BARRY UNIVERSITY JOINS FORCES WITH AMERICA’S MOMS FOR SOLDIERS

 

Barry University’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and America’s Moms for Soldiers are joining forces to help support troops currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Students and staff at Barry University in Miami Shores are currently running a month-long donation drive in order to provide much needed supplies for monthly care packages sent to troops overseas by America’s Moms for Soldiers.

America’s Moms for Soldiers, a non-profit, all-volunteer organization based in

Pompano Beach, sends monthly care packages to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan who do not receive mail from home. Their mission to “Never Let a Soldier Walk Away from Mail Call with Nothing” is one which is taken very seriously. In 2010 alone, America’s Moms shipped over 9,000 care packages to soldiers who were identified by commanders or company chaplains as not receiving any mail.

On Tuesday, November 22 at 7pm, the Barry University men’s basketball team will be hosting the Johnson and Wales University men’s team. Fans who bring donation items to the game will receive raffle tickets for a chance to win a pair of tickets to the Miami Dolphins game against the Oakland Raiders on December 4. At halftime, all of the donations which have been collected throughout the campus will be on display in the gym. America’s Moms, along with the Wounded Warrior Project, and Barry’s own student vets will be honored.

Tickets for the game are available at the Barry University Health and Sports Center, 11300 NE 2 Avenue, Miami Shores, or by calling the Center at 800-756-6000 x3550. Needed items can be found on the America’s Moms for Soldiers website at www.americasmomsforsoldiers.com or Barry University at www.barry.edu/athletics.

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