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Donation drive at Sam's Club 3/10/12 Thank you Sam's Club and Sam's Club members for your generous donations. It was another great turn out & we received many many items so that we can send our deployed military.   We would like to once again, thank Mike, Terry, & Nelson with the Young Marines & the Young Marines for all of their help passing out fliers and collecting donations. They always do a great job!   Lions Club Person of the Year, Mike Walker, 1/23/12   It was an honor to be named Person of the Year by the South Bay Lions Club. Mike received their "Special Community Recognition" award for our work with our charity San Pedro Packages for Patriots.   We also received letters of recognition from: Anthony Misetich, Mayor of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA James Gazeley, Mayor of Lomita, CA Bonnie Lowenthal, Assemblymember 54th District, CA Don Knabe, County of Los Angeles, Supervisor, 4th District, CA   We'd like to thank the Gardena Lions Club & everyone responsible for the honor & wonderful evening. There was a very nice dinner held at the Double Tree Hotel in San Pedro, CA      Los Angeles Harbor Holiday Afloat Parade 12/3/11   We were honored to be the Grand Marshals of the Holiday Parade. It was very exciting since we've never been involved in it before. We were on the very impressive Irving Johnson Tall Ship. It was wonderful seeing all of the boats decorated with Christmas Lights. Thank you to all who made us so welcome, it was a great night! Shirley, Mike & Grandson Jack SSgt Peach & Granddaughter Lacey Jack Irving Johnson Tall Ship Irving Johnson Tall Ship   Donation drive at Sam's Club 10/1/11   Thank you Sam's Club and Sam's Club members for your generous donations. It was another great turn out & we received many many items so that we can send our deployed military some great packages for Christmas.   We would like to once again, thank Mike, Terry, & Nelson with the Young Marines & the Young Marines for all of their help passing out fliers and collecting donations. They always do a great job!     Armed Forces Day Soccer Tournament weekend 5/14/11 Marines here from Camp Pendleton for the event. We had lots of great people donate things for us to have a fun weekend. Thank you to the following people & businesses:    Gary at Captain Kirks Paddle Boards, James Dimon with the Marines at the San Pedro Elk's Lodge Councilwoman Hahn gave the Marines certificates of appreciation for their service. O'Reilly Auto Parts LA Fire Boat 2 LA Port Police 710 Grille San Pedro Brewing Co Triple D Gun Range Double Tree Hotels in Carson & Torrance Donation Drive at San Pedro Elks Lodge Thank you to the Elks Lodge, James Diamond & all who helped & donated items to send to our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq for Christmas. It was another successful day. Wrapping & packing Christmas items to send to our military

Mom, Shawn & sister of LCPL Green Wayne & Judy with their two girls Claudia, wife of CW4 Gutierrez  Our granddaughter Judy & Shirley   Susanne helping Mike SSgt Peach & Air Force friends   Pushing hard Our Grandson helping Grandpa at the PO Helping to stamp the customs forms at the PO

We did Sam's Club again on Sat Oct 9, 2010. It was an amazing turnout and we collected more items than we ever have before so we will get to send many more boxes to give our men & women abroad the best Christmas possible. We would like to thank  Sam's Club, the community & our friends who were very generous in making this our best drive ever. Our garage, not much room to walk.

We would like to thank Mike, Terry, & Nelson with the Young Marines & the Young Marines for all of their help passing out fliers and collecting donations. We would also like to thank the CA National Guard, the US Army, the US Air Force, US Marine Corps, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, parents of deployed military and all the of volunteers that came out to help with our donation drive & helped make our day a success. It wouldn't have been possible without you.

We would also like to thank the representatives of Councilwoman Hahn, Assemblyman Ted Lieu, and Senator Jenny Oropeza*. They presented us, Mike & Shirley, with certificates thanking us for our work sending care packages to our deployed military. It was a great honor to receive them.

Thank you Sam's Club

For the 4th time on May 2, 2009 we went to Sam's on Sky Park Dr in Torrance and passed out fliers to collect donations for our troops. Thanks to Sam's Club & the people of the South Bay for making it another successful day! And a special thank you to the Marine JROTC students from Carson High School, Air Force JROTC from San Pedro High School, and the LA Port Police Cadets who helped us. With their help we were able to ship over 100 boxes in May '09.

Thank you Sam's Club

    For the 3rd time on January 19, 2009 we went to Sam's on Sky Park Dr in Torrance and passed out fliers to collect donations for our troops. Thanks to Sam's Club & the people of the South Bay for making it another successful day! And a special thank you to the ROTC students from  from Carson High School who helped us on such short notice, they were a life saver and we couldn't have done it without them. 

    On Sat 9/20/08 we went to Sam's on Sky Park Dr in Torrance and passed out fliers to collect donations for our troops. Thank you Sam's and to the people of the South Bay for making the day a great success! We received more than we'd ever hoped for and we are able to send many more packages to our men & women in harms way. 

    We thank the many volunteers that helped us from the ROTC, Boy Scouts, Explorer Scouts, Marine Science Magnet, & friends. It would not have been as successful without their help.

    One of our Marines was injured after stepping on an I.E.D. We had a box for people to write Get Well or Thank You messages for Brian. We received  hundreds of notes from customers & pictures from children. The compassion of the South Bay will be remembered by Brian, his friends, & family for a life time to come. 

Mike passed out fliers to collect food for our soldiers at Ralph's Market on Western in San Pedro on 9/13/08. We'd like to thank Ralph's and the people of San Pedro for their generosity. We will be able to send many more packages to our men & women fighting for us. Our list of soldiers keeps growing everyday.

Email: hampamike@sbcglobal.net 

Website: http://www.SanPedroPackagesForPatriots.com