Decorah Middle School students have sent Christmas gifts to U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan

5th grade students in Sarah Nowack's prime time class just before sending tow packages to Afghanistan (Click on photo for larger image)

Decorah Middle School students in SarahNowack's prime time class have sent off a package to Afghanistan.

The students brought and wrote on over 100holiday cards for soldiers through a Red Cross program.The messages written were very heart warmingand sincere.

The students also assembledand sent two large care packages to a group of eight soldiers currently inAfghanistan.

The soldiers wrote back a letter addressed to the "Most Awesome 5th Grade Class Ever." They said the packages "put a big smile on some people's faces when we got )them)." The soldiers also sent back pictures of their surroundings in Afghanistan.