Sponsor just one soldier to get a package with $10.20 
| Thank you donors for helping us ship 1,600 deployed military
their Christmas Care Packages with this year's Operation Ensuring
Christmas:
Come to Operation Ensuring Christmas 2010 to see who we are
supporting overseas The Biggest Thank You to J im from West Jordan, UT for the most generous donation of $1,000 Lindon, UT WalMart and Jackie for getting a $500 Grant Hall family in UT $200 Garry P. of WEst Bountiful, UT $50 Renee T. of Utah for donation of $30 Jill in Lehi $30 Michelle, mom of daughter and son in law in Army Jim and Sherry Retired ARmy Kendra S. MA $30 Cell Phones for Soldiers for the 1,600 calling cards Ann, Shirleen and other wonderful volunteers for making Christmas Stockings, Hankerchiefs, brownies, Popcorn Balls, Rice Krispie Treats, and making phone calls for donations for shipping costs. Ann already collected $500 from one company in Santaquin, UT and last year collected 1,100 Hand Made Xmas Stockings. See her article in our Utah Deseret News: Click "Press" to the left
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Want to know what we do? Come watch this short Movie:
(sorry for technical difficulties, we need video editor to help make it 10 minutes in movie maker, see other videos below of what we have done)
Thank you for helping Letters To Soldiers pick our New Logo Donated by Logoworks!
OPERATION ENSURING CHRISTMAS 2010
We have committed to 3 Battalions/Brigades/Units this year for a total of 1,600 care packages and need to raise $16,000 for the USPS shipping costs of Flat Rate Boxes to Iraq & Afghanistan. We need volunteers to help collect funds, help at booths and make items.
Happy Memorial Day to all over beloved VETERANS. We will be handing out flags donated by Colonial Flag of UTah MEmorial Day at VFW service at AF Cemetary to Veterans, as well as special awards and flags to all VEterans at DAV Convention, and VFW Convention. We are collecting REd, White & Blue Card Making, Banner Making Supplies to make 10,000 4th of July Cards and Banners by June 1st. Schools get your students to make 4th of July Cards, Welcome HOme Banners, and Thank you Soldiers Banners!!! Wow We have over 3,200 4th of July Cards so far. Way to go Cache Valley schools, they are the winner of the most cards and get a special Gift Basket of Scrapbooking supplies when they go back to school that we will deliver in person!!!! We have been giving these to returning soldiers as well as deploying soldiers and Marines!!! (1,300 cards mailed to one Battalion of Marines. WE will also be passing them out to military at Stadium of Fire, which MAAKAO is sponsoring Military tickets for only $10.
4Th
of July
Stadium of
Fire with Carrie
Underwood, Osmonds 2nd Generation,
Our Families of Deployed soldiers,
Just Returned Soldiers...come see pics by clicking Carrie
Wow Excelsior Academy middle School Students made 28 amazing banners to welcome home our soldiers (click picture below to see all)
Come see pictures and video of Returning ARmy Reserve soldiers as they come home to airport aired on Fox 13, ABC4 and KSL as well as their Welcome HOme Celebration and Another Brigades' too in July by clicking pictures above.
Happy Valentine's Day Cards/Banners are in and sent to our
troops. ( see winners on left)
Come read the cards, letters and see pics from our troops we mailed care packages to at Operation Ensuring Christmas 2009
Sneak Preview of WElcome Home Troops Celebration and Concert 2010 in planning
THank you: DAV, VFW, American Legion in Utah for your help doing United Way
count of
homeless veterans and to help them get resources.
This
Veterans Day was extra special sharing it with our soldiers, our DAV
& VFW Veterans, and Payson WalMart and City.
Thank you so much to the 35 members of the Payson, Utah Orr family for collecting 35 coats, toys, and other items for the homeless. And Jana McDaniel for making hats. Thank you also Brittney Naverez for infant clothes for the 150 plus small children in the Shelter and Utah County families. This year thanks to the generosity of families like these, many who would freeze and go without Christmas will get much love from you and your efforts. Thank you also ANgela of UVRMC REhab department for collecting Sub For Santa items for one military family with father in Afghanistan, and mother who was hospitalized and could not pay the medical bills.
In Memory of 9/11 and those who rose to defend our country
read letters coming in today 9/11
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Thank
you Senator Bennett and Mark Shurtleff for your offers
to help. Thank you Attorney General Mark Shurtleff for
offering $1,000 and Senator Bennett for $750 for shipping costs of packages to our
troop
 April 1, 2009 Knowing of your interest in veterans and military issues, I wanted to provide you with an update of recent congressional activity on this issue. When our soldiers are deployed, particularly to combat areas, their families immediately feel their absence. These families are suddenly separated from their loved ones by thousands of miles, and often the only connection they have is the occasional telephone call or letter. Our government recognizes the need for soldiers to maintain contact with their families and friends by allowing them to send mail and packages home postage-free. However, no corresponding benefit exists from the U.S. to the men and women serving in the Armed Forces. Military families, many of them in financial distress, are forced to bear the expense of shipping packages and letters on their own. Recently, I co-sponsored H.R. 707, "The Home Front to Heroes Postal Benefits Act," which will give members of the Armed Forces serving in combat operations a free monthly postal benefit they can transfer to their loved ones. Members of the Armed Forces could also choose to donate their vouchers to charitable organizations, such as those that send care packages to soldiers. This simple, common sense legislation recognizes the integral role that care packages play in boosting the morale of the brave men and women serving our country in uniform. By providing much needed monetary relief to senders, this legislation shows appreciation for the sacrifices made not just by American soldiers, but also the people who love them. If you have any questions or concerns about this topic or any others, please feel free to contact my office.
