top of page

Marines who were at the harbor bar on Big Island, Sandy and I bought them all

a shot and then gave them a ride to the ship.

this was about 2004 and wonder how they are all today

JULIEANN NAJAR

FOUNDER OF "A SOLDIERS WISH LIST"

E-MAIL: SOLDIERSMOTHER2@CHARTER.NET

SOLDIERSMOTHER2@GMAIL.COM

FACEBOOK: A SOLDIERS WISH LIST

STARTED DURING THE TET OFFENSIVE DURING THE VIETNAM WAR,1968

THAN THE FIRST GULF WAR

THEN THE SECOND IRAQ WAR WITH A FEW TROOPS THEN MORE AND MORE

AND MORE!!!!

I PAID OUT OF POCKET TO BECOME A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION

IN 2004

AS OF 2017 OVER 989,000 COMBAT TROOPS HAVE SIGNED UP.

AND ALOT OF REPEATS .

OVER 270,000 "ADOPTERS" WHO ALSO SIGN UP TO FULFILL THIER WISHES.

Kathy Sanders


Kathy is the "wrapper packer" and Vice President of ASWL . she has done up to 10,000 wrapped gifts in one year.and every year works to make each gift wrapped ,with a bow for that soldier,sailor,airman,marine in combat area. and each one is done especially for that "trooper" this was Kathy's 10 year and with the help and support of her husband Don and daughter ,Danielle. they make it all come together 

Carol Biggerstaff ,has been with ASWL for many years and she does all the contacts

and pick ups for the Fenton, and Ellisville,Mo. areas

she works very hard to get the perfect gift for our cambat troops

if you have pick ups or need information for her area you can contact her

either on her facebook page

or her email: carol_flaglady@charter.net

or cell: 314-808-5253

Bobbi Berg

"Cookies for the Troops".

bobbi organizes and packs the baked goods for our combat troops .with over 600 lbs each year going out the various units .

if you would like to help her or get more info. you can notify her at this email.

Fishnmama@aol.com

Mark and Molly Lepage have been with ASWL for many years and packing and sorting

packages for the troops

they are in DeSoto, Mo. so any info. or pick up for our troops you can reach them

on facebook or

at 314-440-5844

Karen Morris and her hard working daughter, Marissa Ruggiero have been with us for awhile . they usually are in charge of all the "fillers" that go into the boxes for the troops

with lots of candy and surprises to go with their wrapped gifts.

they live in Maryland Heights and if you have any questions or want to donate you can

notify Karen or Marissa at

karen.ruggiero@sbcglobal.net 

these girls from Champion Township, Warren ,Ohio have been sending packages for ten years. and Amanda Hadley on the right ,back started this . if you would like to know more about them and to help notify Amanda at

mandylinn24@yahoo.com 

KEN AND ANGELA CARON/MASS.


Ken and Angela have been apart of ASWL for more then 8 years and they work to get gifts to their "adopted" troops from ASWL and have fulfilled many "wishes" over the years/ email: kcsatbat@comcast.net / facebook: Angela Rae Caron

Avon representative: https://acaron.avonrepresentative.com/

MELINDA EPP- COLORADO

E-MAIL: meepp@comcast.net

Aurora, Colorado-303-400-9254

your contact in Colorado is Melinda. she co--ordinates packages sent from Colorado home to troops .

Webmaster "in training"

bottom of page