These articles were published in the Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier.  We thank them for their continued support of our Iowa's Bravest.

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• Soldiers Give Thanks for Cedar Valley Support - 2003
• Calls Flood Station for Iraq Troop Show - KCVM Mix 96.1 - 2003
• Jewett Elementary Students Sell Potholders for Soldiers
• Orange Elementary School - Gift Drive Starts Anew for Holidays
• Welcome Home Party
• Military Families Support Iowa's Bravest
• KCMV Mix 96.1 - 2005
• Teens Help Troops with Phone Cards - 2005
• Tootsie Pop Soldier from Nam Shares Treats with Iraq Troops - 2005
• Hundreds Say Thanks - 2005
• John Deere green in Iraq on the 4th of July - 2006
• Brave Effort - Group starts new gift box drive for troops - 2006
• Volunteer Tots - Cedar Falls Times - 2006
• Iowa's Bravest to Send 400 Boxes - Nov 2006
• Mail Call - Nov 2006
• Amid Iraqi desert, John Deere green - Nov 2006
• County, Deere workers back local troops extended in Iraq - March 2007
• Special Shipment for the 133rd Soldiers - March 2007
• Remembering Our Soldiers - March 2007
• Picture Slideshow by Matthew Putney, Courier Photographer  - March 2007
• Iowa's Bravest send Easter Packages to the Troops, Courier Insider - March 2007
• Soldiers Extend Their Thanks to Iowa's Bravest Volunteers - April 2007
• Brave Soldiers Deserve Thanks - Memorial Day 2007
• Waterloo Ironman Soldier Decorated for Valor in Iraq - June 2007
• Waterloo Welcomes Home the 133rd - July 2007
• Iowa's Bravest Prepares for Another Round of Holiday Packages - August 2007
• Boxing Up Some Holiday Cheer - November 2007
• Community Pitches In to Help Iowa's Bravest - November 2007
• Holiday Greetings for our Wounded Soldiers - December 2007
• Iowa's Bravest at it again - this time with cookies! - January 2008
• Girl Scouts Gather 1,600 Cookies Boxes for Soldiers - March 2008
• KCRG News Channel - Will Thin Mints Melt in the Desert? - March 2008
• KCRG News Channel - Major Donations of Cookies Will Support Troops - Apr08
• KWWL News Channel - It's Cookie Time for U.S. Soldiers - April 2008
• Courier - Girl Scouts Raise 4,000 Boxes of Cookies for Troops - April 2008
• Heroes Favorites Cookbook In The Works - August 2008
• KWWL - West High ROTC Air Force Cadets Collecting at Hy-Vee - Oct08

Picture Courtesy of KCRG - TV, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

        SGT Denver Foote with the 133rd IN in Iraq receiving the shipment of boxes.

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These photos were taken by Courier Photographer - Matthew Putney at our Easter shipment assembly night at the UAW 838 hall on Wednesday, March 28, 2007.  Thanks Matthew for capturing the event with such great pictures!

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This picture was recreated from the original one taken of Carl Jacob  and the members of Delta Company 196 in Vietnam in April 1970.  To see original photo refer to this website:  www.tootsie.com/veterans.html

Tootsie Pops in Iraq - 1-133 Iowa Army National Guard

Standing: SPC Matt Crisp; Seated (L - R) SPC Kyle Statema,                         SPC David Johnson, SSG Tom Murray, SGT Toby Jackson,                             SPC Tommy Baltierra; Seated on the ground (L - R) SPC Jackie Malloy,       SPC Wade Jackson

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This is a collection of photos taken at our holiday box assembly nights and a welcome home party we sponsored.  Also included are photos of our brave servicemen and women while they served in Iraq or Afghanistan.  Thank you for taking the time to enjoy them with us.  Our Iowa's Bravest make their community proud! 

If you would like to include a photo of your loved one in our album please email it to: IowasBravest@IowasBravest.org

" We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility.  It's easy to say 'It's not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.'  Then there are those who see the need and respond.  I consider those people my HEROES." 

~ Fred ("Mr") Rogers