This week’s Military Appreciation Monday event was our biggest success to date.  We had a total of 140 people participate and will have raised slightly more than $12,500 once all the co-sponsor checks roll in.  The dinner was held in support of a recently formed group called: Stop Soldier Suicide.  This group was co-founded by Langley High School graduate, Nick Black.  Please read the recent Connection Newspapers article pertaining the the dinner and Nick’s great service to our country by clicking on:  Community Raises Funds for Veterans.

Cosponsors for the evening were:

Bob George

Black Family

Randy Phillips

Stevens Family

Kaihara Family

Redmond Family

Maryann Martell

Grossman Family

Bob Nelson Family

Neil and Juja Sylvestre

Scott and Dave LaMorte

Dawson Richardson Family

Old Brogue

Double Eagle Title

Blackbird Technologies

Taylor Allgyer – First Savings Mortgage

James Gaudiosi – First Heritage Mortgage

Please be sure to check below for this year’s

Wounded Warriors Christmas Gift Wish List.

 

Our Military Kids

Christmas Gift Wish List

WE DID IT!!

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HELPED OUT

HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS

The following came in one of the emails we received from a military family responding to our call for their family wish list:  Hello, as I sit here crying and wondering how I’m gonna Pay my bills, I get this email.  All I can say is Thank you!!!!!!

Once again Santa and I are teaming up with Our Military Kids in an attempt to bring some extra holiday cheer to children of our injured and fallen service members and their families.  We’ve compiled a Christmas Gift Wish List for 40 families of these SUPERHEROES.  I’m hoping everyone will check out this list and consider purchasing one item, serving as Santa for an individual child or even sponsoring an entire family. The latter is a great option for a company or office to consider.

 

The list below will be posted until Christmas and will be updated over the next few weeks.  Please follow our progress at my Website: www.bobnelsonteam.com and give me a call or drop an e-mail to: Santa@bobnelsonteam.com to let him know how you would like to brighten a family’s Christmas day.  Once you have done so, we will give you the contact info for the family to contact them and then send your gift(s) directly to the family.  I would also encourage you to visit www.Our Military Kids.org to learn more about this wonderful grassroots organization that does so much all year long for the kids.

 

Last year’s overwhelming response helped not only bring gifts to nearly 100 kids, but several of you stepped up and bought Christmas dinners for some of the families.  Hopefully we can complete the following list quickly and add additional families

 

2011 CHRISTMAS WISH LIST

40 WOUNDED

WARRIOR FAMILIES

 

Family names will be in green until such time as the wish list items have been accounted for.

I have moved all the fully adopted families towards the bottom.  Santa still needs help with those families whose names are in GREEN.

 

Humphrey Family – ADOPTED BY LISA KORY AND FRIENDS

Amanda, girl, 11:  Ninendo DSI XL blue; Michael Jackson dance game for Wii; laptop with WiFi capabilities

Alan, boy, 14:  Assassin’s Creed Revelations ultimate Bundle Xbox 360 game; halo Reach LBox 360; Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary Xbox 360 game; marching snare drum with harness; laptop with WiFi capabilities

 

Bond Family  - Adopted by David Moxley and Bob and Nancy Nelson

Hayden, boy, 9:  Model cars, Buffalo Sabres sweatshirt or jersey, size 10 (being purchased by David Moxley)

 

Dubois Family –  Adopted by Otto Hoernig III – Trace Systems

AJ, 11:  electric scooter or mountain bike

Mathew, 8:  electric scooter or Wii console

Madison, 4:  Dora the Explorer play kitchen w/ accessories ($90 at WalMart); dresses, princess and fairy costumes, size 6-7 or size medium

sses, Barbies, loves  the color pink, size 6 regular clothes

 

Henchell Gower Family – Adopted by Andrea Kammann

Brianna , age 8:  Doley Metal Detector; Air Extreme – the shard; Figets – a purple one, Zoobles, Butterfly pillow pet

 

Sims Family – Adopted by Richard Whaley

Shevaneil Lawrence, girl, 16:  personal computer for school; new clothes, sneakers; electronic store gift card, e.g. Best Buy toward buying a personal compute

 

Lundy Family – Adopted by Otto and Nita Hoernig

Ny’shira , girl, 9:  Kindle or Nook reading system, Razor E100 Scooter Daisy$109 Toys R Us

Jayden boy, 6:  Kinect for the Xbox system, $149.99 at Toys R Us with adventures game; Leap pad Explorer Learning Tablet $99.99 or Vtech Innotab Learning tablet $79.99 at Toys R Us

 

Stephens Family  Adopted by Collingswood Nursing Home

Chloe Earnheart, girl, 10:  Hot pink/silver/black 24” Mongoose girls bicycle

Hali Gipson, girl, 10:  Crosman 760 Pink Air Rifle Starter Kit

Mikey Earnheart,boy, 16:  Bass Pro Shop Tourney Special Baitcase

 

Villapilando Family – Laura Hoernig

5yr old is Tristan likes Pirate of Caribean or Star Wars legos, Wii Mario cart game with driving wheel remote, Razor scooter and also likes the NERF Praxis blaster. He’s a big Marvel fan. Any captain America, Thor, hulk, wolverine, etc.

Aj (14) also likes NERF Vortex Nitron disc blaster, he likes paintball so any paintball gear, gun, or uniform. He wants PS3 video games(God of War 1,2 or 3, Skyrim).

