Conicelli Honda,
1200 Ridge Pike, Conshohocken PA, has announced the Holidays for Hometown
Heroes drive during November and December 2008. The public is invited to
participate along with Conicelli employees, friends, and family.
Holidays for Hometown Heroes is a project to collect and
ship necessary items to US troops stationed in Iraq.
Conicelli Honda has chosen for this
campaign to sponsor US Marine Unit #43507 stationed in Iraq. A
Wissahickon Fire Company fire fighter,
Private Matthew O’Neill, is a Hometown Hero serving with Marine Unit #43507.
For this project, Conicelli Honda is cooperating with
Operation Bedding, a local
memorial fund based in Philadelphia, PA. The items will be shipped in January
2009.
Acceptable items to donate include foot powder, washcloths,
boot socks, toothpaste, razors, lip balm, skin moisturizer, deodorant, twin
sheets, and single pack powdered drink mix. Items should be new, unopened, and
in the original packaging.
Donors may alternatively choose to “Build a Box” for a $20
donation, and have a boxed assortment of items sent to a soldier, with a
personal letter if desired. Letters may be addressed to “Dear Soldier Marine
Unit #43507.”
Operation
Bedding was established to honor the memory of Roxborough PA native Lance
Corporal Adam C. Conboy, who died May 12, 2006, while serving in Iraq.
Donations may be brought to any of the
Conicelli Autoplex showrooms or to
the
Carriage Trade Public Auto Auction,
at 1200 Ridge Pike, Conshohocken, PA 19428, or the Conicelli Body Shop at 1327
Conshohocken Road, Conshohocken, and placed in the box provided in each
showroom.