Harrison County Military Support Group

03/12/2026

Hello to all, our Military Support Group Easter packing was very successful!! We want to say thank you to all whom helped. Each item and every person are important to make these packings possible.

We packed for 26 soldiers and had a great turnout. Hopefully, the soldiers will receive their boxes before Easter. Below is the list of volunteers we want to thank for showing up. Together we are able to make these packings happen for our military members!

Harrison News Herald, Cadiz Senior Center, Robin & Wayne Yoka, Jackie Ledger, Bernadine Sliva, Linda Blake, McKenz i& Mandi, Sarah Snyder, Kimberly,Pamela,Melody,& Austin, Mandy & Zula Zeigler, Chloe Zeigus, Robin Romshak, Stacey Greer, Alice Hirschbach, Eastbourns, Lona & Jim Chaney, Tami Carter, Nancy Pulka, Edie Strean ,Doris Crawford, Abbie & Scott English, Robin & John Miles, Bonnie Cunningham, Sandy Nameth, Lois Puskarich.

Thank you to our community and all who help to make this happen for our military members. Our next packing is scheduled for June 9th @ 4PM. This will be at the Senior Center in Cadiz. .Happy Easter to all! Enjoy the spring and Easter!!

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02/14/2026

The Harrison County Military Support Group will be meeting on March 3rd, at 4PM for the Easter packing. We really appreciate all of our community, volunteers, donations, helpers, the Senior Center and the Harrison News Herald. Without you all we could not keep doing this project. Our soldiers are grateful and we are very grateful for them and the sacrifices they make. Here's a list of items that we could send them:

Pop tarts, chapstick, toothbrushes, toothpaste, puzzle books, mechanical pencils, sunflower seeds, instant coffee packets, hot chocolate mx, cider mix, drink mixes, mints, candy bars, hard candy, sunflower seeds, peanut butter, protien bars, gum, nuts, rice krispie treats, homemade cookies, dried fruit, pop tarts, protein bars. And anything else you think they might like.

Thank you all again. We look forward to seeing you all and working together. Take care of each other and remember, together we can accomplish a lot.

The Harrison County Support Group

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12/12/2025

The Harrison County Military Support group would like to say a very heartfelt THANK YOU to anyone that helped in any way with our Christmas military packing. We sent 60 boxes to our soldiers near and far away. The following list might not be complete, as it is hard to make sure each person signs in for their donations.

Hopedale United Presbyterian Church, Ray Ferrel, Ernie Tipton, Sarah Snyder, Bonnie Richards, Sandy Nameth, Robin & John Miles, Lakeland Democratic Ladies, Weavers, Becky Barr, Harrison Co. Career Center, Warstler Elementary School, Linda & Dean Ager, Abbie & Scott English, Edie Strean, Doris Crawford, Patty Barcas Sabo, Jim & Lona Chaney, Lois Puskarich, Koch's Caramels, Nancy Pulka, Kimberly & Pamela Austin, Robin Romshak, Michelle Carpenter, Guideposts, Williams Co,, T.J. Welch, Mike Bankovich, Mandy Zeigler, Zyla Zeigler, Tami Carter, Stacey Greer, AND, the Harrison News Herald and the Cadiz Senior Center really go out of their way to make it possible for us to accomplish this task
Without the help in our community, we could not make this happen.

Sincerely,
The Harrison County Military Support Group

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12/02/2025

FYI,,,,,The Senior Center is closed today BUT,,, WE WILL BE PACKING AT 2PM FOR THE MILITARY BOXES. If you wish to help out come and have a great time with us. Happy snow day to all of you!!🪖🇺🇸❤️

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11/17/2025

Happy Monday!!

10/27/2025

The Harrison County Military Support Group would like to thank anyone that helped us out in any way. Whether you came in person or sent things for us or allowed us to use your building. Anyway at all, it is appreciated and we are very thankful to all of you. If we've missed anyone or misspelled your name, I apologize. It's hard to keep names straight when we're very busy.

Robin Yoka, Bonnie Richards, Sandy Nameth, Jim & Karen Martinek, Ernie Tipton, Robin & John Miles, Sarah Snyder, Susan Stentz, Tammy Mizer, Michelle Carpenter, Scott & Abbie English, Doris Crawford, Lois Puskarich, Pam & Kim Austin, Nancy Puka, Tami Carter, TJ Welch, Jackie Ledger, Williams Energy, Robin Romshak.

Packing for Christmas will be December 2nd at 2 PM, at the Senior Center in Cadiz. The earlier time will be better for everyone as the weather can sometimes be tricky. Again, we thank you all and feel blessed to have the support of our community. Without your support we could not continue to do this. We have heard from some of the soldiers and they really appreciate what we are doing.
Thanks from all of us to all of you!!!

