BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:Swiss Mango CMS VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16011104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-20@www.jlmcflorida.org DTSTAMP:20260404T104551 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201127T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201127T200000 SUMMARY:Holiday for Heroes - Red Cross DESCRIPTION:Holiday for Heroes is an annual campaign by which the American Red Cross provides the community with the opportunity to donate items for care packages and send messages of thanks to military members and local area veterans that are in hospitals or nursing homes for the holidays. These items and messages are placed inside a holiday stocking hand-sewn by volunteers. The American Red Cross South Florida Region\, together with lead partner Arthrex\, Inc. and other sponsors\, assembles and delivers these stuffed holiday stockings for military members and local area veterans who are away from their families during the holidays.\n \nYou can participate by purchasing some of the following items online from the Holiday for Heroes registry:\nFlavored drink mix for water bottles (individual packets) Hot cocoa mix (individual packets) Power bars\, granola bars\, breakfast bars Gum\, mints\, hard candy (no chocolate) Individually packaged/travel size snacks (nuts\, trail mix\, beef jerky\, Slim Jim\, cookies) Non-perishable meat (individual packets of tuna\, chicken\, salmon\; not canned) Lip balm Small packs of wet wipes Individual tissue packets Travel size hygiene items (body wash\, lotion\, shampoo\, toothbrush\, toothpaste) Small puzzle books\, playing cards\, yo-yos\, hacky sacks Cards and letters of appreciation (Please do not write your last name\, address\, or personal contact info. Please use wording that will encompass the holiday spirit without reference to religion as these will go to a diverse group of service members and veterans.)\n\n[Click here](https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/local/news-articles/south-florida/Holiday-Cards-Dos-and-Donts-H4H.pdf) to view Red Cross card and letter writing guidelines.\n \n[Click here](https://www.amazon.com/registries/custom/86F94BA8MURN/guest-view?ref=gr_search_page_result) to purchase items from the Holiday for Heroes online registry including direct shipping to the Red Cross. During the checkout process\, please select the auto-populated American Red Cross option as your shipping address.\n \nDEADLINE TO PURCHASE ITEMS IS Friday\, November 27\, 2020\n \n*In response to the COVID-19 outbreak\, there will be minimal drop-off locations for donation items. Please use the registry link to purchase items online which will be shipped directly to the Red Cross distribution team.\n \nIf you would like to host a collection box please contact Heidi O’Sheehan at 954-498-1984 or heidi.osheehan@redcross.org X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Holiday for Heroes is an annual campaign by which the American Red Cross provides the community with the opportunity to donate items for care packages and send messages of thanks to military members and local area veterans that are in hospitals or nursing homes for the holidays. These items and messages are placed inside a holiday stocking hand-sewn by volunteers. The American Red Cross South Florida Region\, together with lead partner Arthrex\, Inc. and other sponsors\, assembles and delivers these stuffed holiday stockings for military members and local area veterans who are away from their families during the holidays.
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You can participate by purchasing some of the following items online from the Holiday for Heroes registry:
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\nClick here to view Red Cross card and letter writing guidelines.
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\nClick here to purchase items from the Holiday for Heroes online registry including direct shipping to the Red Cross. During the checkout process\, please select the auto-populated American Red Cross option as your shipping address.
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DEADLINE TO PURCHASE ITEMS IS Friday\, November 27\, 2020
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*In response to the COVID-19 outbreak\, there will be minimal drop-off locations for donation items. Please use the registry link to purchase items online which will be shipped directly to the Red Cross distribution team.
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If you would like to host a collection box please contact Heidi O’Sheehan at 954-498-1984 or heidi.osheehan@redcross.org
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