Tigers for Troops

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Most Americans support our troops in Iraq, but at Spring Woods High in Houston, TX this year several teachers and community members have taken support for the troops to the next level.

Where ever Americans stand today on the war in Iraq, they should support our troops. Young men and women risk their lives everyday, just to protect the United States.

Spring Woods High Integrated Physics & Chemistry support teacher Martha Doffing and biology teacher Carly Stutes started up Tigers for Troops’ as a way to make life easier for Doffing’s son, Kevin, and Stutes’s brother, Donn Ebarb, both of whom are serving in Ramadi, Iraq.

The two women have put together care packages for individual soldiers and platoons they hear about and, on certain dates, send them overseas.

Kevin Doffing, a 2000 Spring Woods High graduate, returned from Iraq in 2007. “My son told me that they [soldiers] don’t receive many letters and that what items they do receive, they share with everyone else. So if one soldier gets something, they’re all getting something.” The same sentiment was echoed by Stutes’s brother regarding his unit, resulting in the organization of Tigers for Troops.

The care packages items include:

• Magazines, DVDs, Puzzle Books, Novels
• Snacks: Chips, Mac N Cheese, Beef Jerky, Chips, Oatmeal, Breakfast & Protein Bars
• Nonperishable Microwave Dinners, Canned Dinners
• Pens and Pencils
• Carb-Free and Sugar-free Water Flavor Packets
• Hand sanitizer, Baby Wipes, Toothpaste, Q-Tips, Luffas, Body Wash, and Shampoo
• Homemade Cookies and Snacks Packed In Sealed Tupperware-Style Containers.
• Absolutely no aerosol cans may be mailed.

“Even though it’s simple to us, it’s really a morale booster to get things from America,” Doffing said.

Tigers For Troops completed their third Christmas mailing of packages to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan in December 2007, a record 97 boxes. Many, many people made it possible to give these soldiers a bit of home, while they are performing a difficult and challenging task. More students that ever, took part in collecting items, buying items with their own money, and donating what cash they had to make the holidays bearable for our troops.

Tigers For Troops will have a Holidays 2010 shipment to Service Men and Women serving in Iraq & Afghanistan.

The best way to express thanks for all the hard work that culminated in this successful endeavor is from the troops themselves. The following letters were received by Tigers For Troops over the years.