Northport Sends Over 300 Pounds of Special Items to Troops in Kuwait

Several Northport organizations teamed up to make the holiday season a little brighter for a group of service men and women by shipping over 300 pounds of personal items to those stationed in Kuwait.

This project was ispired by an East Northport resident who serves as a U.S. Air Force Major stationed in Kuwait. He recently told his family that there are some personal items that are hard for him to get himself.

The man’s family, hoping to send supplies for all 220 stationed Airmen and Marines, realized that providing all of these supplies was beyond their means.

That was when the local organizations stepped in.

They sent the troops:

• Laundry pods
• Candy
• Beef Jerky
• Nuts
• Drink packets for water bottles
• Deodorant
• Movies on DVD
• Hand sanitizers
• Socks
• Underwear
• Antacids
• Ibuprofen
• Disposable razor blades
• Shaving cream
• Cookies
• Snacks
• Bed linens

On Thursday, the Northport Police Department and the Northport Rotary Club worked together to get these supplies to these troops during the holiday season.

Members of the Northport Police and the Rotary were able to obtain funding and provided organizational and logistical support.

The Northport Rotary Club, Northport Police Benevolent Association, American Legion Post #694, Dr. Raymond Mascolo of East Northport and Commack Costco all provided funding to make this project possible.

Image via Northport Police Deparmtnet