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Board authorizes letter to organize care packages for deployed service members from county region
Summary
Supervisors authorized a letter and volunteer effort to collect and send care packages for local service members deploying; staff will coordinate receipts and transfer donations to veterans services for shipping.
The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors approved a motion authorizing the chair to sign a letter and to coordinate a local collection of care-package donations for service members from the county who were scheduled to deploy.
Nut graf: Supervisors described a grassroots approach — county staff and local businesses will collect donated items or funds, organizers will provide receipts, and donations will be transferred to veterans services or a designated nonprofit for shipping.
Board members discussed logistics including whether donors should write checks to the veterans service organization rather than to an individual, and organizers agreed to provide receipts and use county receipt procedures. Supervisors said they expect to collect nonperishable comfort items (calendars, toiletries, socks), cash donations to cover postage, and small practical items such as playing cards. Organizers said they expect to have a roster of names and parcel addresses once unit organizers confirm assignments and that they will coordinate with the county’s veteran services to finalize shipping.
Ending: The board approved the motion by voice vote and asked organizers to provide receipts and to coordinate with veteran services for accountability; no county funds were appropriated.
