The first 125 dog tags monogrammed with PSY BE THEIR HERO have already sold out at Penn State York and the second batch is selling quickly according to Eric Hudak, 29, a senior at Penn State York and a member of the Veterans
Club. Dog tags are being sold for $2 each from
noon 1 p.m. outside the Lions Den of the Joe and Rosie Ruhl Student Community Center each day at the campus. Proceeds from the dog tags will go to purchase items for care packages to send to the troops for the holidays. Hudak knows a thing or two about being away from home during the holidays. He has served two tours of duty in the military.
While enlisted in the Army, Hudak was deployed to Bosnia for eight months, and later served one year in Iraq. Hudak is a member of the Penn State York Veterans Club, as well as a student in Joe Downings public relations class. After sharing his experiences with the class, he helped to inspire the students to focus their public relations campaign this semester on supporting
the troops during the holiday season. The class
designed a marketing campaign and decided to work along with the Veterans Club to help the troops. Penn State Yorks Veterans Club had planned to do something to help the troops so a natural alliance formed between the Veterans Club and the public relations class to combine their efforts to brighten the holiday season for soldiers deployed overseas at this difficult time of year.
Food, shelter, religious practices, and especially mail boost your spirits, Hudak says.
It doesnt even have to be mail from anyone you
know. For a soldier, receiving mail raises your
moral and makes a bad day better. This project is a way to give back and say thank you to the troops. The care packages are being sent to Lt. Donald Wagner , a Penn State alum stationed in Afghanistan who is a blogger on the Penn State Live site. Wagner will see that the care packages are distributed.
To make a difference this season, the two Penn State groups are raising money to send care
packages to soldiers serving overseas. Care
packages will include phone cards, beef jerky, Christmas cards, drink mixes, and pretzels. The pretzels were donated courtesy of Snyder's Of Hanover, Inc.
In addition to learning about the fundamentals of a public relations campaign, Hudak also hopes to make a difference this holiday season. it means the world to get mail at the end of a long day.
Monetary donations for the project are being accepted and should be sent to the Penn State York Student Government Association (in the memo line please write Veterans Club), 1031 Edgecomb
Ave., York, PA 17403. All donations must be received by Nov. 30.
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Great Idea Thanks for the support !!!!
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jackm4423 2 years ago
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Ashleighso 3 years ago
great video. i like how the story came out. we can always look back and know that we were part of this. marcos
mikeyn78 3 years ago