Coffee donated to troops in Iraq

By Charles F. Bostwick
Staff Writer

PALMDALE -- Hand sanitizer bottles, chewing gum packs, crackers-and-peanut butter packets and paperback novels are piling up at the Antelope Valley Red Cross office, destined for troops overseas. Antelope Valley residents are donating snacks, toiletries and gifts for the military personnel in Iraq under a weeklong local Red Cross collection drive. Among the donations are 1,000 pounds of coffee in individual packets promised by a Valencia specialty coffee-supply company, the Newhall Coffee Roasting Co.

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