Originally Posted - June 27, 2006

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About a week ago, I met a remarkable local couple serving as guest speakers at a Friends of the NRA dinner, Kathy and Ken Buckley of Melrose. Ken and Kathy have two sons serving active duty in the U.S. military.

Kathy has organized the group Military Mom in Action http://www.militarymominaction.org/ to send weekly care packages to as many service men and women as possible. Presently they serve over 400 service people, and many share their packages with their buddies multiplying the number of service people served.

The Buckleys and their people are quite willing to serve as many more as possible, yet their resources are limited and they can not afford to advertise. Whether or not the public is reminded of or even informed of their existence depends on friendly media willing to expose the public to the existence of such small groups and though there are other similar groups around the nation the MMIA of Melrose NY is in our backyard.

Visit their site, read their story and recognize how it must feel to have your care package from home stop because the people back home lost interest and the resources to send the packages have dwindled. 7-09-06

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