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| Our Blue Star Mother flag being raised at the Dayton VA Center on Memorial Day, 2008 |
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| 700 pairs of donated flip-flops!!! |
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| Carol Apking of Lebanon, Ohio, made this quilt and donated it to us. |
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| Springfield deployment ceremony |
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| Trying out to sing the National Anthem at the Dayton Dragon's game. |
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| One of our many brownie troops that donated over 2,500 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to us! |
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| Holiday greeting from our favorite "nephew". |
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| Margaret K. in her replica of the first designated U.S. Sanitation Commission nursing uniform. |
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| Our mothers being honored at a SOVA event. |
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| Presenting a special award to General Metcalf (Retired). |
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| Even the Dayton Dragon's Mascot came to help us welcome our heroes home at W.P.A.F.B. |
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| Our first parade!!!! Kettering Holiday at Home |
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| Pinning one of our mothers at a meeting. |
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| Radio interview with WHIO |
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| At the USO telling one of our Blue Star Dads goodbye before his deployment. |
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| Donations from the office of Dr. Buerschen, D.D.S. |
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| Memory Quilt presented to Bev Peyton as the outgoing President of our chapter |
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| The "Distinguished Center of Influence" award from the Army National Guard |
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| SGM Shepherd awarding Bev Peyton with the Army National Guard's Victory Medal |
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| Donation of pillow cases from the Beavercreek Senior Citizens |
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| Welcome Home 371st National Guard event |
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| Thanking the Superintendent of Mad River Schools for a successful donation drive |
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| One of our Super Heroes! |
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| Over 1,000 Christmas stockings we shipped stuffed with goodies |
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| Van stuffed with care packages |
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| Gracie and Leigh sending boxes with donations from local church and fire department |
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| Memorial Day Parade in Miamisburg |
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| We had 700 yards of fabric donated to us, so we're busy sewing for our Heroes!!! |
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| A great big THANK YOU to our volunteers at the Beavercreek Senior Citizens Center |
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| It's May and we are already making Christmas stockings for our holiday care packages!!! |
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| Paula and Penny with Antonio Fasano, WWII fighter pilot |
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| Posing with Governor Strickland and Rep. Hobson |
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| Our care packages always get a thumbs up! |
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| Hundreds of goodie bags for our Heroes |
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| Volunteers holding up our camo pillowcases |
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| Shipment of weekly care packages |
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| '09 Dayton VA Picnic |
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| Thank You Innomark employees |
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| One of our Heroes in Iraq |
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| THANK YOU Springboro JROTC!!! |
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| 3,616 pairs of socks donated! THANK YOU Fairborn! |
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| Blue Star Memorial Marker Dedication Ceremony |
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| Thank You pic from our Heroes in the Navy |
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| The Dayton USO presenting us with a check. THANK YOU USO! |
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| Heroes holding our Christmas camo stockings |
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| A pic of our "traveling" banner |
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| Another pic of our "traveling" banner |
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| 2009 Dayton VA Christmas Party |
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| OPERATION - GOT YOU COVERED was a success! |
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| Quilt donated to us to present to an injured Marine. Thank you Martha! |
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