Spliedt II

LHCP.vicepres@yahoo.com Sharon Buck

LHCP.treasurer@yahoo.com Maria Waddell

LHCP.secretary@yahoo.com Stitches of Love Projects

Cindy Donohoe LHCP.policydirector@yahoo.com

Art Dupay DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE AND OVERSIGHT

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Newsletter Editor: Rachel Hause, LHCP.newsletter@yahoo.com

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LHCP Update

LHCP’s CFC designation

The wonderful email and “snail” mail that we receive is posted on our website. Click on the “Troop Thanks” button to read more of the thank you notes that come to LHCP. Here is a sampling from this quarter:

June 2009

My time has come to go back home. I will be headed home next week. I wanted to thank you again for your outstanding support. You have touched many lives and brought a smile to even the toughest of soldiers and Airmen. You have reminded hundreds and literally thousands that they are not forgotten and inspired them to carry on.

I hope you know how much everyone over here appreciates all you do. On behalf of all the military coming through here “the gateway to Afghanistan”: Thank you from the bottom of our hearts… You are a real difference maker.

Capt xxxx is my replacement, and you can continue to send things this way and they will continue to get distributed to all the military serving over here....

It has been a true pleasure to meet you (on-line) and you can bet that I will make my voice known (come CFC time) about all the wonderful things LHCP has done for us….

Thank you again for all your support. I wish you and your family the best and hope all the happiness you brought over here is returned to you.

Proud to Serve, SWM, Capt, USAF, MSC Administrator, xxth Expeditionary Medical Group Manas AB, Kyrgyz Republic

We want to take this opportunity to thank you for all the wonderful coupons you sent us. And truly this

will help the American soldiers in Europe.

Thank you again, Sincerely, JH, Store Director Grafenwoehr Commissary

Wow, thank you so much for the sanitizer and we just got our box of pillow cases, hehe even got Spider Man in there too. Those all were a big hit!! (Parts of email removed for OPSEC). I appreciate all that you are doing back there and think the real warriors are the ones waiting at home.

JOP

Hello my supply angels,

You are such a blessing to all of us. We have large tents where lots of fellow military who are going downrange stay while they are passing through. I take the boxes you send me to them and hand it out. I tell everyone I give stuff to about the Landstuhl Hospital Care Project. I hope to make a huge difference for you come the next CFC!

I will be here for another month but will pass on your information to him so this can continue. I would love to thank you in person one day. You are so wonderful.

Have a wonderful day.

SWM, Capt, USAF, MSC Administrator, EMED Clinic

July 2009

I want to take this opportunity to say thank you for all that you have done here for the 115th. All of us and the soldiers have benefited greatly from your program. I am leaving this week finally to go back home to BAMC. I

have a wonderful new replacement and I am supplying you with her email.

I told her that I would be giving her email to you. She is a wonderful nurse and shares the same passion for taking care of the soldiers as myself. It makes it a bit easier leaving knowing that I am leaving them in good hands.

Again, thank you for everything!!! You are a rock star!!!

CPT APL EMT, Task Force xxxth Med

August 2009

Thank you so much for your generosity. Our ER was so short on sheets. They came at the perfect time. We really appreciate the socks and other linens. Socks always find a way of disappearing in the laundry and getting destroyed from the dirt. It is refreshing to put on a new pair.

We appreciate everything.

CPT W, Iraq

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Thank You Notes from Recipients of Our Donations

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Task Force Med

Certificate of Appreciation Is Presented to

Karen Grimord and the Landstuhl Hospital Care Group

has provided Task Force MED and the Tactical Operation Center at Craig Joint Theater Hospital in Bagram, Afghanistan exceptional support from Sep 2008 to Jul 2009. Her leadership and willingness to go the extra mile will leave a lasting impression and reflects great credit upon herself and The LHCP Group.

Signed by TF MED J3 and Deputy Commander Operations.

BAE Systems Luau for LHCP By Denise German, BAE Systems, and Rachel Hause

The Charity Challenge Committee of BAE Systems in Mojave, CA held a unique fundraiser for LHCP on June 9—a corporate lunch luau for employees.

The committee raised over $1000 by selling lunch and tickets for a raffle basket filled with beach items. They also held an Ugliest Hawaiian Shirt Contest. Proceeds went towards the purchase of flip-flops.

The delicious lunch consisted of teriyaki chicken, rice, vegetables,

Troop Thanks (continued) Ma'am,

Today we got the women's underwear, bras and CDs and purple heart backpacks. Thank you so much.

V/R, Capt T

I just wanted to let you know that the DVD players arrived today. I am going to try to get them out to the Hospital in the next day or so. I would like to have some photos taken when we give them out to the wards and, if it can be arranged, I will be sure to send you the photos.

