AFGHAN COMBAT SUPPLY HOSPITAL X-MAS WISH

Happy New Year! My name is Sheryl Licon and I volunteer with Soldiers Angels, I was given an assignment to see if churches would be interested in donating to help a combat hospital in Afghanistan. A family member of a supply nurse, Jennifer, in Afghanistan asked Soldiers Angels for help getting some needed supplies. The following is the letter from Jennifer detailing their needs. Would your church please help Jennifer get the supplies she requested. I get the impression that the hospital is not able to receive the necessary amount of flat sheets, thick wide white shower cutains and cotton blankets through normal channels.
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Please contact me at saalertteamsheryl@gmail.com if your church would like to send these supplies to this combat hospital in Afghanistan. Thank you so much.
Subject: AFGHAN COMBAT SUPPLY HOSPITAL X-MAS WISH

THIS IS MY SECOND COUSIN'S-ONE REMOVED, CHRISTMAS WISH. HER NAME IS
JENNIFER. SHE'S A COMBAT HOSPITAL SUPPLY NURSE STATIONED IN AFGHANISTAN.

Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 06:50:12 +0000

We have been so fortunate to have so much support back home! The hospital has been completely inundated with gifts and it's simply amazing to see how much people care-even complete strangers! However, we have a special request. There are a few needs that the hospital has and we are unable
to receive through normal military routes. If you are wanting to send something or if you know of people who are interested in helping, please pass along this list. We are in desperate need of flat sheets. They don't have to be nice or even a certain size. We need lots and lots of sheets. A typical trauma works like this:

A helicopter flies in with a patient on a litter. The patient is unloaded if it is a local or third country national, the patient is stripped and searched before entering the hospital. If it is a soldier, the patient is only searched at this time. Upon entering the hospital, the patient is rolled and all articles are removed (i.e. clothing, blankets, jackets). A sheet then needs to be placed underneath the patient. This assists in transferring the patient from bed to bed
or wherever else they need to be moved. It also helps to keep the floor a little cleaner. Then a sheet and/or blanket needs to be placed over the patient, since they are now naked, for warmth and decency.

These sheets never make it back to EMT. So, as you can see, we go through TONS of sheets. We also need cotton blankets. We have wool ones but they don't work with the CT machine. It causes scatter and the machine doesn't give a proper read. Finally, thick white and very wide shower curtains. Shower curtains separate each one of the trauma bays and they can get a little disgusting after years of use.

Unfortunately, this is something else that we can't receive through normal supply routes.

This is my plea for help. :) The sheets don't need to be high quality or pretty or anything like that. We can always cut kings down to size. Please,
even one helps. Again, I thank you all so much for all your support so far and all the thought that has been given to us. May God richly bless this holiday season and > keep you well.
Jennifer

Flat sheets-LOTS!
Cotton blankets
Thick, white, wide shower curtains

Sincerely

Sheryl Licon
Soldiers Angels Org.