Thank you to following that have been with Socks for Soldiers since the beginning:

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Arcata High/McKinleyville High's SDC class has, since 2003, volunteered their time packing boxes, wrapping utensil packets for the dinner/auction, packaged the Christmas card packets, combined pens, envelopes, tablet to make the stationary packets, packaged together toothbrushes, toothpaste and dental floss, and candy packages. The Fortuna Union Elementary faculty, students, families and friends, since 2003, have donated various items each year for the SFS boxes. Some of the items include: candy canes, candy, pens, envelopes, soup, and tissues. BiCoastal Media, since 2003, have promoted SFS on their 3 radio stations. In 2005, KRED's DJ Rollin, spearheaded the Christmas Card for soldiers drive. Since that time they have collected and SFS has shipped over 10,000+ Christmas cards to our soldiers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Electric Shaver Shop Pacific Paper Hank and Cheryl Ingham Lori & Florine Buchert Sandi Little & Wayne Cooke Gary & Nicole Cooper Umpqua Bank Bedliners Plus Shaw & Peterson Insurance Myrtletown Body Shop/Storage Toni Johnson Hufford Sand and Gravel BiCoastal Media

Petersen Concrete Karen and Mark Clark Hole in the Wall Humboldt County Peace Officers Association Costco Pierson's US Postal Service Employee Volunteers Vellutini’s Baking Company Bill and Kathy Mitchell O&M Industries Fortuna Union Elementary School District Arcata High/McKinleyville High's SDC,     Russell Porterfield Teacher

Socks for Soldiers would like to thank the many individuals, civic clubs, and businesses that have supported our program through the years. We couldn't do it without you!

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Christopher Spencer (Car #19's #1 Fan) and Dennis DelBiaggio

Dennis DelBiaggio, a stock car racer/contractor from Ferndale, raced the 2008 season and very generously donated 1/2 of his winnings to Socks for Soldiers.

Because of his great skill at racing and hundreds of dollars, SFS was able to ship care packages to our soldiers all last summer and that's something we've never been able to afford before.

Thank you to Dennis and his crew for their great support of Socks for Soldiers.

Paulette and many other SFS supporters, wearing their SFS t-shirts and sweatshirts, were at the stock car races cheering all season long. Paulette, as it turns out, had become a cheering section all by herself (very vocal, indeed)!

Last November during our SFS packing party, Dennis and his wife Susie, were helping us. Dennis told me at that time that he would continue racing for Socks for Soldiers. So be watching for the SFS cheering section at the 2009 Redwood Acres Races.

A very special thank you to the Barbers @ Eureka Grocery Outlet. Basically, if SFS needs anything, they are there for us. In the past, they have donated food to our dinner/auction, donated items for the auction, donated money to the program, purchased combat boot socks, donated toiletries, let us advertise @ their store, let us set up tables for dropping off items in front of their store. Paulette calls and they never say, No."

A very special thank you to Gene Chavis, Agent, and his clients @ Chavis Tax and Accounting in Taylor, Michigan. This is the second year in a row that the clients of this firm have donated money to SFS to purchase combat boot socks.

A special thanks to Merritt Ford and Terry McCutchan of McKinleyville Glass Company for giving SFS their winnings from a 50/50 drawing held at a McKinleyville High School girls' basketball game.

A SFS shout-out to Ziolkowski Chiropractic Clinic in Manitowac, Wisconsin for collecting dozens of items for our deployed soldiers and sending them to SFS for disbursement.

Thanks again to the many Brownie troops and Girl Scouts who sold Girl Scout Cookies to community members to be donated to SFS and shipped to our deployed soldiers.

Thank you to Barbara, Cherry, Darlene, Deanne, Elaine, Erna, Marie, Melanie, Sarah, Sherry, Sue, Vangie and Wilma - all Avon customers of Barbara Griffith, who purchased lip balm that was included in our 2008 Socks for Soldiers care packages.