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When They Found Out Their Former Classmate, Who Is Deployed Overseas, Wasn’t Getting Anything for Christmas, These Members Decided to Do Something About It

“A former student from our school informed us that some of the members of his platoon wouldn't get anything for Christmas,” said 17-year-old DoSomething member Katlyn.

 

So she and her fellow classmates at their South Carolina high school wrote letters of appreciation and sent care packages to the platoon in Korea.

 

“There are many soldiers who are out there risking their lives for us,” says Alejandra, 17, a DoSomething member. “They leave behind their families for all of us. I just wanted to show them my appreciation for all the hard work they do.”

Join these members and the DoSomething community, which has already sent 7,307 letters to service members, veterans, and their families. Learn how to join our Huddle for Heroes, powered by NFL Huddle for 100.

DoSomething member Leslie and her friends ran Teens for Jeans drives in 2017 and 2018, collecting 740 pairs of jeans for local youth experiencing homelessness. In 2019, you can Leslie for the largest nationwide youth-led denim drive. Learn how to recruit a collection crew for Teens for Jeans!

• The DoSomething Club of the Week is… Wausau West High School, which rocked our Huddle for Heroes campaign. (We salute you, Sam and team!)

 

• If you tackled our STEM Superheroes campaign… your artwork might be featured in this recently-published book!

 

• 23 soldiers received 23 personalized care packages… from one DoSomething member, 17-year-old Liam.

 

• DoSomething member Brandon… gave a powerful TEDx Talk on the link between illiteracy and incarceration.

 

• Disney Channel Star, triple threat, and all-around great guy… Kevin Quinn lent his (singing) voice (again!) to our NSFW (Not Safe For Wheels) campaign.

 

• Ozzy, the precious pup of our Social Community Manager, Alanna… is wayyy more ready for winter than I am.

 

• Sad reacts only… because Daisy, who belongs to Diego, one of senior software engineers, is (pretty adorably) recovering from damaged nail beds.

 

• “Yeah, but can all these dogs even SWIM???”... said Fiona, Shark, and Rocky, the fish (or as I like to call them, water pups) of Rafa, another DoSomething senior software engineer.

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