Chuck Jamison Northern California Celtic

Welcome to my Northern California Celtic Events Website!

Note: I will be updating this webpage over the next couple of months. The content will remain the same but the design should be easier to navigate.

See below for ways you can support our troops

This site was last updated 5/5/08

Check my Jamison page for some humor and the latest Jamison update.

Also see my High School Reunion page - Roseville High Class of 62

If you know of any Celtic event that I'm missing, please send me an email and let me know about it.

(oakpiper(at)gmail.com)

See the SAMS page for the Scottish American Military Society Post 1921 links as well as links to military support and patriotic events.

Note the SAMS Calendar of Events

(including all the Highland Games in N California, performances from the military bands as I get the information, and other events of interest to military, veterans, and their supporters)

Here are links to some 2007 Jamison photos:

September Alaskan Cruise

September Roseville High School Class of 62 Reunion

Please Support the Troops

If you go to this web site, www.LetsSayThanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq . You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services.

Note: No service personnel can receive mail not addressed to them by name. Do not send mail to "A Recovering American Soldier c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center"

The Post Office has been directed not to deliver such mail. See below for some better ideas.

Want to support to a Soldier in harm's way, but have no idea of

what to send, who to send it to, or how to send it?

http://anysoldier.com/

You can donate money which ALL goes to sending support. You can just send a letter or you can send a generic care package, or you can pick out something specific that our troops really need and send that. Read the FAQ on the website. (More information below) (You can also help me and the Scottish American Military Society support our adopted USMC Casualty Evacuation group in Iraq - email me for details)

Here's the "top ten" from some infantry soldiers recently returned from Iraq:

Gatorade and other powdered drink mixes

Babywipes and Toilet paper

Q-tips and Pipe cleaners

Cigarettes (menthol) and Skoal

Hard candies, nuts, jerky

Hi there, this is LT Bob Moore (USN). I’m happy to see that there is so much support for the troops. I just returned from a deployment in Afghanistan and I always enjoyed receiving gift boxes from people all over the country. I can tell you that receiving mail/packages is a HUGE deal to the troops because it lets us know someone cares about us being where we are deployed. The packages and letters I received helped make the days pass and always gave me something to look forward to. You can pass this email along if you’d like because I might be able to shed a little light on what troops are generally looking for. I was in Iraq in 04 and I returned from Afghanistan last month. Here is a list of things I always enjoyed:

Iraq
Gatorade powder
The single packages of those drink powders that you put into a bottle of water
Gift cards for AAFES - http://www.aafes.com/
Beef jerky
Good sun block (45spf or higher)

Afghanistan
Warm socks/gloves and undergarments – it gets extremely cold in Afghanistan
Mosquito repellant (the lotion kind)
Good coffee for those cold mornings – coffee mugs and travel cups also.

General items for any soldier in both countries
Candies, spicy foods (rice crackers, spicy peanuts, etc. - foods with flavor) The Dining Facilities (DFACs) serve rather bland foods. Word puzzle games – there’s dozens of little pocket book game books. Name brand shampoos and soaps - the BX/PX, if there’s one near you, only sells a few generic brand toiletries. Fingernail clippers, Q-tips, chap stick, etc are good things to send as well.

Www.treatsfortroops.com is also a very good site to purchase a package from. They always have good stuff to send to the troops. From this site, you can foster a soldier deployed. I got packages from quite a few people that I didn’t know and you have no idea how good it makes you feel to hear from people that support you. It’s an uplifting experience and keeps the troops moral as high as can be expected.

Thanks again and support those deployed! Take it from me, in that environment, they deserve it!

Bob Moore LT, USN