Penn State Live - Outreach staff sends warm clothing to Afghanistan

Outreach staff sends warm clothing to Afghanistan

Monday, April 11, 2005

The 14 boxes sent to Afghanistan by Outreach staff arrive.

Outreach employees teamed up to help see women and children through the grueling Afghanistan winter with warm clothing donations. Outreach staff collected and sent a total of 14 boxes full of warm coats, gloves, hats, scarves, sweaters, boots, long johns and blankets to Afghanistan after receiving a request from a World Campus student living and working near the Uzbekistan border in Mazar-e-Sharif. Bobby Dowd, an employee of the construction company Perini Management Services, which is under contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to build facilities for the Afghan National Army, has been collecting clothes from the United States with the help of friends, family and colleagues. He sent a letter of request for help to World Campus adviser Amy Stever, who then passed it along to all Outreach employees. Volunteers within Outreach worked together to pack up the 14 boxes, which weighed about 25 pounds each, and take them to a local post office. For photos, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/still_life/2005_04_11_outreach/index.html

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