TROOPS SERVING ABROAD TO RECEIVE LOCAL PACKAGES

12/3/2008
Slug: NBRall redcross04 Date: 11/24/2008 The Blade/Amy E. Voigt Location: Perrysburg Township, Ohio CAPTION: Christine Sutherland, right, from Erie, Mich and the president of the Red Cross group at Owens Community College, and Barb Brotzki, left, from Maumee and the vice president of the Red Cross Owens group, box up the items that the group has been collecting to send to troops abroad.
Slug: NBRall redcross04 Date: 11/24/2008 The Blade/Amy E. Voigt Location: Perrysburg Township, Ohio CAPTION: Christine Sutherland, right, from Erie, Mich and the president of the Red Cross group at Owens Community College, and Barb Brotzki, left, from Maumee and the vice president of the Red Cross Owens group, box up the items that the group has been collecting to send to troops abroad.

Troops overseas will be receiving a variety of items from local donors, courtesy of the Red Cross Club at Owens Community College in Perrysburg Township. At right, Christine Sutherland of Erie, president of the club, and Barb Brotzki of Maumee, club vice president, package some of the items for shipment. The project is one of several the club undertakes during the academic year.