This was brought up on another group I belong to. A program by Xerox to send postcards to serving military personnel. They're kind of anonymous--do you think these would be well received?
http://www.letssaythanks.com/Home1280.html A program by Xerox to send postcards to serving military personnel. They're kind of anonymous--do you think these would be well received?
We really should send those cards since 25% of the surviving veterans will end up homeless later in life. Oh. Sorry. I should ignore the reality we are imposing on them.
sure, there's a larger problem, but that doesn't negate the efforts these people are doing. I'm just wondering how appreciated a card from someone they don't know would be.
Two excellent organizations that send care packages can be found at
www.anysoldier.com, and
www.OperationUSOCarePackage.org. The anysoldier group started out as the personal effort of one military mom whose son asked her to send a few things to some of the soldiers in his unit who never got mail. It has grown from there. The USO does great work too. I'm sure there are also other organizations that do the same sort of thing.
From the BBC of 18 Nov 2007:
Army head concerned over morale
Gen Sir Richard Dannatt ... According to an internal report obtained by the Sunday Telegraph, Sir Richard said troops felt "devalued, angry and suffering from Iraq fatigue". ...
Gen Dannatt also said the military covenant - the guarantee of a duty of care between the government and the armed forces - is "clearly out of kilter".
He added: "We must strive to give individuals and units ample recuperation time between operations, but I do not underestimate how difficult this will be to achieve whilst under-manned and with less robust establishments than I would like."
For those of you who send Christmas cards:
When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please
include the following:
A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Washington,D.C. 20307-5001
For those of you who send Christmas cards:
When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please
include the following:
A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Washington,D.C. 20307-5001
Psssst. Check Sycamores post (#6). Follow the link.
Post cards are nice and all, but you'll have more of an effect if you find a group that sends little packages, to include: porno mags (not joking), various reading material (comics, poli sci journals, and anything in between), etc. Things to do are a lot better than things to stare at on your wall.
If you've got a problem sending porn, know that they don't just randomly distribute the packages. Folks know in advance what they're getting when they pick up a box with some hustler... Also, it's a bit ridiculous to find porn too sinful for members of an organization that has at it's core killing people.
This has been a paid advertisement by the Get The Troops More Porn Organization.
Side note: it is getting harder and harder to find orgs willing to send porn, so you might have to dig if you decide you want to make a soldier's life better through pictures of naked women.
Psssst. Check Sycamores post (#6). Follow the link.
OOOOps boy that sucks. bb
Good source sez Walter Reed discontinued mails to "any" after a set of cards that was designed to look like elementary school children's cards were actually harsh anti-war messages.
sure, there's a larger problem, but that doesn't negate the efforts these people are doing. I'm just wondering how appreciated a card from someone they don't know would be.
I have several friends in Iraq right now and they said that they greatly appreciate this type of thing. These cards are very well received.
Maxim magazine is quite popular. There is usually a general order in effect making things like pornography and alcohol off limits.
A card from someone ya don't know, while deployed...IS AWESOME!
Joe.