Volunteers writing thank you letters to service men and women.

Service Day in DC on Monday, January 19, 2009.
Letters will be added to the care packages made by volunteers.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/19/michelle-obama-mobbed-by-fans-at-dc-service-event/

"Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President-elect
Joseph R. Biden Jr., were among thousands of volunteers at RFK Stadium
on Monday filling care packages for U.S troops serving overseas.

Heeding the call of her husband, President-elect Barack Obama, for a
national day of service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Mrs. Obama and
the estimated 15,000 volunteers resembled a giant assembly line inside
a heated tent in the middle of the stadium.

There they put toothpaste, foot cream, sunscreen, chewing gum, a
five-hour energy drink and an AT&T phone card into each care package.
Volunteers also wrote letters of thanks to the soldiers.

The care packages will be sent to U.S servicemembers posted in Iraq
and Afghanistan. " con't....