Maryna (12) wants Just Dance 2 for Wii. She likes Kareoke and wants black UGGS in size 8. She loves music so music down loads would be great!

 

Plank  Family – Adopted by Bob and Nancy Nelson

Landon Plank, boy,  8yrs. Old: beyblade extreme top system ir spin control (blue and grey, any would be ok I am sure), spynet audio bug, spynet video glasses, youth boxing gloves, brava soccer goal with targets, hyper active airhogs race car

Caylah Plank, girl, 3 yrs. Old:  Leapfrog tag reading learning system, leapfrog leapster explorer camera, fisher-price smart cycle racer with software (any) anything to do with gymnastics

Kevin, boy, 7 yrs. Old: For the most part both boys like the same toys and would benifit from having the same toys or whatever is chosen for them really. They do pretty much everything together. They play all the same sports and play with all the same toys.  They both also like anything Transformers, legos, spynet, airhogs, hotwheels, and beyblades.

Garcia-Becker Family – Adopted by David and Lisa Lesser

Ryan Hunt Jr., 13 years old: He would like to ask Santa Bob for anything that has to do with the NFL Team Steelers. He would really like to have a Hooded Jacket. It can be found at Steelers Official Online Store. The item is called Youth Momentum Midweight Hooded Jacket (Item SKU: 51-273) Size XL (18-20). Ryan would also like a gift card to shop at Tilly’s. http://www.tillys.com/tillys/gc.aspx

Jacob Hunt, 12 years old: He would like to ask Santa Bob for the following items mentioned below: Xbox 360 Live Marketplace Points 1600 DLC; Madden NFL 12 for XBOX 360; Universal Stealth Game Storage Tower by Level Up (Found at GameStop); Energizer Rechargeable Batteries & Charger AA/AAA

Maryanne Hunt, 9 years old, She would like the following: Barbie Designable Hair Extensions and Doll (Can be found at Toys R US); Crayola Creative Art Supply 70 Accessory Set for Girls, Easy-Bake Ultimate Oven, First Act Discovery Designer Acoustic Guitar – Dragon Fly Design or the Pink Wedged Hearts By: First Act; Unicorn Pillow pet or Zippity Zebra Pillow pet (Can be found at http://mypillowpets.com/), Squinkies with Toy for Nintendo DS.

Jason Becker Jr., 3 years old: Fisher-Price Power Wheels Toy Story Lil’ Quad (toddler version) or similar product; Toddler T-Ball set; “Playful Penguin” Pillow Pet; Hot Wheels/Matchbox cars, Hot wheel car holder/case; Art set (no paints please); Remote Controlled “Cars” car (Lightning McQueen)

Alexis Becker , 7 years old: Exclusive Monster High Ghoul Spirit Fear leading Doll 3-Pack – Draculaura; Cleo de Nile and Ghoulia Yelps (at Toys R Us), Disney Princess: 23 Piece Play Make-Up Set (at Toys R Us or any type of other Play make-up set there is no preference in colors; Monster High 2GB Digital MP3 Player with Video (at Toyrus); Pillow Pets 11 inch Pee Wees – Curious Cat (Toys R Us), Crayola Art Supply Essentials Bundle (Walmart), Zoobles “spring to Life” with toy game for Nintendo DS. (Walmart)

 

Ouart Family – Marie Barresi, Keller Williams and her neighbors

Skylar, boy, 13:  new pair of baseball batting gloves, youth XL; a new football; ITune gift cards, Xbox 360 live games

Brady,  boy, 11:  Xbox Live 360 games; fishing equipment of any kind

Jayden, boy, 8:  a soccer ball; baseball bat for a boy 42” tall; an easybake oven, reading books for level 3; Xbox 360 game; gift card; Kinnex and a Whip Out game for it

 

Salas Family – Ralph Quarles Family

Angelo Quintero, boy, 11:  blue bike; any type of science toy

Adam Quintero, boy, 8:  any Transformers, Hot Wheels Track

Lee Family – Adopted by Chris Melnick and Gina Clough – Double Eagle Title

Laken, girl, 14:  a pair of “Miss Me Jeans”, size 5

Erin, 11:  Xbox games “Black Ops” and “Just Dance”

Bradi, 4:  Leapfrog leap pad and software; Pink

 

Allen Family – Adopted by Rick and Amy Buchanan

Ryann, girl, 6:  *

Deryn, girl, 9:  *Both girls would love Barbie dolls, American Girl Dolls, iCarly and Victorious Barbie Doll that sings when you raise its arms

 

Cintron Family – Adopted by Michael Vandergrift (Washington First Bank)

Joshua, boy, 7:  portable DVD player, black, model Sony DVP-FX970 9: Portable DVD Player

Curran Family – Adopted by John and Chris Yaremchuk and Kerry Digges

Susan, girl, 14:  From Victoria Secrets -  yoga pants, size adult Medium; stocking turrets; “Pink” perfume in different colors with different scents; any pajama bottoms

Jimmy, age 10:  still believes in Santa; he likes basketball and football; he loves sports, so anything that can fit his stocking would be great

 

Gallo Family – Adopted by Nacer Benzekri – NBC Security Group

JOEY: Lego City Police mobile unit, Angry Birds knock on wood game, Mario Kart  7 for DS, Good neighbors @bikini bottom Lego set (sponge bob), Angry bird plush

