Well Folks, we are all walking around like a kid on Christmas Eve. We have had over 1,000 hits on this blog site and we are all excited, anxious and coordinating like crazy making sure that the opening goes off without a hitch. We would like to offer a special thanks and our sincere gratitude to Commissioner Mancuso. He had the foresight to realize that this project has become much larger than we all expected and he has given us a second room that is adjacent to our original room so that the troops have more space to relax while using the Courtesy Room.

With this additional space will come additional needs. So, anyone out there who would like to donate some cafe tables with chairs, some DVDs, portable DVD players or make a monetary donation to be used for the purchase of said items that would be a great help.

Again, donations can be sent to:

The Gregory J. Harris Military Courtesy Room
Emerald City Detachment # 877, Marine Corps League
7155 Manlius Center Road
East Syracuse, NY 13057

For non-monetary donations, please contact us at the following e-mail address: gjharrismilitarycourtesyroom@gmail.com , and we can work out the details.

Some of the larger items that have been donated thus far include a double door refrigerator, a commercial size coffee maker and several comfortable chairs. We are really making progress! We have already gone out and purchased our first batch of supplies for the room – food items, coffee supplies, water, soda and paper supplies.

Today we all met at the room to do some minor things and a local TV channel, WTVH5, a CBS affiliate, came by to do an interview and show how the room is shaping up for the ribbon cutting ceremony next Tuesday. You can view that piece here. There was a lot of excitement in the air at the airport as well. The employees have been so supportive and many have stopped down to see how things are progressing in the rooms.  The crew that has been helping with some of the minor renovations have been fabulous!

We have lots of little things to do and finalize before the opening and we now even have a way for those of you out there is cyberspace to help out as well.

Please leave a comment below in the form of a message to the troops who will soon be utilizing the Courtesy Room. We are confident that messages of support from other Americans will be a great thing for them to read. So, let the troops know how much they mean to you – We will later have these message made available to the troops for them to read while they visit the Courtesy Room.

Thanks in advance for leaving a message to the Troops! It doesn’t matter what uniform they wear, only that it has that red, white and blue patch on the sleeve.

From All of Us at the Gregory J. Harris Military Courtesy Room,
THANK YOU!