Troops in Iraq were all smiles after receiving care packages from teacher Marion White's class at the O'Donnell Middle School in Stoughton.

Marion White believes with all her heart that every U.S. soldier should be receiving correspondence and gifts. If anyone could make it happen, the O'Donnell Middle School math teacher is sure to be the one.

Three years ago while her daughter was serving with the Army National Guard in Iraq, White started sending care packages to her daughter's unit. Even though her daughter, who was injured in the war, is now home and no longer in the armed services, White has not stopped.

Through her daughter, White learned how much of a difference a package from home made to soldiers, so she stepped up her efforts.

"I don't want any soldier to go without, not ever, but especially not at the holidays," said White.

With lots of support from both staff and students at the middle school, White has been sending monthly packages to two Massachusetts-based units serving in Iraq, the 1060^th transportation company (her daughter's former unit) and the 212^th medical detachment.

"There are soldiers who don't get any mail except from strangers at the holidays, at least there was something for them to open," said White.

From individually wrapped candy canes to gum, socks and Dunkin Donuts coffee, thanks to White and others at the middle school, there was plenty for the soldiers to open.

"We had thousands of items...we wrapped every single one," explained White.

Read the complete article in the Stoughton Journal.