JOSHUA: Mario Kart 7 for DS, WWE breakdown brawl ring, WWE Triple H & Randy Orton action figures, WWE The Rock action figure, WWE Big Show action figure

WWE Sheamus action figure, Pillow Pet Shark

KYLE: Rocky the Robot Truck, Little Tykes talk to me soccer set, Mickey Mouse clubhouse DVD, Sit n’ spin, Fisher Price fun to imagine workshop project

Mickey Mouse pillow pet

KAYDEN: Leapster Leappad, Fisher Price zoo talkers animal sounds, Pillow pet orca

LORELAI, girl 9: Chocolate mini dot anywhere bean bag chair from Pottery Barn item #3642584, Simon Flash, Scrabble alphabet soup

Hester Family – Adopted by Shiner Roofing and Siding

Carlee, girl, 5:  Nintendo DS

 

Kenney Family – Adopted by Mary Ellen and Mark Hartley

Shelby girl, 14:   Kindle Touch

Emily, girl:  Kindle Touch

 

Martin Family – Adopted by Gene and Laura Smith

Stuart, boy, 14:  Mask, fins and snorkel

*Please  contact the dad; there is a local shop he would like to have Stuart visit to purchase these gifts

 

Matthews Family – Adopted by Shiner Roofing and Siding

Kamran Lee, boy, 17

Kalon Joe, boy, 16:  they would like to get together a basketball goal and a basketball for each of them; a pump for the basketballs and some NBA sweatbands for wrist and head

 

SGT McClendon Family (Adopted by Kathy and Kevin Shea)

Naje, girl, 9:  La La Loopsy doll and clothes (JC Penny, Sears or Justice gift cards)

 

Miller Family – Adopted by Shiner Roofing and Siding

Alyson, girl, 17: Walkables, Dry Erase Board and markers and eraser, AA Batteries, Barbie I can Be .. News Anchor Play set. Play Video camera, CD Boombox… any kind really, but this one is pink and only at Toys R Us. SMS Text Messenger pink or purple, Bratz on the Mic Dolls

Lauren, girl, 15: Walkables, Dry Erase Board and markers and eraser, AA BatteriesHello Kitty MEGA BLOKS, Smurfs DVD, SMS text messenger pink or purple, ZHU ZHU Pets, Moxie Girlz riding club walking horses, Bratz on the mic dolls

 

Mylott Family – Adopted by Shiner Roofing and Siding

Megan, daughter:  LaLaloopsy mini packs/mini dolls, Gift card for Claire’s (a store for girls)
Pink Figit Friend, LaLaloopsy silly hair doll

 

Pulido Family – Adopted by Eric and Nina Brugel

Kaitlin, girl, 10:  Just Dance 3 Wii game, $40; Kirby’s Return to Dream land, $50; Disney Universe, $50

Kinsley, girl, 6:  Barbie 3-story Dream Townhouse, pink, $145.09

 

Rivera Family – Adopted by Christine Wesbrook and Ron Kellogg

Angel  Quirioga, boy, 6:  Disney Pixar Toy Story 3 U-Command Buzz Lightyear (ToysRUs)

 

Ruff-Sloan Family – Adopted by Mary and Chris Fountain

Boy:  Lego Medieval Market Village (http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Medieval-Market-Village-10193)

 

J. Stubenhofer Family – Adopted by Jennifer Klaussen and Tim Heil – Keller Williams Realty

Hailey Rice, girl,10:  arts and crafts, ballet

Cameron, boy, 7:  transformers and remote control helicopters

Max, boy, 3:  Power Rangers and Star Wars

 

Sabo Family – Adopted by Dave and Ambre McLaughlin

Lindsey, girl:  Kindle Touch and its case (Duragadget purple genuine leather book stylecase/cover) from amazon.com;  American Girl doll “Julie”

Sarah, girl:  “Molly” American Girl Doll; IPOD Touch; IPOD Nano; Fijit friend purple plus ear accessories

Rachel, girl:  “Ruthie” American Girl doll; IPOD Touch; Fijit friend logan in blue plus the ear accessories

 

Sanders-Easley Family – Adopted by Gina and Doug Jones

Briana, girl, 16:  IPOD Touch or and IPOD, any color; ladies shoe, size 11, a pair of Jordans

 

Schu Family – Adopted by Glynis and Rudy Canto – Keller Williams Realty

Abigail, girl, 6:  Anything Barbie, a Barbie car, Barbie clothes, etc.; Leap Frog Tag reading books, beginner reader level; 3^rd season iCarly DVD; Crayola art supplies/activities

Noah, boy, 4:

Shannon Family – Adopted by Wendy Haig – Iron Horse Interactive

Jessica, girl, 17:  wants to start snowboarding. She is our oldest and a Junior in high school and will be 17 on Christmas day. Anything from a snowboarding outfit, gloves, goggles, etc would be great.

Vanessa, girl, 15:she loves electronics games and listening to music so I might suggest I-tunes machine or any other. I don’t know much about that stuff.

Sarah, girl, 12: she would like her own computer. Those are probably too expensive I would imagine. She also loves listening to music and playing games. We have a Wii, so more games might be an idea.