Thanks for all you do.

J

September 2009

Actually shorts is one of the few things we still need! Thanks for everything... We have some very

happy patients here in Kuwait!!

I'm going to be doing an inventory but for right now I think we are doing good once those shorts get here!

Hope things are well with you.

Very Respectfully, TM LT NC USN

Thanks for what you do. It is really appreciated! I've been able to share with some units here, so everything is okay.

I'm a psych nurse, so a lot of what you send we use as morale boosters for others.

You guys are awesome!

V/R, Capt T

We received the shipment of dvd's, shorts and shirts and BOY were we surprised! Special thanks to your staff. We hung the red, white, and

blue quilt on our wall. The shorts and shirts were perfect!

Thank you KAREN!!!

Very Respectfully, CPT

Thank you again for the shipment of sheets and towels and the box of DVD's. They were a hit here. We really appreciate the support.

I hope life is treating you well.

Respectfully, Xxxx

Thanks you again for the shipment of sheets. They are perfect! I don't think we will be running low on sheets again.

Is there anyway to get croc sandles added to the wish list please?

I appreciate all you do.

Thank you! TW

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fruit, and pineapple upside-down cake.

BAE Systems is a global company engaged in the development, delivery and support of advanced defense, security and aerospace systems in the air, on land and at sea.

Felix Bustos, Denise German, and Hagen Von Massenbach are ready to serve. Gerry Pablo sported a grass skirt AND Hawaiian shirt.

Gathering of the Guard Welcomes LHCP

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By James Spliedt, LHCP Vice President

The Patriot Guard Riders (PGR) held their annual Gathering of the Guard in Ogden, Utah July 30 through August 2. The PGR provided LHCP with free vendor space for the weekend. Activities for the PGR included the traveling Vietnam Memorial wall, a concert, and the Field of Flags. The Field of Flags was approximately 5,000 American flags representing all our fallen heroes during the Global War on Terror.

LHCP used the free vendor space to raise our visibility to a nation-wide membership of the Patriot Guard Riders. During the weekend, I had the chance to meet many veterans and several Gold Star families. A number of the LHCP contact cards, brochures, and pins were given out throughout the Gathering. Our September Honoree is SPC Jordan Thibeault, the son of John and Celeste Thibeault, a Utah PGR Gold Star family.

It was a good experience overall and we hoped to get LHCP’s name out to other parts of United States. I guess this was successful because our newsletter editor was attending a monthly breakfast gathering of Minnesota Marine Moms a couple weeks later and met a mom that had traveled to Utah and had one of our contact cards and pins from this event!

Meet Cindy Donohoe – LHCP’s New Policy Director Karen Grimord’s presentation in December 2008, describing the Landstuhl Hospital Care Project during a BAE Systems Charity event, hit a chord with Cindy Donohoe. As an Air Force Brat, Cindy truly appreciates the sacrifices that those in the military and their families make every day. She lived on several military bases while growing up and graduated from Kaiserslautern American High School, right down the road from Landstuhl.

Cindy’s day job is Vice President of Benefits for BAE Systems, Inc., a global defense, security and aerospace company with approximately 105,000 employees worldwide. BAE Systems' sales exceeded £18.5 billion (US $34.4 billion) in 2008. She joined the company in 2003 and currently manages all US benefit plans. Her responsibilities include strategy, design, operations, M&A integration and communications for retirement and health and welfare plans, serving over 45,000 employees. In addition she is the HR lead for mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, she is a strategic partner with the M&A function.

Cindy earned her MBA International Business from George Washington University and is a Senior Human Resource Member. She is married with two teenage children and enjoys traveling, reading, skiing and golfing.

As we welcome Cindy, we thank Peg Seljeskog for her volunteerism and dedicated term as Policy Director.

Needed Items for the Wounded at LRMC & at CSH

Cash donations as well as donations of requested items

are always welcome.

Please make checks payable to: Landstuhl Hospital Care Project

and send to: Sharon Buck, LHCP Treasurer

52 Seminole Trail Ft. Mitchell, AL 36856

Mail packages of requested items to:

Landstuhl Hospital Care Project Attn: Karen Grimord

29 Greenleaf Terrace Stafford, VA 22556

LHCP is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization.

We support Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and Combat Support Hospitals. If you are donating needed items, please purchase new items that match the specifics given below. People who work with patients on a daily basis have provided this information. Sizes and color (uniform requirements) matter. Please remember our female patients, too. Lists of needed items are updated each month on our website. Thank you!

