Christmas isn't the only season for remembering service members overseas, especially since military life and deployments continue through every holiday all year long.

Project Rudolph, which provides gift bags for patients at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, deployed troops and those passing through the Ramstein Air Base terminal on their way downrange, plans year round for their December gift-giving season.

For those living in the Kaiserslautern Military Community, contributing to the program is as easy as checking out their yard sale July 11 or helping to prepare bags on the 25th. In 2008, Project Rudolph reports that 8,000 gift bags were distributed to soldiers, sailors, airman and Marines, utilizing only volunteers and donations.

For more information on the KMC events, contact Project Rudolph's Volunteer coordinator, Tracey Teuber at tracey_teuber@yahoo.com.

Anyone can find out more about the charity, initiated and developed by military spouse Tawny Campbell, at the Project Rudolph web site.