 

Smith Family – Adopted by Peggy and Tom Styer – Blackbird Technologies

Boy, 16:  Xbox war games or NFL 2012; men’s shirts (large); pants 30 x 32

Boy, 14:  Shirts, XL; pants 33 x 30

Girl, 13:  “primping” stuff; makeup brushes; women’s pants size 4; medium shirts, snow boots, size 7

Jessica, girl, 5:  Princesses, Barbies, loves the color pink, size 6 regular clothes

 

Sparks Family – Adopted by Peggy and Tom Styer – Blackbird Technologies

Katie, girl, 14:  Gift cards, teenager, likes to be able to SHOP

Thad, boy, 11:  Xbox360 MW3, Lego Pirates, and ITune gift cards

Alex, boy, 3:  art supplies

Kason:  12 inch bike

 

Taylor Family – Adopted by Jerry and Jacqui Grossman

Austin, boy,11: Pokemon mini plush stuffed animal Pidove, Pokemon large plush stuffed animal Pansage, Nintendo 3DS, Wii Mario Sports Mix game, Wii Mario Party 8 game. Xbox 360 Forza MotorSport 4 game, Nerf N Force Big Nerf Sword (2), Havoc Heli Control the Skies remote control helicopter, Nintendo 3DS game a) Starfox64 b) Ridge Racer, JLX Fast Lane Matrix Motorcycle, RC Tuner Racer Nissan GT-R, Happy Napper Castle/Dragon, Angry Birds Poster (number C-7), Wii Nunchuk (black), Wii Remote Plus (blue)

Sarah, girl,5 ½: Pokemon mini plush stuffed animal a) Munna b) Sandile, Bobby Jack Monkey/Star Blanket w/ Eye Mask, Disney Princess 3 in 1 Sleepwear Set, Hello Kitty Digital Video Recorder w/ Camera, Nintendo DS Lalaloopsy Sew Magical!  Sew Cute! game, Rapunzel Umbrella, Girlie Nails Little Nails for Little Fingers, Hello Kitty Pilot Case, TM! Purse , Olivia Folding Saucer Chair, Olivia Hearts Handbag, Olivia Plush Back Pack, Fur Real Go Go My Walking Pup, Fur Real LuLu My Cuddlin Kitty, Make-Up Case w/ Accessories, Barbie Slippers (size 12-1), Barbi Designable Hair Extensions and Doll, Orbeez Soothing Spa (kids’ foot bath), 42 inch Lying Horse stuffed animal, Toys R Us Sammie the Pup Veterinary Kit, Kawasaki Barbie KFX 4-Wheeler (pink), Fisher Price Barbie Power Wheels (pink), Schwinn 20″ girls heart cruiser bike, Graco Room Full of Fun (doll accessories), Graco Tea Time High Chair, Graco Travlst w/Canopy (doll carrier), Graco Jogger Stroller (for doll), Barbie Flashlight, Happy Nappers Lady Bug (hot pink), You & Me Bunk Bed (for doll). You & Me Sleep Stroller (for doll), You and Me 4 in 1 Combo (doll accessories), Barbie Glamour Camper ,Hello Kitty Electric Guitar *  All of these items are at ToysRUs; please make choices from the list; the family would also be just as happy to receive gift cards if that helps save on shipping costs, etc.

 

Thomas Family – Adopted by the Legler Family

Tamarah, girl,16 and Deanna Thomas, girl,11:  both would love gift certificates from Charming Charlies or Bath and Body Works

 

Tiani Family – Adopted by Laura Hoernig-Rhodes

Olivia age 14 gift cards to hollister,vans, forever 21

Zeppie age  12 gift card to vans,kohls gift card

Phoenix ( has cp ) age 9 itunes gift card, tbc

Rocco age 7 ninjajago legos, beyblade triple battle set,richochet remote car,car carry case,toy paintball gun

Joiebelle age 5 innotab,ladybug tea set,playdoh,hello kitty jacket, Littlest Pet Shop Blythe Loves Littlest Pet Shop: Look-Alike Ladybugs,Hello Kitty Let’s Go Fishin’ Game

Daxander age 11 months sit n stand learning walker,little people zoo

 

Wilks Family – Adopted by Louis and Chris Wise

Chloe, girl, 11 :  IPOD Nano; Kindle; gift certificates to clothing stores Kohls or American Eagle; any type of drawing/art supplies (she loves to draw with pencil)

 

Youngblood Family – Adopted by Gina and Doug Jones

Haley, girl, 12:  IPOD Touch or Amazon Kindle e-reader

 

 

Military Appreciation Mondays

Supports

Operation One Voice

America’s Special Forces are some of the finest in our military. Their work is highly classified and, due to the inherent risks in their duties, they suffer casualty rates more than 4 times higher than those of the conventional forces outside of Iraq. In many cases, these casualties involve young people who are beginning their careers. These brave soldiers leave behind families who often have no resources to provide a surviving child with a college education. Operation One Voice strives to relieve military families of such a burden.

Please join us on September 26th for this month’s Military Appreciation Mondays dinner, where we will be hosting the the group “Operation One Voice”. The organization was established by Duluth, Georgia police and firefighters to provide support to the families and children of injured and fallen Special Forces men and women. You can click on the link Operation One Voice to learn how this group supports the families of the injured and the fallen.

