Soldiers from the New York Army National Guard’s 42nd Special Troop Battalion, based in Troy, will be at Grafton Elementary School Friday morning, February 6, to pick up 20 boxes bound for local National Guard Soldiers serving in Iraq.
More than 90 students in grades kindergarten through third grade at the school collected items to send to the soldiers. The soldiers had hoped to pick up and mail the boxes in December, but bad weather resulted in postponing the event.
Three members of the 42nd Special Troops Battalion, members of the Grafton Parent Teachers Organization and Grafton Elementary School students will participate. The soldiers will arrive in a Humvee at 9 am to pick up the packages and transport them to a local post office for mailing.