Pride Packages

Help us gear up for Christmas boxes by making a donation. Ramen noodles, chicken, beef, shrimp, or chilli Peanut butter in a plastic jar or squeezable Squeezable jelly, grape or strawberry Small cans of fruit or vegetables with a pull tab Hormel complete meals, Dinty Moore beef stew, etc. Granola…

Project Pride Packages 2021 “HOHOHO” (Helping Our Heroes On Holidays Overseas) In 2005 I started an organization called Pride Packages and I send packages to deployed troops who do not receive mail or packages from home. During the holidays I have started a project called HOHOHO, “Helping Our Heroes On…

If anyone knows a soldier that is deployed to another country during Christmas that could use a package from Pride Packages, please let me know. We will send them out a package. You Can send me a message with their address and information. If you know how long they are…

The Shelbyville school district will be honoring all veterans with a drive-thru recognition on November 11th, 2021.

Evan P Garlick   Corporal U.S. Marine Corps 2004-2008   Purple Heart Medal Good Conduct Medal National Defense Medal Iraqi Campaign Medal War on Terrorism Service Medal War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal Combat Action Ribbon Sea Service Deployment Ribbon Thank you son for your service to our country, fighting for…

Pride Packages Project 2019 “HOHOHO”(HELPING OUR HEROES ON HOLIDAYS OVERSEAS”   In 2005 I started an organization called Pride Packages and I send packages to deployed troops who do not receive mail or packages from home. During the holidays I have started a project called “HOHOHO”, “Helping Our Heroes On…

Dear Supporters of Pride Packages, We are getting ready to do Halloween packages for the troops and we are planning to pack around 30 packages. We are short of the following supplies right now and would appreciate any supplies or monetary donations that you could donate for the packages. The…

The first night of packing Christmas packages for the troops. We sent out 25 packages throughout the world.   On the 2nd night. The Holy Cross Luthern youth group of Shelbyville helped pack 25 packages. On the 3rd night.  Kathy, Jody, Dawn and Pat packed 41 packages.    

It’s that time of the year again when I am thinking about sending packages to our troops for Christmas. Our Project called HOHOHO( Helping Our Heroes On Holidays Overseas) would like to send at least a hundred packages or more this year. The cost for postage for each package is…

Pat is getting ready to mail out more pride packages for Christmas. She has in mind to do around 100. Would anyone be interested in writing a letter or two to one of these soldiers who doesn’t receive any communication from home Pat also is in need of the following…

This is what packing 33 Halloween Packages for our troops while listening to Christmas music looks like.          

On March 2, colleagues from HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital finished a two-week drive of items for Pat Garlick’s Pride Packages. The items will go into Easter packages for American soldiers and sailors deployed overseas. Many of these military personnel do not receive mail from home. The hospital also collected financial…

Pride Packages Project 2017 “HOHOHO”(HELPING OUR HEROES ON HOLIDAYS OVERSEAS” In 2005 I started an organization called Pride Packages and I send packages to deployed troops who do not receive mail or packages from home. During the holidays I have started a project called “HOHOHO”, “Helping Our Heroes On Holidays…

What does hope look like?  See below. Rachel and I packed 54 packages for the troops this weekend for Halloween. Inside each one of them we packed a variety of supplies such as devotional material, letter, newspaper, magazines, puzzle book, Halloween candy, socks, pop tarts, cookies, crackers, nuts, granola bars,…

By Frank Mulholland / Managing Editor Perhaps you missed the recent article about Pat and Eric Garlick and their Pride Packages Project that appeared in the Shelbyville Daily Union (See Monday, March 5). For those who may not be familiar with this project, the Garlicks work tirelessly sending packages to…

BY JOHN CARSWELL – Daily Union Staff Writer On Wednesday, Lance Corporal Evan Garlick, sister Rachel and his parents, Eric and Pat Garlick of Shelbyville, were part of a group reunion that took place on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Returning Marines of Company A, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion have…

BY JOHN CARSWELL – Daily Union Staff Writer Pat Garlick and her husband Eric are known locally for their tireless efforts in sending Pride Packages to soldiers in Iraq. The packages contain items from home that may seem common, but are very special to the men and women in uniform…

BY JOHN CARSWELL – Daily Union Staff Writer After two years of sending Pride Packages to soldiers stationed in Iraq, Eric and Pat Garlick are close to receiving a package of pride themselves. Their son, Marine Lance Corporal Evan Garlick, arrived in North Carolina on Monday after being stationed in…

BY JOHN CARSWELL – Daily Union Staff Writer SHS graduate, and Marine LCpl (Lance Corporal), Evan Garlick is five days away from redeployment to Iraq. After spending some time back in Shelbyville with his parents, Eric and Pat Garlick, he returned to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina to await his…

BY JOHN CARSWELL – Daily Union Staff Writer This weekend, Pat Garlick and her husband Eric, wrapped up their Freedom Yard Sale for the summer, with a three-day Labor Day rummage sale. Pat Garlick has been operating the garage sale for two years using all money collected to send “Pride Packages”…

BY FRANK MULHOLLAND Shelbyville resident Pat Garlick has managed to really brighten up the day for many military personnel serving in the war zones of Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait and ships at sea in that area. Her “Pride Packages” program sends little reminders of home in the form of goodies, reading…

When Pat Garlick heard that many of the young people serving in Iraq receive no mail from home, she decided to take action. Since June, she has sent 60 boxes filled with DVDs, snacks, books, games and socks to troops overseas. “I really got the idea when I talked to…