Project Yusufiyah - Mike's Legacy UPDATE

SGT Mike Stokely

Back on March 10, 2008, I wrote a post about the latest project by Robert Stokely to honour his son Mike's mission in Iraq. I told you the story of Robert gathering school supplies to send to the Iraqi children who Mike loved so much.

"Mike cared enough about the children in Yusufiyah to go fight there, to die there. If we can do a little bit to help the children..." Robert Stokely early this morning, told me that they started Project Yusufiyah with the idea of sending some school supplies to kids in Iraq.

You can read the rest of that post here. Today, there is an update. That first picture above is of the children being handed the school supplies which Robert packed and sent so that the children in Iraq have a lasting legacy of HIS beloved son.

Blackfive has this:

Mike Stokely Foundation Makes Changes in Yusifiyah By Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback erd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division PATROL BASE YUSIFIYAH, Iraq - Students and teachers had looks of joy - and bewilderment - as Soldiers handed out school supplies and toys at the Mullah Fayad school in Yusifiyah, Iraq, March 27. Children grinned ear-to-ear as they looked over the treasure. When teachers asked who had sent the truckload of goods, they were surprised by the answer. Everything had been donated in the name of Sgt. Michael Stokely, who was killed Aug. 16, 2005, in Mullah Fayad. Stokely, from Sharpsburg, Ga., served with the 48th Georgia National Guard. After his death, his father began the Mike Stokely Foundation. The organization put together a shipment of school supplies for citizens of the communities where Stokely lived and died. It took an Army five-ton truck to deliver the supplies to the school...

There is so much more to this update. Go - NOW! - and read the rest at B5 here.

Thank you Mike AND Robert. Bless you both.

Brat