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Help with a donation today for $9.95 (shipping cost for a flat rate box) to our Soldiers in Iraq by contacting us under "Find out more" in box at the right--------- AUCTION TO RAISE SHIPPING COSTS CLICK HERE FOR AMAZING ITEMS, COURSES, SERVICES.
Please don't forget about our "FOR THE CHILDREN" PROJECT to send pallets of school supplies, shoes, clothes, coats, first aid supplies, vitamins, soccer balls and more to the very poor children of Iraq so devastated and injured by this war:
Deseret
News
Message from Congressman Jim Matheson
November 30, 2007
Dear Ms. Denise,
Thank you for sharing
your concerns regarding the collection of letters and packages
of support for soldiers currently serving overseas. I appreciate
your interest in the issues facing our country and state, and I
am happy to respond. When you contact me, you help me to better
represent
I greatly appreciate all the work you are doing to ensure that our brave soldiers currently serving overseas receive the recognition they deserve. Especially during the holidays, sending them care packages and letters from their families, friends, and communities can improve the morale of our troops. I have always been a strong supporter of our brave young and men who serve in the military, and I will continue to ensure that they get the funding they need both when they are abroad and when they return.
Again, thank you for sharing your concerns with me. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact my office.
Sincerely,
JIM MATHESON
Member of Congress
Current Needs!
Public Relations & Funraising Geniuses Needed
We need volunteers to spread the word about this volunteer effort! Do you have experience in any of the following areas?
- PR - press releases, public service announcements, contacting the media (TV, radio, newspapers)
- fundraising
- getting sponsors
- if so, run, don't walk, to your e-mail and contact me!
- FRG volunteers from Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy
LetterBox Makers
Crafty people needed to make letter boxes for our Troops! We need letter boxes to place at local businesses to collect letters for our Troops! Contact me for more info!
News
Thanksgiving Day thanks to NPR.org radio, we received over 40 letters online from all over the US, Germany, Argentina, England, Canada and other locations. All positive and in support of our Troops!
Cards made by kids are coming in from all over the US with postage cost donations.
THE
KORENGAL VALLEY, THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE IN AFGHANISTAN FOR OUR
TROOPS. WON BEST DOCUMENTARY AT SUNDANCE:
"Dear Military Troop Support Group,
So many of you have responded enthusiastically to news of the
upcoming screenings of National Geographic Entertainment's war
documentary,
Restrepo. The film is directed by Sebastian Junger and Tim
Hetherington.
We'd like to make this offer to you of complimentary full-sized
posters, mini-posters and postcards to give to your members at
meetings.
Just email me with the a name of a person at your organization,
the quantity, and a mailing address. We'll have them shipped
directly to you.
If you'd like to take part in either DC or Los Angeles, I'm
attaching the invitations for your members. They can RSVP with
the address on the evite. If you have members in other cities,
we are also planning screenings in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, as
well as Ft. Hood, and Ft. Benning. The film begins opening in
theaters on June 25 in NY and Los Angeles, and rolling out
across the country soon after.
Thank you so much for your interest
--
Very Best,"
K.
PR Team, Restrepo
Army Wife
The Kitchen Dispatch Blog
http://kitchendispatch.blogspot.ocm
Thank you Charlene for working on revamping our website and our angel Shoshana for always being there to help us with our website troubleshooting!! We need more Volunteers please, and donations needed still!
Come watch Trace Adkins and the USMC Glee Club
Movies to watch thanks to the VFW, check out their site!!
Click
here for the full show!
- Two brothers went to fight. One went to find out why. The
highly acclaimed documentary, "Brothers
at War," celebrates the courage and integrity of the
American soldier and the American family. We'll speak with Jake
Rademacher - filmmaker, actor and brother, on his directoral
debut.
"'Come Back Home' was written in the wake of me losing my
longtime drummer and former Army soldier John C. Williams. But
the song started off as a reflection of how a military couple
deals with separation. After the release of Come Back Home,
Johns little brother was killed by an IED in Iraq. His name was
Blake Williams. His platoon used this track as the audio to a
memorial slide show presentation they did in March of 2008. It
was for all the courageous men and women they had lost in the
month of March. I am humbled by their service to our great
country and I hope this song brings them some peace. My father
served in Vietnam and I truly appreciate their dedication and
bravery." -Pat McGee
| NOTE; Band of Brothers WWII hero passes, read more |
