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May 28-31, 2010 Grand Park, Valor Memorial Garden and The Market Common Sponsored by
and The City of Myrtle Beach
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Join us for Military Appreciation Days, May 28-31, 2010, in the City of Myrtle Beach! We are celebrating active duty military personnel, veterans and reserves from all branches of the service with a full slate of events.
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Would your veterans or volunteer group like to participate? Would you like to be a vendor at Military Appreciation Days?
Enjoy this morning run/walk around The Market Common and Grand Park! The event starts at Crabtree Memorial Gymnasium at 8:00 a.m. (wheelchairs start at 7:45 a.m.). It's free for active duty, reserves and veterans and just $20 for civilians. Click for the route map and the registration form.
The parade begins at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 29, and promises to be Myrtle Beach's biggest parade ever! The elements will line up at the former Myrtle Square Mall site, then head down 27th Avenue North to Ocean Boulevard. The parade will proceed along Ocean Boulevard to Ninth Avenue North, so you'll have 18 blocks for great viewing. Colonel Buzz Aldrin, former NASA astronaut and the second man on the moon, is the Grand Marshal. The parade will feature more than 25 floats, eight giant helium balloons, another 10 inflatable walk-around balloons, military and marching bands, celebrities, queens, dignitaries, veterans groups and more.
Colonel Buzz Aldrin is the Grand Marshal for the Ocean Boulevard Parade at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 29. Col. Aldrin is the second man to set foot on the moon and recently appeared on "Dancing with the Stars."
Military parents can enjoy a night out, while their kids will enjoy a night in at Pepper Geddings Recreation Center. This event is designed to allow military parents from Horry and Georgetown Counties to drop their children (age five to 12) at Pepper Geddings Recreation Center between 7:00 and 10:00 p.m., Friday, May 28, 2010. Pepper Geddings is at 3205 North Oak Street in Myrtle Beach. Kids should bring a swimsuit and a towel, because they'll get to swim in the pool, play games, see a children's move and enjoy snacks. Registration is required! Call Pepper Geddings Recreation Center at 843-918-2280 to sign up for this FREE event.
Representatives of the Veterans’ Administration, state and local Veterans’ Affairs offices, TriCare (PGBA), Blue Star Mothers, and the Welcome Home and Resource Center (Little River) will be present to answer questions, provide advice and otherwise assist military personnel, veterans and family members. Blue Star Mothers support our troops with cards, letters and Hero Boxes, which we pack and ship. We'll work with soldiers from the Myrtle Beach Armory to help children make cards to send to troops overseas and to help the public contribute items to send to soldiers in the field. See below for a list of possible care package items. Blue Star Mothers support our troops with cards, letters and Hero Boxes, which we pack and ship. We'll work with soldiers from the Myrtle Beach Armory to help children make cards to send to troops overseas and to help the public contribute items to send to soldiers in the field. Care packages to our troops could include....
Batteries (AA & AAA), playing cards, music CDs, DVD movies, games, puzzles, Nerf balls, stress balls, jump ropes, white socks, baseball caps, paperback books, magazines, desk items, writing materials, stickers and fun cards (to send to their children). Condiments (sugar packets and creamers), single-serving coffee and tea bags, nuts, trail mix, dried fruits. raisins, ready-to-serve small canned or pouch foods, breakfast bars, power bars, individually wrapped candy bars, beef sticks, beef jerky. Band-Aids, blister care, aspirin, Tylenol, Chapstick, lip balm, moisturizing lotions/creams, skin repair items, muscle ointments, sun block and sunscreen, mouthwash, throat lozenges, eye drops, saline nasal drops, razors, deodorants, shampoos and conditioners.
Support Our Troops also is collecting donations for postage to mail the items. Your donations for postage can be mailed at any time to P. O. Box 524, Longs, SC 29568.
Myrtle Beach area Dunkin' Donut locations are joining forces to launch "Coffee 4 R Troops," a limited-time program that allows customers to easily and inexpensively send a pound of Dunkin' Donuts coffee and a personal message to U.S. soldiers serving overseas. The effort is in conjunction with a non-profit organization that regularly sends care packages to our troops.
During events at Grand Park on Saturday and Sunday, May 29-30, visit the Dunkin' Donuts booth to buy or reserve one-pound bags of coffee to support sending coffee to the troops. For every two bags of coffee purchased, Dunkin' Donuts will send one bag to designated soldiers. The "Coffee 4 R Troops -- Buy One, Give One" promotion is in effect at all Dunkin' Donut locations in the Myrtle Beach area through June 2010.
Military Appreciation Days are sponsored by the City of Myrtle Beach and PGBA, LLC. Many activities and events will be held at The Market Common and Grand Park, part of the former Myrtle Beach Air Force Base. We hope you enjoy your visit! Military Appreciation Days P. O. Box 2468, Myrtle Beach, SC 29578 843-918-1188 or info@cityofmyrtlebeach.com
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