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10/06/2025

Just wanted to update you all on the number of military members. For this packing on Tuesday, Oct. 14th, we are planning on 28military members to pack for. Thanks to all for helping us to reach out to our military families. We are p

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09/26/2025

Wow, fall is here! Summer was a hot one and we finally got some moisture for our land. We need to update you for our packing. We will meet on October 14th at 2 PM at the Cadiz Senior Center. We are meeting earlier this time and want to let you all know ahead of time. Below will be a list of items we could include in the boxes. As usual, anyone wishing to help us is more than welcome to come and help. We'll be planning on starting by 2:00 so come earlier if you want. Hope to see you there!!

We can always use monetary donations to help with shipping. Each box is approximately $25 to send.
Pop tarts, chapstick, toothbrushes, toothpaste, puzzle books, mechanical pencils, sunflower seeds, instant coffee packets, hot chocolate mx, cider mix, drink mixes, mints, candy bars, hard candy, sunflower seeds, peanut butter, protien bars, gum, nuts, rice krispie treats, homemade cookies, dried fruit, pop tarts, protein bars, chapstick,

As always, we thank you all for helping us. Take care of one another and enjoy the beautiful weather we're having. Happy Fall to one and all!

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08/24/2025

Need to let you all know that our packing for October has been changed. We will be meeting at the Senior Center in Cadiz on Tues, October 14th @ 2 PM. Anyone interested in helping or dropping off items please feel free to show up around 1:30ish. We appreciate anyone that wishes to help out in any way. Thanks again for supporting our mission and always making it easier.
God Bless you all.

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05/10/2025

Our next packing will be June 10th. 6:00PM at the Senior Cente in Cadiz. Anyone wishing to drop off items or volunteer please feel welcome. If you could drop off items by 5:30 so that we may get them put out in the boxes, we would appreciate that. Anyone wanting to volunteer feel free to show up anytime between 5:30 and 6PM.
We're adding a list of items that we could add to the boxes. If you think of something not on the list, feel free to add it to the items you're bringing. The more the merrier!!

Homemade cookies, white socks, pop tarts, dried fruit, protein bars, granola bars, sunflower seeds, any kind of nuts, lifesavers/hard candies, gum, puzzle books, chap stick, snack bars, canned tuna, canned sausages.
Anything individual that you can think of as a good snack item would work. Right now we're packing for 30 soldiers. That may vary but it's a good number to start with. And as usual, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. This does make a difference for our soldiers. Thank you all!

Harrison County Military Support Group

04/17/2025

The Harrison County Military Support Group would like to thank our community members for helping with our packing on April 1st. We packed for 30 soldiers. We are still amazed at the turnout when we are packing. Our soldiers deserve respect and thanks from us all. We know they appreciate the boxes from the text messages we receive. They are very thankful for their surprise packages.

We thank all of our volunteers and anyone donating for this project. Without your assistance we could not continue to do this. After 20 years it amazes us that we're still going strong. The following list are names of volunteers and donations. If we missed anyone please excuse us as it is hard to get all the names.
Mark & Brenda Wallace, Robin & Wayne Yoka, Jim & Karen Martinek, Bonnie Richards, Sandy Nameth, Robin & John Miles, Brian & Wendy Majewski, Patti Barcus Saho, Nancy Pulka, Kimberly & Pamela Austin, Sarah Snyder, Karen Walton, Doris Crawford, Robin Romshak, Stacey Greer, Bernadine Sliva, Jim& Lona Chaney, Dolly Sabo, Mandi Price, Robert & Valorie Fulton, Edie Strean, Abbie & Scott English, Dion & Lindsay Scripture, Lois Puskarich
We look forward to our next packing on June 10th. Have wonderful spring and enjoy the sunshine along with the rain!!

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03/16/2025

Hello to all! Hope everyone is enjoying our Spring preview. It's hard to believe we're getting ready for the Easter packing for the troops. Our packing will be on April 1st at the Senior Center on Main Street in Cadiz. As usual, we ask anyone dropping off items or volunteers to show up around 5:30 so we can be ready by 6PM.
We are counting on 30 soldiers at this time. Some items that we could use are: homemade cookies, dried fruit, pop tarts, white socks, sunflower seeds, chap sticks, pencils, pens, puzzle books, protein bars, gum, lifesavers, Easter Candy, nuts, granola bars, toothbrushes, toothpaste. Anyone wishing to make a monetary donation, our address is: HCMSG - 86990 Amsterdam Road, Jewett, OH 43986.
As always, we thank you all for supporting us on this mission. We've all had military members and know how important these boxes are. Enjoy our Springtime, good or not so good weather. Looking forward to our packing and wishing you all health and happiness.

Sincerely,
The Harrison County Military Support Group