Troop donations
Brittany Sheridan, 12 (right) and Shayla Smith, 8, stand in front of the 5,214 items they collected for deploying troops. The two girls spent May 7 and 8 outside of a K-Mart in Lancaster, Calif. where they solicitated donations from customers in the form of items such as toothpaste, shampoo, crossword books and thank you letters. (Air Force photo by Kate Blais)