Over the course of several weeks in February, students at Lace Elementary School collected enough pajamas, t-shirts and toiletries to provide care packages to dozens of U.S. soldiers serving in Afghanistan.
Students from teacher Bonnie Bucholz's third-grade class gave those care packages a warm send-off Wednesday when they carried the boxes into the post office on Cass Avenue in Westmont. Bucholz, who has a son in the Air Force, coordinated the event.
Check out our photo gallery for scenes from the special delivery.
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