“People in our community sending care packages to people from our community serving overseas in the U.S. Military.”
Sedro-Woolley Community Troop Support (SWCTS) was founded in 2004. Activities were organized to collect items to create Christmas Care Packages to send to folks from the local community who were serving overseas in the Military. The first few years focused on collecting donated items for the packages, and 100% of the shipping costs were generously sponsored by Janicki Industries, Inc. Our initial collection drives were dubbed “Christmas Boot Box Campaigns.”
Early campaigns started out at a modest level but the popularity of this community effort quickly grew as donations increased and more volunteers became available to collect and sort donated items, pack the care packages, and then prepare them for shipment to our recipients. It became necessary for SWCTS to begin fundraising efforts in 2008 when Janicki Industries was unable to continue full sponsorship of postage expenses. It was a turning point for us as SWCTS was compelled to make the effort to keep up with growing numbers of requests for Christmas Care Packages.
We became fully recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in August of 2009, qualifying all donations made to our organization to be tax-deductible under EIN #30-0502810.
In 2009 SWCTS became accessible on Facebook and Twitter; and in 2010 we established our website at www.swcommunitytroopsupport.com
In July 2010 we found great success with our 1st Annual Troop Support Motorcycle Poker Run. This is our main fundraiser for covering each year’s postage expense.
Click the Yellow Ribbon to register for this year’s event
Our annual Donation Drop Off Day each Fall has been successful, as well, giving the community an opportunity for socializing and enjoying fun activities with their children while supporting our local military members by dropping off donations of much appreciated items for the Christmas Campaign care packages.
Care Packages are sent to recipients whose names have been submitted by people living or working in our local communities. Members of any branch of the military serving overseas during the Christmas Season are eligible to receive our special packages, with priorities given to those in isolated situations or located in harsh, war zone areas such as Afghanistan or Iraq.
SW Community Troop Support has always been sustained by the genuine care and generosity shown by the local communities and we continue to grow to include more volunteers and community networks.
We’d love to have you join us in this local effort to support men and women serving our country overseas. If you would like to volunteer, or submit a name of a friend or loved one serving overseas this Christmas Season, please contact us at
info@swcommunitytroopsupport.com
