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http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2006/12/13/kd-troops.html
Gotta be KD? Not for Canadian soldiers
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 | 4:55 PM ET
CBC News
Thousands of boxes of Kraft Dinner collected by an Alberta town's residents for Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan won't be unpacked in the war-torn country.
People in Morinville, north of Edmonton, collected the boxes after a soldier told the mayor's wife that Kraft Dinner was among the top four things he missed while serving overseas.
Thousands of boxes of Kraft Dinner went to a food bank instead of the troops.
"The response was overwhelming. We initially hoped to get about 400 boxes and wound up with about 4,000," said Mayor Lloyd Bertschi.
But the Canadian Forces Personnel Support Agency had no way of shipping that much goodwill to Afghanistan, so soldiers delivered the macaroni and cheese to a food bank in St. Albert last week.
"There is a limit to the amount of transportation space to ship anything overseas," said Jim Peverley, the agency's director of deployment.
Troops already have enough food and clothing, while Operation Santa Claus presents were shipped to Afghanistan in October, Peverley said.
The agency warns on its website that there is little space for donated goods in its supply system, and encourages Canadians to show their support in other ways.
Suggestions on the agency's website include posting a message on the online message board and buying Support Our Troops merchandise, online or at stores on bases.
Lt.-Col. Alan Markewicz of the Edmonton garrison encourages buying ball caps, T-shirts and other items.
"You are supporting, visibly, the troops, and that's an important morale boost," said Markewicz.
"The profits go back directly and indirectly to both supporting the soldiers and their families on the base here. And some of the profits, of course, go to help some of the programs in Afghanistan."
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2006/12/13/kd-troops.html
Gotta be KD? Not for Canadian soldiers
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 | 4:55 PM ET
CBC News
Thousands of boxes of Kraft Dinner collected by an Alberta town's residents for Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan won't be unpacked in the war-torn country.
People in Morinville, north of Edmonton, collected the boxes after a soldier told the mayor's wife that Kraft Dinner was among the top four things he missed while serving overseas.
Thousands of boxes of Kraft Dinner went to a food bank instead of the troops.
"The response was overwhelming. We initially hoped to get about 400 boxes and wound up with about 4,000," said Mayor Lloyd Bertschi.
But the Canadian Forces Personnel Support Agency had no way of shipping that much goodwill to Afghanistan, so soldiers delivered the macaroni and cheese to a food bank in St. Albert last week.
"There is a limit to the amount of transportation space to ship anything overseas," said Jim Peverley, the agency's director of deployment.
Troops already have enough food and clothing, while Operation Santa Claus presents were shipped to Afghanistan in October, Peverley said.
The agency warns on its website that there is little space for donated goods in its supply system, and encourages Canadians to show their support in other ways.
Suggestions on the agency's website include posting a message on the online message board and buying Support Our Troops merchandise, online or at stores on bases.
Lt.-Col. Alan Markewicz of the Edmonton garrison encourages buying ball caps, T-shirts and other items.
"You are supporting, visibly, the troops, and that's an important morale boost," said Markewicz.
"The profits go back directly and indirectly to both supporting the soldiers and their families on the base here. And some of the profits, of course, go to help some of the programs in Afghanistan."