Please be sure to make a reservation sooner rather than later with the Old Brogue. As those who attended last month’s dinner found, due to overflow we had about 15 people ended up sitting on the back porch. Just call (703) 759-3309 and let them know if you would like to attend the 5:30 or the 7:30 seating.

For those of you unfamiliar with how MAM works, you simply come out and enjoy a great dinner at the Old Brogue in Great Falls. My co-sponsors and I will each make a 10% match of your dinner tab. For last month’s dinner in support of the Navy SEAL Foundation we had a total of 22 co-sponsors step forward, resulting in a match of 220 percent. Please let us know if you might be willing to step forward and volunteer to be a co-sponsor for this month.

We will also have door prize drawings as always, and we certainly welcome any items you might like to donate for the drawing.

I can assure you that this evening and the money we are able to raise will mean a great deal to the Special Forces families. We would love to see a room full of faces who recognize the sacrifices our nation’s TRUE HEROES are asked to make each and every day. Please come join us in sending the message that we truly care.

Of course feel free to drop me an e-mail or give a call if you can’t make it out for dinner, but would like to make a donation.

We hope to see you all on the 26th!

Last month’s Co-Sponsors were:

Pat Martin

Cox Family

David Lesser

Kaihara Family

Tim Heil Family

Grossman Family

Bob Nelson Family

Peter Engle Family

Jim Glerum Family

Bert Calland Family

Karl Pierson Family

Larry Nelson Family

Neil and Juja Sylvestre

Greg and Jeff Hanscom

Doug and Jane Hanscom

Scott and David LaMorte

Dawson Richardson Family

The Old Brogue

Double Eagle Title

Taylor Allgyer – First Savings Mortgage

James Gaudiosi – First Heritage Mortgage

Jim Black – Paragon Communications Solutions

Nancy and I would like to thank everyone who came out in support of the Military Appreciation Mondays’ dinner for the Navy SEAL Foundation. This was our best attended event to date with 132 of you joining us for dinner. A best total amount was raised as well. Through your support and contributions, we will be sending somewhere between $6,000 – $6,500 to the foundation. I particularly want to thank those of you who signed on as co-sponsors for this dinner.

Many of you had an opportunity to meet Will Thomas.  If not, he did a fundraiser over Labor Day weekend in support of the SEAL Foundation.  Will is a twelve year old in Mclean who decided to shoot baskets as a special way to raise money for the SEAL Foundation. He had an amazing response, for for people to pledge one penny per basket. It seems that will exceeded his goal of shooting 17,000 baskets. If anyone is interested in showing your support to the Navy SEAL Foundation please contact Will or myself.

We look forward to seeing you this month on September 26th.

Please join us on May 9th for next week’s Military Appreciation Mondays dinner where we will be recognizing Our Military Kids.  This is the event that was originally scheduled for April 25th.  While last weekend’s news about Osama bin Laden is extremely exciting, we must remain more vigilant than ever.  With that said, our troops and their kids deserve ever greater support and appreciation.  Nancy and I hope you can join us at the Old Brogue where we will be recognizing our nation’s true Superheroes.  Please be sure to call the Brogue and make a reservation for either the 5:30 or 7:30 seating.  Feel free to either call me or send an e-mail if you would like more info or would like to sign on as a $200 or $100  cosponsor.  We are also always looking for door prize support as well.

Hello and happy holidays to all, I wanted to take a minute to thank you for your support this year to make the holidays a little brighter for the families of injured and killed in action veterans.  The “Our Military Kids” organization provided me with a Christmas Gift Wish List of 26 veterans’ families including 65 children this year.  Thanks to your help, packages are on the way for 16 of these families.  We are down to just 10 families left on the list, but now we are headed into ‘crunch time’.  With limited time left to buy, wrap and send gifts we must find people or organizations to support these last 10 families within the next week. If you have been thinking about committing to help…. if you can find room in your heart and your wallet this year…. please let us know before time runs out for these families.  One of the wounded veterans I spoke to last week was so thankful when we told him his family would be receiving support with Christmas gifts.  He mentioned that he was especially grateful because last year his kids did not get any Christmas gifts.  Let’s not let this happen again for any of these families who have sacrificed so much for all of us. If you would like to help make this holiday season a little bit brighter for the children of our injured and killed in action servicemen and women, all you have to do is respond to this email.  You can adopt one child, a family or simply make a cash donation.  Nancy and I will gladly purchase the gifts still on the list if you do not have the time.  Simply give me a call or drop an e-mail to Santa@BobNelsonTeam.com. These are the children still available for ‘adoption’ :

1. Vaughns Family

Jordan (6): Vtech MobiGo Touch Learning System MobiGoCarrying  Case MobiGoSoftware Games:  Toy Story 3, Disney Cars, NASCAR, Shrek, Mr. Men/Little Miss

John (10): Nintendo DSI (black)

Dejah Miles (15): Women’s UGG Australia Classic Short Boots, Size 10, Color:  Black

2. Ellis Family

Juliann (13): New clothes/Gift card to Target, Pac Sun or Forever 21

Joshua (12): Nano Touch I-Pod – Gray or Silver (Purchased through Cash Donations)

Jesse (16): Nano Touch I-Pod – Gold (Adopted by Louis and Chris Wise)

3. Kuinileti Sele Family

(Adopted by Elizabeth Gaffney)

Peter (9): Sony PSP G Handheld Game; black or blue

Serafina (7): Sony Limited Hannah Montana PSP Entertainment Pack (used on Ebay $130.98); pink or purple Kleopatra