Items to Support Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, October 2009

Important Notice: Due to the overwhelming generosity of many individuals, groups, and organizations, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) in Germany cannot—until further notice—receive any additional donations except those listed below. We will update our list as LRMC informs us of their wishes. Please check our website on a regular basis. URGENT NEEDED NOW!! Black 30 inch duffel bags (NO LOGOS) Long sleeve t-shirts/shirts—L-M-S-XL (needed in this order) Men's boxer-briefs (NO BRIEFS)—L-XL-M-S (needed in this order) Men's pajama pants—men’s sizes L, XL, M (in this order) Men’s slippers (slip-on non-slip) sizes 8-14 Men's colored t-shirts L, M, S (needed in this order)—Please NO LOGOs and these

are not undershirts. Bath towels (no face cloths) 3x5 quilts and blankets for gurneys. NO TWIN, QUEEN, KING SIZE BLANKETS Travel pillows (Please Contact LHCP’s Stitches of Love Group for directions) iTunes Cards and iPod Shuffles DVD movies (no extreme violence) Hand-held electronic games Phone cards—Domestic only, 30 to 60 minute cards with NO expiration date Hair brushes (NO COMBS) TOE nail clippers—please no finger nail clippers Men & Women's TRAVEL SIZE deodorant TRAVEL SIZE mouth wash TRAVEL SIZE Gold Bond foot powder Healthy snack bars, chocolate, and candy (PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE FROM

ORIGINAL BOXES) Items to Support Hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan, October 2009

NEEDED NOW!! Black jersey shorts (MUST BE BLACK) sizes L and XL NEEDED NOW!! Sweat shirts and sweat pants (Dark colors) NEEDED NOW!! Thermal weave twin size blankets NEEDED NOW!! Single packaged toothbrushes and TRAVEL SIZE toothpaste NEEDED NOW!! TRAVEL SIZE deodorant NEEDED NOW!! TRAVEL SIZE shower gel (Please put inside ZIP LOCK BAGS) NEEDED NOW!! Baby wipes Full size towels Twin size sheets Men's boxers and men's boxer-briefs, (dark colors) NO MEN'S BRIEFS Ankle socks Trail mix, granola bars, beef jerky, hard candy, peanuts—no popcorn. (PLEASE DO

NOT REMOVE FROM ORIGINAL BOXES) DVD Movies (no extreme violence or nudity—no VHS tapes) Calling Cards that do not expire (please get cards for 60–300 minutes) Current magazines—sports, hunting, cars, nursing, medical, healthcare...

CARDS AND LETTERS OF SUPPORT ARE ALWAYS WELCOMED

Additional items are listed at www.LandstuhlHospitalCareProject.org—HOW TO HELP

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Recent Shipments

AFGHANISTAN June 519 pounds, 8 contacts July 1468 pounds, 4 contacts Aug 2594 pounds, 9 contacts Sep 1127 pounds, 10 contacts

IRAQ June 205 pounds, 2 contacts July 152 pounds, 1 contact Aug 260 pounds, 2 contacts Sep 101 pounds, 2 contacts

KUWAIT June 243 pounds, 1 contact Aug 758 pounds, 2 contacts Sep 65 pounds, 2 contacts

GERMANY June 170 pounds, 1 contact July 1090 pounds, 1 contact Aug 895 pounds, 2 contacts Sep 95 pounds, 2 contacts

KYRGYZSTAN June 122 pounds, 1 contact

COUPONS SHIPPED June 12,000 July 28,000 Aug 20,000 Sep 14,000 Shipped to the Azores, Belgium, Germany, Guam, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

Individuals & Families

Ms. K. Alexander, WA Ms. J. Amrani, Ramat Yishay, Israel Mr. and Mrs. R. Arseculeratne, VA Ms. J. Badgley, MI R. Basra, Tottenham, Ontario,

Canada Bernie, France Ms. D. Bolen, SC Mr. and Mrs. P. Bolen, SC Mr. and Mrs. T. Buck, AL Ms. S. Buck, AL Mr. J. Carson, PA Ms. C. Chan, CA Ms. L. Eanes, VA Ms. A. Gerlach, Germany Mr. W. Gray, MN Mr. and Mrs. D. Gray, MN Ms. A. Greenleaf, NH Ms. D. Griggs, VA Mr. and Mrs. B. Grimord, VA Mr. R. Gruber, FL Mr. and Mrs. J. Haseltine, MN D. Haseltine and Friends Ms. K. Hass, MD Mr. and Mrs. L. Hause, MN Ms. L. Haynes, CA Ms. D. Henderson, AK Mr. S. Jansen, MO Ms. C. Jordan, OR Ms. D. Lane, CA Mr. and Mrs. F. Lane, CA Ms. S. Leggett, TX Mr. B. Long, MD Ms. B. Manninen, MI G. Mounger Mr. and Mrs. G. Muchka, WI Ms. D. Nelson, KS Ms. P. Nichols, NY Ms. E. Perry, CA Ms. C. Rivers, SC V. Ross & Sisters, CA Ms. D. Smith, ID Ms. M. Spenner, IN Mr. J. Spliedt, ID Steffan Family, WA L. Thune, TX Ms. C. Waddell, NC Ms. M. Waddell, NC Mr. L. Walley, NY Ms. C. Weber, PA Mr. D. Wortham, KY

