Left to right: Captain (Chaplain) Nathan Mestler, 162nd Wing, Arizona Air National Guard, TWOQC President Peggy McGee and 162nd Family Readiness Program Manager Barbara Gavre with just some of the food and household items that Quail Creek residents donated to show their support for the Airmen and their families; photo by Steve Abel.
Peggy McGee
The Fourth of July celebration started at 7:30 a.m. with the Color Guard from the Sahuarita Police Explorer Program Post 693 presenting the Colors. And that’s when the first donations for the annual Food for the Troops collection started to fill the bins. The donations are given to the Airmen of the 162nd Wing, Arizona Air National Guard for the Family Readiness Program to show the Quail Creek residents’ support for the men and women who stand ready to serve our country and state no matter where they are needed.
This annual program is coordinated by the Green Valley Chapter Military Officers’ Association of America and actively supported by The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC). The donation bins stayed in place over the Fourth of July weekend and yielded 400 pounds of food and household items and $160 in cash/checks which are used to buy gift cards for use at the Davis/Monthan Commissary. Of these amounts, 120 pounds of groceries and $60 came from TWOQC’s collection at their summer luncheon.