(4): KidKraft 65156 Designer Dollhouse Doll Toy; multicolor is fine

4. Broesch Family

Bella (7): Zhu Zhu Pets Hamsters Wild Bunch (set of 4) Barbie Horse Adventure:  Riding Camp for Nintendo Wii Uno Attack Game Easy-Bake Oven and Snack Center with Classic Light Bulb Oven (mint green) (Purchased by Jenni Blessman – Keller Williams) Magic Tree House Books

Taylor(15): Gift card to a clothing store such as Macy’s (Purchased by Alison Sherman – Keller Williams), Vanity or Maurices, Gift card for gas, Solia 1″ Flat Iron

5. Summers Family

Amber (11): Beginner snowboard, length 140-145 cm

Devan (10): Beginner snowboard, length 132-137 cm

Tristen (8): Beginner snowboard, length 135-140 cm

6. Byrd Family

Nailah (14): Ipad or Iphone (or a gift certificate to the Apple Store or to the AT&T Store to go toward either of these items)

Nia (13): Dell Laptop (pink) (or a gift certificate to the Dell Store to go toward it)

7. Mitchell Family

Zac (18): a Craftsman tool box, the one that stands up with a bottom box and top box (To be purchased with donated funds.)

Jerret (8): Nintendo DSiXL (blue or black)

Serenity (6): (Adopted by Susan Wisely – Keller Williams)   A nice, portable DVD player, one that the screen flips and folds down; (Sony has one)

Finally, we would like to thank the following who have already come forward to show their support. The Copito Family, The Borland Family, The Hoernig Family, Rick and Amy Buchanan, Jane and Doug Hanscom, Gene and Laura Smith, The Brugel Family, Mary Burnette, Mark and Carolyn Stys, John and Sally Burns, P.C. Martin, Dave and Pava Cohen, Joan Fiander, The Weaver Family, Louis and Chris Wise, Kofer and Suzanne Black, Richard Moxley, Sue Long, Beatriz Duque Long, Elizabeth Gaffney, Paul Norman Family, Dave Lesser Family, Chip Bay Family, Shiner Roofing and Siding, Sonya Dervenis – Lavender Hill Interiors, Jack Legler – Legenter LLC, Tami Harsanyi – State Farm Insurance, Diane Hoyer – Women Helping Women with Finance, Jill Grossman – LSA Title, Tim Heil – Keller Williams Realty, Michael Vandergrift – Washington First Bank, Laura DeSimone – DeSimone Health and Fitness LLC, Collingswood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Susan Wisely – Keller Williams, Alison Sherman – Keller Williams, Jenni Blessman – Keller Williams,

Best wishes to you and your family this holiday season,

Nancy and Bob Nelson (703) 999-5812

Once again Santa and I are teaming up with Our Military Kids in an attempt to bring some extra holiday cheer to children of our injured service members and their families.  We’ve compiled a Christmas Gift Wish List for these SUPERHEROES.  I’m hoping everyone will check out this list and consider purchasing one item, serving as Santa for an individual child or even sponsoring an entire family.  The latter is a great option for a company or office to consider.

The list below will be posted until Christmas and will be updated over the next few weeks.  Please give me a call or drop  an e-mail to: Santa@bobnelsonteam.com and let us know how you would like to brighten a family’s Christmas day.  Once you have done so, we will give you the contact info for the family to allow you to send your gift(s) directly to them.  I would also encourage you to click on the link above and visit the Our Military Kids website to learn more about this wonderful grassroots organization.

Hite Family:

(Adopted by the Wesbrook Family)

Davonate Hite (10):

Zipfy Mini Luge SKU ID #268227

Techno Gears Marble Mania Extreme 2.0 SKU ID #265211

Discovery Deluxe Touch Screen ATM Machine SKU ID #862

Jensen Family

(Adopted by Mary Burnette)

Halle (14)

A necklace

Tiani Family:

(Adopted by Shiner Roofing and Siding)

Olivia (13):

gift cards to various mall stores

Zeppie (11):

Wii games, Rip Stick G

Phoenix (9):

Zhu Zhu Pets and anything NASCAR

Rocco (6):

Cars Wii Game, remote control car

Joiebelle (5):

Strawberry Shortcake Doll, Pink scooter

Dax (newborn):

any clothes size 3 months and up

Vaughns Family

(Adopted through donations to the Bob Nelson Team)

Jordan (6):

Vtech MobiGo Touch Learning System

MobiGoCarrying  Case

MobiGoSoftware Games:  Toy Story 3, Disney Cars,

NASCAR,

Shrek, Mr. Men/Little Miss

John (10):

Nintendo DSI (black)

Dejah Miles (15):

Women’s UGG Australia Classic Short Boots,

Size 10, Color:  Black

Ellis Family

Jesse (16):

Nano Touch I-Pod – Gold

(Purchased through donations to the Bob Nelson Team)

Juliann (13):

New clothes/Gift card to Target, Pac Sun or Forever 21

Joshua (12):

(Adopted by Louis and Chris Wise)

Nano Touch I-Pod – Gray or Silver

Brown Family

(Adopted by Debbie and Robert Copito)

Dylan (8):

New Bright 1:14 Scale Mud Slinger – Hummer Sand

Stormer #075445  (*These are Toys R Us #’s)

