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Inspirada supports Munchies 4 the Military

Community gathers donations

- Douglas J. Green Memorial Foundation is an all-volunteer nonprofit 501(c)3 organizati­on is dedicated to providing comfort and support to service members and their families through sending thoughtful and useful care packages during their deployment­s.

Inspirada, a master-planned community in Henderson, has partnered with Liberty High School and city of Henderson to sponsor this year’s Munchies 4 the Military, a donation drive founded by the Douglas J. Green Memorial Foundation. Together, the organizati­ons are asking for the community’s help in collecting wish list donations for the foundation’s care packages, which will be mailed to military service members and families who are deployed overseas.

“This is Munchies 4 the Military’s eighth year, but the third time we have assembled the care packages at Liberty High School, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to partner with Inspirada, Liberty High School and the city of Henderson,” said Suni Chabrow, founder of the Douglas J. Green Memorial Foundation. “The collaborat­ion is helping raise awareness for the annual donation drive and the foundation, and I look forward to seeing how many care packages are sent to the men and women who sacrifice themselves for our country every day.”

“I am so proud to see our community come together in support of the Munchies 4 the Military program and as a Blue Star Mother, I know how much it means for the men and women serving in our armed forces overseas to receive these care packages,” said Henderson Mayor Debra March. “Through our partnershi­p with Inspirada, we are encouragin­g Henderson residents to help the Douglas J. Green Memorial Foundation meet its mission and to show that we are a community with a huge heart when it comes to donating needed items for our overseas troops.”

The Douglas J. Green Memorial Foundation was created in honor of Chabrow’s son, SPC Douglas J. Green, who was killed in action during his second tour of duty in Afghanista­n in 2011. Inspirada, Liberty High School and the city of Henderson encourages the community to make a difference by donating items on the project’s wish list. This includes breakfast items, snack foods, beef jerky, nuts, dried fruit, protein and granola bars and wet wipes. Items are being collected April 1-28 and can be dropped off at various Inspirada and other Henderson locations, including:

■ Inspirada’s Solista Community Center, 1890 Via Firenze, Henderson,

and builder model sales centers.

■ City of Henderson City Hall and Recreation Center, 240 S. Water St, Henderson, and several other Henderson recreation centers and senior facilities.

■ Liberty High School, 3700 Liberty Heights Ave., Henderson

■ West Henderson Library at Bicentenni­al Marketplac­e, 3243 Bicentenni­al Pkwy, Henderson.

Community members also can contribute by making monetary donations, which will help offset the cost of postage, approximat­ely $19 per box. This year, the goal is to assemble 500 care packages. Volunteers will be assembling packages at Liberty High School starting at 1 p.m. on May 7. For more informatio­n on this year’s event and a complete list of donation drop-off locations, click Munchies 4 The Military 2022 on Inspirada website, inspirada.com.

Located in West Henderson and just minutes from the Interstate 15, Inspirada is made up of three nationally acclaimed and award-winning builders, including KB Home, Tri Pointe Homes and Toll Brothers. It is home to more than 5,000 households with residents that have access to 85 acres of parks, comprised of recreation­al and fitness areas, various sporting fields, walking and jogging trails. Homebuyers can tour more than 40 new model homes in nine different

Donation items for this year’s Munchies 4 the Military are being collected April 1-28. Volunteers will be assembling packages at Liberty High School starting at 1 p.m. on May 7.

neighborho­ods, finding homes suited for every lifestyle, with prices starting in the $300,000s to more than $500,000s. And Inspirada’s dedicated community associatio­n works year-round to plan enriching, family-friendly and pet-friendly activities.

With a projected build-out of

8,500 homes within the Inspirada villages by Inspirada Builders LLC, Inspirada is home to more than 12,000 residents who have access to programs and activities managed by a full-time staff that creates social calendars to bring neighbors together in the parks and the Inspirada Community Center. It is home to five parks, four with resident-only heated pools, barbecue and picnic areas, basketball, bocce, volleyball and tennis courts, soccer fields, splash pad and dog parks. For more informatio­n, visit inspirada.com or follow the community on Facebook at facebook.com/inspiradan­v.

 ?? Inspirada ?? Liberty High School, the city of Henderson and Inspirada are sponsoring this year’s Munchies 4 the Military, a donation drive founded by the Douglas J. Green Memorial Foundation.
Inspirada Liberty High School, the city of Henderson and Inspirada are sponsoring this year’s Munchies 4 the Military, a donation drive founded by the Douglas J. Green Memorial Foundation.
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