UCO and Blue Star Mothers support troops with goodies

"Josh Krawczyk, director of the Volunteer and Service Learning Center, wanted to add a special project to Stampede Week and that's how 'The Broncho Difference' was born. He wanted a project that would be a signature event for their office like The Big Event or Alternate Spring Break. 'We wanted a project that everyone could get behind, one that had wide appeal,' said Krawczyk. For this year's Stampede Week, the VSLC will be partnering with Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. to collect and put together care packages for U.S. troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. is a non-partisan, non-political service organization comprised of mothers who currently have or previously had children serving in the military. Vickie Behenna, president of the Edmond Chapter of the Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. organization has a more personal tie to the project. 'I have a son who graduated from UCO in May 2006 and is set to be deployed in September 2007,' she said. 'I wanted to do something to help him and his fellow troops.' The care packages will be assembled at 7 p.m. on Aug. 21 in the ballrooms in the university center. The packages will contain toiletries, food and recreational items such as playing cards, crossword puzzles, batteries and books. "

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