Exclusive San Diego Comic Con 2010 Halo:  Reach 5 inch

Action Figure – Noble 7 #509096

True Heroes Helicopter Playset :786686

Mega Bloks Halo Wars Magnetic Warriors:  Silver UNSC Flame Marine (29679) #675418

Halo:  Reach Series 1 6 inch Action Figure – Jorge #819021

Halo Wars Collection 4.5 inch Action Figure – Sgt. Forge #592841

Madylan (2):

Disney Princess Super Play House Tent #073126

Disney Princess-edition Disney’s The Little Mermaid Sing Along Boom Box #517523

Yo Gabba Gabba Toodee Cuddle Pillow #434678

Disney Princess Shopping Cart #650555

Yo Gabba Gabba Toddler Blanket #434686

Yo Gabba Gabba Boom Box Theater #035020

Hill Family

(Adopted by the Nelson Family)

Makale (14):

Itunes card

Call of Duty Black Ops for Xbox 360

Xbox 360 controller

Dreyson (7):

Lego Kingdom King’s castle (7946)

Lego Kingdom’s Prison tower rescue (7947)

Moriarty Family

(Adopted by Shiner Roofing and Siding)

all items from Toys R Us Big Christmas Book

Kaleigh (11):

Bop it Bounce Game – 6 slammin ball bouncing games

Teacup Piggies Fashion Runway

Lalaloopsy Blue Hair Doll

Digital camera

Madison (5):

Leapfrog Leapster 2 (pink)

Leapster Toystory 3 Game

Lalaloopsy Purple Hair doll

Barbie Pampered Pups Salon

First Act Discovery 30″ Acoustic Guitar (pink/purple)

Emerson (3):

Leapfrog Leapster 2 (green)

Fisher Price Grow with Me Cook & Care Kitchen (pink)

Cozy Coupe Shopping Cart (pink)

You and Me, My Kitty and Me Doll

Little Mommy Sweet As Me Doll

Rivera Family

(Adopted by Sonya Dervenis – Lavender Hill Interiors, Jack Legler- Legenter LLC; and Tami Harsanyi – State Farm Insurance, and Diane Hoyer – Women Helping Women with Finance)

Justin (16), Oseas (9), John (7):

Disney Movies, Tickets to the AMC Movie Theatres, Clothes from Old Navy; or whatever the donor would like to give to these boys

Schwartz Family

(Adopted by Jill Grossman – LSA Title)

Morgan (18); Allissa (17); Kaylie (12); Jeffrey (9); Isaiah (7); Lindsey (5):

Gift cards for clothing/gift for each child to Target, Walmart or Meijer.

Kuinileti Sele Family

(Adopted by Elizabeth Gaffney)

Peter (9):

Sony PSP G Handheld Game; black or blue

Serafina (7):

Sony Limited Hannah Montana PSP Entertainment Pack (used on Ebay $130.98); pink or purple

Kleopatra (4):

KidKraft 65156 Designer Dollhouse Doll Toy; multicolor is fine

Chism Family

(Adopted by Rick and Amy Buchanan)

Gavin (9):

Lightsaber Room Light

Death Star Planetarium

Lego Star Wars AT-AT Walker

Perez Family

(Adopted by Tim Heil – Keller Williams)

Yaniliz (6)

Barbie A Fashion Fairytale Horse and Carriage

Leapfrog:  Leapster Explorer with Tinker Bell and Sponge Bob Learning games (these gifts are in the Toys R Us Christmas Book)

Cummings Family

(Adopted by The Collingswood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center)

Gabrielle (10):

Ipod Nano with Multi Touch (pink or purple)

Maximus (9):

Ipod nano with Multi Touch (blue or boyish color)

Broesch Family

Bella (7):

Zhu Zhu Pets Hamsters Wild Bunch (set of 4)

Barbie Horse Adventure:  Riding Camp for Nintendo

Wii Uno Attack Game

Easy-Bake Oven and Snack Center with Classic Light Bulb Oven (mint green)

(Purchased by Jenni Blessman – Keller Williams)

Magic Tree House Books

Taylor (15):

Gift card to a clothing store such as Macy’s, Vanity or Maurices

(Purchased by Alison Sherman – Keller Williams)

Gift card for gas

Solia 1″ Flat Iron

(Purchased by the Bob Nelson Team)

Garcia Family

(Adopted by the Borland Family)

Rebecca (10):

Bed Bath & Beyond – Vanity Set (black)

Rachel (7):

Nintendo DSI (pink)

Jordyn (6):

Toys R Us – KidKraft Deluxe Wooden Easel Espresso (Item #819509)

Jenna (2 1/2):

Toys R Us – Just Like Home Parkview Modern Wood Kitchen (Item #230906)

May Family

(Adopted by Michael Vandergrift – Washington First Bank)

Chelsea (10)

Digital camera, Sony Cibershot Pink, Model #W310 (pink); available at Best Buy

Fasnacht Family

(Adopted by the Brugel Family)

Blake (3):

Toy Story 3 Blu Ray Combo Pack

Mater’s Tall Tales Blu Ray Combo Pack

Cars Piston Cup 500 Track

Cars Toon Monster Truck Wrastlin’ Playset

Summers Family

Amber (11):

Beginner snowboard, length 140-145 cm

Devan (10):

