Tara Phillips’ Totes for Troops project is a total success

Posted: Friday, August 10, 2012 12:00 am | Updated: 6:55 am, Fri Aug 10, 2012.

Standing in her Lodi backyard, surrounded by blue and white post office boxes stuffed with lunch totes, letters and treats, with the refuse of hundreds of small snack packages scattered on the lawn, Tara Phillips breathed a sigh of relief.

She managed to find donors and fill all 100 treat totes for the men and women serving in her brother's unit in Afghanistan.

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Tara Phillips’ Totes for Troops project is a total success