Yoga Pittsburgh - Santosha Yoga Center, Gibsonia, PA

Santosha Yoga Center

of Pittsburgh

2nd Annual Memorial Week Troop

Benefit & Auction

A Wonderful Success

The Second Annual Memorial Week Troop Benefit was held May 19th-24th, 2008 at Santosha Yoga Center and proved to be an overwhelming success. This years event raised over $2100 for the Yellow Ribbon Girls and collected twice as many care package items as 2007. Thanks goes out to everyone who participated. Without your generous donations of time and money, this event would not happen so thank you.

This years event was made extra special by visits from several military personnel.

First, Army Sgt. Edward Greiner, son of Santosha teacher Maggi Lang, and Air National Guard Sgt. Matthew Bizup spent the day at Santosha having just recently returned from recent deployments in Iraq. Both men spent the morning meeting with Santosha students and telling stories about what it is like serving so far away from home. It was a pleasure to meet Sgt. Greiner and Sgt. Bizup and we were all thankful for their sacrifice and service to our country.

Finally, Kirk L. Fellabom, Chairman of the 82nd Airborne Division Association, 1SG Leonard A. Funk Chapter attended and brought an unexpected surprise. Mr. Fellabom presented the Yellow Ribbon Girls with a check for $650 and a proclamation praising their hard work and dedication to our men and women serving in uniform throughout the world.

Attached you will find a copy of the troop benefit program which is being sent this June in care packages to our military personnel overseas so they can see the generosity you displayed as well.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you

History of the Yellow Ribbon Girls

The Yellow Ribbon Girls were founded by Patti Phillippi, Bonnie Phillippi, and Vicki Henley to support their brother, Major John Stich, an Army Critical Care Nurse, who was deployed as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Since its founding, the Yellow Ribbon Girls have sent over 12500 care packages to hundreds of troops serving throughout the world.

For more information about the Yellow Ribbon Girls, please visit their website at www.yellowribbongirls.com

2008 Troop Benefit Sponsors

Items most needed by troops list