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A pile of stockings filled with beef jerky from Umpqua Indian Foods will be shipped to soldiers this holiday season.
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WHAT: Stockings stuffed with beef jerky for U.S. soldiers.
WHERE: The gifts can be purchased at Umpqua Indian Foods, 402 Main St. in Canyonville, or by visiting www.umpquaindianfoods.com. The tribe will pick up shipping costs for orders called in to UIF, but will not cover the costs of orders placed on the UIF Web site.
WHEN: The deadlines are Dec. 5 for overseas delivery and Dec. 19 for stateside orders.
COST: $19.95 per stocking.
INFORMATION: 839-6670.
WHERE: The gifts can be purchased at Umpqua Indian Foods, 402 Main St. in Canyonville, or by visiting www.umpquaindianfoods.com. The tribe will pick up shipping costs for orders called in to UIF, but will not cover the costs of orders placed on the UIF Web site.
WHEN: The deadlines are Dec. 5 for overseas delivery and Dec. 19 for stateside orders.
COST: $19.95 per stocking.
INFORMATION: 839-6670.
They may not have the chimneys to hang them on, but by golly, they’ll have the stockings.
The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians will see to that.
For the fourth consecutive year, Umpqua Indian Foods — which is owned by the tribe — is making sure Oregon soldiers stationed overseas or domestically receive a stocking stuffed to the brim with the single-most requested snack by soldiers: beef jerky.
The Canyonville business receives a list of all Oregon soldiers. Customers can specify a particular soldier they want to remember, or Umpqua Indian Foods can supply a name.
Last year, the goal was to sell 460 stockings. This year, Umpqua Indian Foods General Manager Carolyn St. James said they’re shooting for 560.
The ermine-topped camouflage socks contain two four-ounce packages and six one-ounce packages of beef jerky. Each stocking will provide a sample of every flavor of jerky created by Umpqua Indian Foods.
Sgt. Matthew Holmes with the Oregon Army National Guard will be the recipient of one of the stockings next year. He said the Roseburg unit deploys in the spring. He demonstrated the amount of beef jerky that soldiers are able to fit in their cargo pants by stuffing a couple of the packets into several of his pockets, notably the jalapeño flavor, his favorite.
Receiving anything from home while serving in a foreign place, said Holmes, is a wonderful feeling.
“They (soldiers) know it came from their home, not Hershey, Pennsylvania,” he said. “It’s their home.”
The grassroots program started four years ago with only a few stockings and has exploded into an annual event that ships hundreds of stocking to soldiers during the holiday season.
The stockings cost $19.95, and Chairman Sue Shaffer said the tribe will pick up shipping costs.
“The tribe is dedicated to making life better any way we can for our troops,” she said.
• You can reach reporter Cara Pallone at 957-4208 or by e-mail at cpallone@nrtoday.com.
The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians will see to that.
For the fourth consecutive year, Umpqua Indian Foods — which is owned by the tribe — is making sure Oregon soldiers stationed overseas or domestically receive a stocking stuffed to the brim with the single-most requested snack by soldiers: beef jerky.
The Canyonville business receives a list of all Oregon soldiers. Customers can specify a particular soldier they want to remember, or Umpqua Indian Foods can supply a name.
Last year, the goal was to sell 460 stockings. This year, Umpqua Indian Foods General Manager Carolyn St. James said they’re shooting for 560.
The ermine-topped camouflage socks contain two four-ounce packages and six one-ounce packages of beef jerky. Each stocking will provide a sample of every flavor of jerky created by Umpqua Indian Foods.
Sgt. Matthew Holmes with the Oregon Army National Guard will be the recipient of one of the stockings next year. He said the Roseburg unit deploys in the spring. He demonstrated the amount of beef jerky that soldiers are able to fit in their cargo pants by stuffing a couple of the packets into several of his pockets, notably the jalapeño flavor, his favorite.
Receiving anything from home while serving in a foreign place, said Holmes, is a wonderful feeling.
“They (soldiers) know it came from their home, not Hershey, Pennsylvania,” he said. “It’s their home.”
The grassroots program started four years ago with only a few stockings and has exploded into an annual event that ships hundreds of stocking to soldiers during the holiday season.
The stockings cost $19.95, and Chairman Sue Shaffer said the tribe will pick up shipping costs.
“The tribe is dedicated to making life better any way we can for our troops,” she said.
• You can reach reporter Cara Pallone at 957-4208 or by e-mail at cpallone@nrtoday.com.
