Mike's Forward Operating Base was in Yusufiyah, and he died about two miles away on Aug. 16, 2005 near the village of Muhlafiyah. A goal of the Mike Stokely Foundation Inc., since the early moments, has to been to do something in Mike's memory to help the school children of Yusufiyah and Muhlafiyah. Recently, a special donation was made to the Foundation for that purpose.
I have established a contact with the 101st Airborne in Yusufiyah and they are ready to help with the project. The project consists of packing school supplies in a plastic bag - pens, pencils, crayons, three hole punch writing paper, three whole punch folders, etc. Also, purchasing chalk for the teachers, which is in short supply. Essentially, school supplies like we would normally purchase for our own children.
Anyone who wants to help with this project can contact me.
I'll be picking up some school supplies tonight and dropping them in a bulk mail box from the USPS.
If anyone would like to collect supplies and would like to contact Mr. Stokely about this, pelase drop me an email and I'll provide you with Mr. Stokely's contact information.
Thank you.
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