Donate to a Local Troop in Afghanistan

Drink mixes, flavored water, garlic tablets, ChapStick, flea collars ... all a 15 minute drive to the drug store and those items can be ours. It isn't as easy to get those items for the 1484th Transportation Company stationed in Afghanistan. 

City employee Lois Camden's son-in-law, John, is part of the 171 in the 1484th unit — many of whom are from Stow or surrounding cities.

A project set up by Camden, a box is stationed in the lobby of for items that will be sent to the troop.

"Since my son-in-law is in that unit, and I had been asked by some city employees, if I was going to send anything to that unit, and they let me know that if a box was sent from here they would like to donate items," Camden said.

The troop left Fort Hood Texas at the end of July for Kandahar, Afghanistan. 

Items the troop would like include:

• drink mixes
• Kool-Aid- (the stick kind)
• Propel
• Gatorade
• lemonade
• Crystal Light
• garlic tablets
• ChapStick
• flea collars

"If people want to donate what they want to donate, I’m sure the soldiers would appreciate it very much," said Camden.

The box will be sitting in the lobby of city hall until the afternoon of Aug. 26. Camden plans to take the box to her daughter on Aug. 28 to ship.

Camden says she plans to send more items next month. 

"I will be putting another box out and that will leave here on Friday,  Sept. 30," she said.