x
  1. Home
  2.  News
  3.  Local News

Give a smile to a soldier

| 28 Aug 2012 | 02:41
    U.S. Army Capt. Louis Rettenberg is pictured here in this provided photograph with his nephew Ethan Abrahams, who will be starting first grade at Smith Clove Elementary School next week.
    U.S. Army Capt. Louis Rettenberg is pictured here in this provided photograph with his nephew Ethan Abrahams, who will be starting first grade at Smith Clove Elementary School next week.
    U.S. Army Capt. Louis Rettenberg is pictured here in this provided photograph with Hayden Abrahams (entering 6th grader at Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), Ethan Abrahams, (who will be starting first grade at Smith Clove Elementary) and Alanah Abrahams (who will be enter 9th grade at M-W High School). Alanah is coordinating a care package effort for soldiers at Monroe Public Library; her uncle is stationed in Afghanistan.
    U.S. Army Capt. Louis Rettenberg is pictured here in this provided photograph with Hayden Abrahams (entering 6th grader at Monroe-Woodbury Middle School), Ethan Abrahams, (who will be starting first grade at Smith Clove Elementary) and Alanah Abrahams (who will be enter 9th grade at M-W High School). Alanah is coordinating a care package effort for soldiers at Monroe Public Library; her uncle is stationed in Afghanistan.

MONROE — Plenty of people want to show support for American troops stationed overseas, but it’s often hard to know exactly what to do. Monroe teen Alanah Abrahams has a plan.
She hopes Monroe residents will stop by the Monroe Free Library during the next two weeks to contribute to the care package that she’s coordinating. This is a package that contains useful stuff and also good wishes. She calls it “Miles of Smiles for Soldiers.”
Alanah’s uncle, Louis Rettenberg, is an Army captain who has finished a tour in Iraq and is currently serving in Afghanistan.
Alanah has made a poster at the library where residents are invited to write whatever they want to say to soldiers in the field - pictures and messages of thanks, but also jokes and riddles that might brighten a soldier’s day.
The library will also be collecting practical stuff that might go in a care package - deodorant, toothpaste, whatever else a Monroe family thinks a soldier might appreciate.
Teens are invited to come to the library on Saturday, Sept. 15, to box all the items and ship them to a U. S. base in Afghanistan.