hi all, i've posted a good bit ago (couple months) about a list to adopt a soldier (had a few names and had a request for more names). you'll all be VERY happy to know that two of our warriors have returned home SAFELY within the past week. i've sent an email to all the addresses that i still had in my list. if anyone else would like a soldier to adopt or has a soldier's name they would like to add PLEASE email me at flyvanguard@yahoo.com .
also, i'm sure you all saw the email from last christmas to send a card to a recovering soldier at walter reed. i've gotten an email requesting that no cards be addressed to "recovering soldier" this year but i do have another address to send cards to help our wounded warriors. if anyone is interested in that address it is:
Please mail your Christmas Cards to:
Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD. 20791-5456
The American Red Cross is sponsoring a national "Holiday Mail for Heroes" campaign to receive and distribute holiday cards to servicemembers and veterans both in the United States and abroad.
Holiday Mail for Heroes, which began Tuesday, Veterans Day, is a follow-up to the 2007 effort that resulted in the collection and distribution of more than 600,000 cards to hospitalized servicemembers. This year's program will expand its reach to not only wounded servicemembers but also veterans and their families. The goal is to collect and distribute 1 million pieces of holiday mail.
"As we enter this holiday season-a time to celebrate with family and friends-it's important to remember the thousands of men and women who serve our nation in harm's way and those who are recovering in military and veterans hospitals," said Army Col. Norvell V. Coots, commander, Walter Reed Health Care System. "The Holiday Mail for Heroes program is a wonderful outreach effort and a great way to acknowledge the sacrifices of our men and women in uniform."
Holiday cards should be mailed to:
Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD. 20791-5456
All cards must be postmarked no later than Dec. 10. Cards should not be mailed or delivered to Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
For more information, visit www.wramc.amedd.army.mil or www.redcross.org/holidaymail for Holiday Mail for Heroes program guidelines.Walter Reed is not accepting mail addressed to "A Recovering American Soldier."
THAT CAME FROM THIS WEBSITE ... http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/NewsAndEvents/media/resource/Lists/wrarticles/DispForm.aspx?Id=65&
thanks again to all and GOD BLESS! sandy barber - flyvanguard