Both Lucy of LuLu's Petals and Tamy of 3 Sides of Crazy have posted about this, and I'm sure there are many others, and I hope you'll join us! When you are doing your Christmas cards this year, take one card (at least) and send it to this address:
Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD. 20791-5456
Your card will be distributed by the American Red Cross to service members, veterans, and their families in the United States and around the world. Guidelines are here. Cards should be postmarked by December 10.
Please do not include any inserts, phone numbers, email addresses, or other "personal" information in your card, but don't forget to sign it. The Red Cross suggests using a generic greeting such as "Dear Service Member."
(Side note: Cards should not be mailed or delivered directly to Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Walter Reed is not accepting mail addressed to "A Recovering American Soldier.)
Let's help the Red Cross meet their goal of 1 million cards and make the holidays brighter for our U.S. service personnel.
I sent out 10 cards today with photos of my chihuaua's all dressed up.
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic idea Diane and something that the service personnel would treasure.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I know when my brother was deployed, he loved receiving mail, especially during the holidays.
ReplyDeletealrighty, read the last 5 or 6 posts here and think I'm all caught up...lol
ReplyDeletevery cool! I'm in canada though so our letters go to the canadian military :)
I love the hand foot canasta game...I'm going to be looking for that one!
Now I'm picturing you typing with a texas accent...it's very H'Umble' LOL
This is a great thing to do. Thanks for the info.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my site.
Have a great Thanksgiving and God Bless and keep you and yours safe.
I think this is a great idea! I’ve written about it a few times in the past couple of weeks on both blogs and mentioned it again today. I’m glad you and others are also sharing this marvelous program sponsored by the Red Cross.
ReplyDeleteHugs and blessings,
Thank you so much for posting this!
ReplyDeletegreat additional info. Teacher Diane!!
ReplyDeletethanks for spreading the word. xo