Third Quarter Sponsors—2009

Businesses & Organizations

334 Training Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, MS

Adams County PA Association of School Retirees, Biglersville, PA

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 320, Spotsylvania, VA

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 1379, Stamford, NY

American Legion Post 1379, Stamford, NY

Amvets, Post No. 115, MI AVQA, Palmdale, CA BAE Systems, Rockville, MD Bank of New York Mellon Community

Partnership, Princeton, NJ Blue Star Mothers of Northern

Virginia, Virginia The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter

Day Saints, Battle Creek, MI Church of the Resurrection—

Piecemakers, Leawood, KS C.R. Bard, Ballston Spa, NY C.R. Bard Foundation, FL DAR, Colonial Daughters Chapter,

Upton, ME DAR, Elizabeth Ludington Hagans

Chapter, Morgantown, WV DAR Ypsilanti Chapter/Pine View

Church, Ypsilanti, MI Gathering of the Guard—Patriot

Guard Riders, Ogden, Utah Highland Church of Christ,

Tecumseh, OK Minnesota Marine Moms, Minnesota Navy Federal Credit Union, FPO AE Needle Navigator Quilt Guild,

St. Louis, MO Plainview Library, Stafford, VA Old Navy, Morton Grove, IL Old Navy No. 5116, Janesville, WI Saint Mary’s School, Ballston Spa, NY Spokane Area Business Foundation,

Spokane, WA Standard Textile, Cincinnati, OH West Central Christian Service Camp,

Papillion, NE

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LHCP Sponsors — Thank you for your generosity!

LHCP’s CFC designation code

is 12282.

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Army SPC Sergio S. Abad, age 21, of Morganfield, KY; assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy; died July 13, 2008 of wounds sustained when his outpost was attacked by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades from enemy forces in Wanat, Afghanistan. Also killed were: 1Lt. Jonathan P. Brostrom, Sgt. Israel Garcia, Cpl. Jonathan R. Ayers, Cpl. Jason D. Hovater, Cpl. Jason M. Bogar, Cpl. Matthew B. Phillips, Cpl. Pruitt A. Rainey, and Cpl. Gunnar W. Zwilling.

Army CPT Darrell C. Lewis, age 31, of Washington, D.C.; assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas; died June 23, 2007 in Vashir City, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his unit was attacked by insurgents using rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and small-arms fire.

Army SPC Jordan P. P. Thibeault, age 22, of South Jordan, Utah; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany; died Sept. 5, 2008 at Forward Operating Base Hammer, Iraq.

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For more information on our Honorees, go to: www.LandstuhlHospitalCareProject.org

Honorees for 3rd Quarter 2009 Shipments

By Maria Waddell, LHCP Secretary/ SoL Coordinator

Stitches of Love (SoL) is a special group of ladies within the Landstuhl Hospital Care Project (LHCP) who sew, quilt, knit, and/or crochet items for wounded troops. These items vary from medicine bags, to quilts, blankets, pillows, sleep masks, scrub caps, and even Christmas stockings. LHCP works with Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and combat support hos-pitals in the field to find out exactly what is needed (size, shape, exact measurements) and to develop specific patterns for each item.

What are these items for, and how do they help? The medicine bag is just the right size to hold patient

in their 80’s all the way through high school contributing. Some don’t actually sew, but they organize a local church or com-munity group which donates to LHCP. These volunteers donate their time and expertise to provide comforts to our men and women that have given so much to our country. You won’t find a better, more caring group anywhere!

We are always looking for new members to help us out with ongoing needs! If you are interested, please email SoL Coordinator, Maria Waddell at lhcp.secretary@yahoo.com.

records, medicines, and any other small items. Then it is tied to the gurney/bed as the patient is trans-ported between hospitals—an easy way to keep from losing important things! Pillows, quilts, and blankets are used for transporting the patient; pillows can be used to prop wounded limbs, and the quilts and blankets are great for those cold MEDVAC flights. SoL makes these items to fit the gurneys, so there is no excess fabric to catch on medical equipment. Sleep masks help patients rest better, and scrub caps keep the medical personnel outfitted and add a bright touch with our cheery fabrics. Our SoL members come from all walks of life. We have young ladies

LHCP’s Stitches of Love = Handmade Hugs

November Fundraisers

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