Beginner snowboard, length 132-137 cm

Tristen (8):

Beginner snowboard, length 135-140 cm

Plybon Family

(Adopted by Gene and Laura Smith)

Liam (13)

Fishing stuff from Cabelas

Three forks Fly Rod and Reel Combo with Fly Line, length: 7’6″, reel model 456, 3 pieces, line weight 3, rod model 763-3, handle 3

Halo video game Noble Map

Byrd Family

(Adopted through Donations to the Bob Nelson Team)

Nailah (14):

ITouch

Nia (13):

Kindle

Treacher Family

(Adopted by Laura DeSimone
DeSimone Health and Fitness LLC)

Nina (10):

Littlest Pet Shop Rescue Tails Center

Guesstures Charades Game

Zhu Zhu Pets:  Wild Bunch with Nutters hamster for Nintendo DS

Lego Harry Potter Hagrid’s Hut

Grant (6):

Paper Jamz Guitar

Paper Jamz Drumz

Creepy Crawlers Bug Maker & Refill

King Zhu with Tull Hamster for Nintendo DS

Lego Creator 3-in-1 Crocodile

Loopz Game

Mitchell Family

(Adopted through donations to the Bob Nelson Team)

Zac (18):

a Craftsman tool box, the one that stands up with a bottom box and top box

Jerret (8):

Nintendo DSiXL (blue or black)

Serenity (6):

A nice, portable DVD player, one that the screen flips and folds down; (Sony has one)

Miranda Family

(Adopted by the Hoernig Family)

Anthony 17:

Armani aqua di Gio

Gift Card to Express $75

I Touch 8 gigs

Angelina 15:

Ipod Touch

Baby Alive Bouncin Bubbles

Baby Alive Changing time baby

Baby Alive Baby all Gone

Cool pix camera with touch screen if possible

Footlocker gift Card $100

Joseph 13

Game Stop Gift Card $25

Safe to lock my stuff up in (cause my brothers steal my pepsi)

Remote for my xbox 360 wireless if possible

Headset for my xbox 360

Ricci 12

I pod Touch

Drum set

Lego City passenger plane

Lego City Police Headquarters

Mostly I want the I pod Touch

Cheri 10

Animal Planet Radio Control Black Spider

Baby Alive changing time baby

Phineas and Ferb alarm clock

Star Wars radio control Millenium Falcon

(All in the Toys R us catolog)

Thank you, Santa Tell Ms. Claus Howdy from Cheri!!

Gasca Family

(Adopted by Mark and Carolyn Stys)

Matthew (4)

Blue Vtech V Reader Reading System with the V Reader Toy Story

Leap Frog Reading System Tag with the tag book Sponge Bob

Lowery Family

(Adopted by the Hanscom Family)

Cameron (5):

Fisher Price Smart Cycle/Extreme Physical Learning Arcade System with game

Clothes:  Shirts Size 7; pants size 6 or 7 with adjustable waist

Damian (16):

Games for X-Box 360 or Gift Card for X-Box Live

Clothes:  Shirt Size medium (men); pants – skinny jeans; skating clothes

Thanks to all our great supporters, the Military Appreciation Monday event raised nearly $4,000 for Operation Second Chance.  We had nearly 100 people turn out for the dinner to include several servicemen and women currently stationed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.  One of the greatest parts about the evening was that two of the most desirable door prizes were won by one of our visiting vets.  He walked away with a two day stay at the Lodgecliffe on the Choptank Bed and Breakfast and a fabulous apple pie from B. Sweet.  The four star lodging is donated each month by Dawson Richardson at Merrill Lynch.  B Sweet has donated two pies for each of our last two events. The wife of another vet won the biggest prize of the evening, a beautiful pendant donated by Adeler Jewelers.

If you have a chance, please be sure to give a big thanks to our co-sponsors and door prize donors.

Co-sponsors include:

The Old Brogue
LSA Title Services
Gary Kaihara, DDS
The Grossman Family
Julius Fleischman
The Norman Family
The Nelson Family
James Gaudiosi – Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Taylor Allgyer – First Savings Mortgage
Carrillon Capital

Door Prizes for this month were donated by:

Adeler Jewelers

Lodgecliffe Bed and Breakfast

Dominion Title

PF Chang’s

Maison Du Vin

Great Falls Design Build

State Farm Insurance

Great Falls Exxon

B. Sweet Pies

Last month’s Military Appreciation Mondays dinner in support of the Golden Age Games was our most successful event to date.  We ended up raising more than $5000 which will help support the sending of several local vets to the next games which are to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Hope you can make it to this month’s dinner on October 25th which will be raising money for Operation Second Chance.

Thank you again to all of you who came out and a special thanks to our co-sponsors and door prize donors.

Co-sponsors Include:

Nelson Family

Norman Family

Grossman Family

Julius Fleishman

Gary Kaihara, DDS

The Old Brogue

Carillon Capital

Chris Melnick – LSA Title Services

Taylor Allgyer – First Savings Mortgage

James Gaudiosi – Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

and our Door Prize donors

Adeler Jewelers

PF Changs Restaurant

Dominion Title

Great Falls Design Build

State Farm Insurance

Great Falls Exxon

Legenter LLC

Neighbors Network

Lodgecliff on the Choptank B&B

B Sweet Home Baked Pies

Romantica Deli

Maison du Vin