One of my Patriot Guard friends started this troop care package drive 3 years ago. She got support from Bumpus Harley Davidson of Murfreesboro, Tn, AnySoldier and the Patriot Guard Riders. Susan pours her heart and soul into supporting our troops and I hope anyone from this area could stop by Bumpus in Murfreesboro and donate some freezer pops and throw in a few bucks for postage. You have until August 30th!

From Susan:

Hello To all American Patriots!

My name is Susan Westerfield. I am the Patriot Guard Riders Tennessee “Help On The Homefront” Coordinator. This will be the 3rd year that my family and I, Bumpus Harley Davidson of Murfreesboro, www.anysoldier.com , and now the Patriot Guard Riders, have organized this very worthy cause to show our appreciation in this small way for our deployed men & women . I sent out emails last summer to you all as well, and with the news exposure you provided, the response & donations were just overwhelming! We are so hoping for the same this year. I know with your help ……the “KOOLTREETS FOR OUR TROOPS” WILL BE A GREAT SUCCESS ONCE AGAIN!!

On Saturday August 30th, “The Patriot Guard Riders” will provide help and an escort to the local Murfreesboro Post Office to send off ALL the boxes of popsicles to our deployed Heroes.

Note: All contacts that are recieving freezer pops, were obtained from www.anysoldier.com

Note : Attached to this email you will find thankyou notes from our troops! PLEASE READ

We can’t thank you all enough for your PATRIOTISM & SUPPORT in this most worthy effort!

Please feel free to contact me:

Susan Westerfield
susan41@comcast.net

Susan has sent out an update on the drive:
So……. we need some help supporting our Soldiers again this summer. As most of ya’ll may know the temps in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and other areas in the middle east are hitting 140 degrees plus…Yes, I did say 140 Degrees and hotter. This is the 3rd year that we have organized a popsicle drive for our Troops. The past years about 2,500 Troops received popsicles from Tennesseans!!! This year there’s ALOT more that are asking for ready to freeze Popsicles. We have 7,089 troops that would love to have some and cool down with.

This means there will be approx. 284-293 Flat Rate Boxes filled with 225-300 popsicles each need to be sent $3,000-$3,200 to cover shipping costs for the 284-293 flat rate boxes which will cost $10.50 to send each one with the military discount of $2.00 from the USPS

(the numbers above represent the Least amount needed…if more is donated that just means more popsicles being sent to a lot of Hot guys and girls)

Bumpus Harley Davidson of 2250 N.W Broad St., Murfreesboro Tn. 615-849- 8025 is the Official Drop off site for ready to freeze popsicles and donations for Shipping costs. Any Supporting letters for our Troops that anyone would like to leave at Bumpus will be included in boxes. You can include email addresses if you’d like and you may hear back from a Soldier or a whole unit… there’s no feeling like hearing from these guys and girls over there!!!