Has anyone ever heard of the Pease Greeters before?<\/p>\n
I was just made aware of this special group of volunteers recently. They’re a group of \u00a0seacoast residents who greet<\/p>\n
each and every plane of U.S.soldiers that arrive from or depart to Afghanistan or Iraq through Pease Airport in Newington, NH.<\/p>\n
My daughter and I greeted a plane leaving for Afghanistan on Thanksgiving night and it was a very emotional experience.<\/p>\n
There were around 150 civilians and veterans cheering 75+ troops who had been on R&R and were going back to war.<\/p>\n
The greeters have been doing this wonderful service for over seven years and have welcomed, fed and befriended over 100,000\u00a0soldiers.<\/p>\n
If interested, just go to their website and check out when a flight will be passing through.<\/p>\n
Then just show up. Parking is at the main Air Terminal (not Air Force base) and just mention you’re a first timer.<\/p>\n
Oh, the reason I thought of my fiber friends is because they’re running low on hand knit caps for the troops.<\/p>\n
Winter is cold in Afghanistan and the soldiers appreciate their knit caps.<\/p>\n
Here’s the website. The info for the caps is under the announcement tab:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.peasegreeters.org<\/p>\n
I’ve been looking for a special way to support our troops and it was in our own backyard the whole time!<\/p>\n
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