VALENTINES FOR OUR TROOPS IN IRAQ--Please sign one now (free)

1-13-04 | patriciaruth

[patriciaruth]

With your consent, I will put your name on a Valentine being sent to Baghdad. No charge. A bic pen and a lollypop will be attached as gifts to each Valentine. Also no charge to you.:-) Valentines have NASCAR, Finding Nemo, Spiderman, racing cars, and Lord of the Rings as motifs.

You can
1. use your FReeper name and FreeRepublic.com will be indicated as your address, or
2. FReepmail me with your real name and address including zip code or your real name and email address.
OR
You can
3. write a Valentine message to a soldier here on this thread and I'll print it on Valentine stationery (pink paper with hearts) signing your FReeper name, or
4.FReepmail me with a Valentine message to a soldier, and give your real name and regular address or email address.

Please give consents and write messages by Thursday noon this week

CONTRIBUTIONS can also be sent to me for the Valentine's care package going to our troops in Baghdad. FReepmail me for my address where you can send check, money order or cash. Any amount helps and is appreciated. I can also do PayPal with credit cards, but they take a percentage of those payments.

The Valentine care package going out at the end of this week includes 26 movies, 14 paperback books, 6 decks of cards, 45 sewing needles and 2 spools of thread, 24 notepads of paper (50 ct each), and 500 envelopes, several calendars and magazines, 12 packs of gum, 5 each personal care items: travel size Kleenex, wet wipes, toilet paper, hand sanitizing gel, mouthwash, toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, shampoo, shaving cream, disposable razors, Q-tips, deodorant, bandaids, small leatherette bag to carry travel size care items.

Movies are DVD: Gov. Schwarzenegger in Total Recall and The 6th Day, Crichton's Andromeda Strain, Antonio Banderas in Mask of Zorro, Kurt Russell in Stargate, Finding Nemo, Heinlein's Starship Troopers, Star Wars II, Tim Allen in Galaxy Quest, The Matrix, Samuel L. Jackson in Shaft, Harrison Ford in Air Force One, Will Smith in Independence Day, Tom Berenger in Last of the Dogmen, October Sky, Carl Sagan's Contact. VHS movies are Bruce Willis in Die Hard, the Sixth Sense, and Unbreakable; Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, Morgan Freeman in Along Came a Spider, Good Will Hunting, Mel Gibson in What Women Want, Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet, Casablanca. [Movies previously sent to Baghdad are Die Another Day, Collateral Damage, True Lies, Windtalkers, We Were Soldiers, Lawrence of Arabia, Last of the Mohicans, Return to Me, The Rookie, Antwone Fisher, Shanghai Knights, Tears of the Sun, Sum of All Fears, Panic Room, Ghostbusters, Frequency, Remember the Titans, Forever Young, Predator, Men in Black, The Great Escape.]

Books are Crichton's Timeline, Clancy's Without Remorse and Sum of All Fears, L'Amour's Last of the Breed, Heinlein's Starship Troopers and Double Star, Larry Bond's Red Phoenix, Stephen Horn's Law of Gravity, Don Coldsmith's Runestone, T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, Olson Scott Card's Postwatch and Enchantment, Zane Gray's Riders of the Purple Sage. [Books previously sent to Baghdad are Ice Station Zebra, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength, Manifold Time, Manifold Space, The Pilgrimage, No Different Flesh, Glory Road, Tunnel in the Sky, Ender's Game, The Virginian.]

[patriciaruth]

Please stop by this thread and give okay for me to send a Valentine to a soldier in Baghdad in your name. No charge.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Here! Thank you, patriciaruth! Y
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patriciaruth's sending her love and thanks to our troops for Valentine's Day, and graciously asks us to help spread the love.

 

Sign her card... 

 

...and more opportunities to find happiness:  (^:

 

"CONTRIBUTIONS  --  Valentine's care package going to our troops in Baghdad. FReepmail me (http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/mail-compose?to=patriciaruth) for my address... Any amount helps and is appreciated...The Valentine care package going out at the end of this week includes 26 movies, 14 paperback books, 6 decks of cards, 45 sewing needles and 2 spools of thread, 24 notepads of paper (50 ct each), and 500 envelopes, several calendars and magazines, 12 packs of gum, 5 each personal care items: travel size Kleenex, wet wipes, toilet paper, hand sanitizing gel, mouthwash, toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, shampoo, shaving cream, disposable razors, Q-tips, deodorant, bandaids, small leatherette bag to carry travel size care items."

[BushisTheMan]

Thanks for including me in this post. I have sent you a private reply.

You are doing a great thing. I admire you.

[serurier]

patriciaruth :This name was looked for at will from a Web site by me. (http://www.napolun.com/biog_captnap_6.htm) ,From U.S. maybe can't access this web site (Because the web Server in China),but It's an about Napoleon web site.

[VOA]

bump for publicity

[patriciaruth]

Kicking bttt and taking names!

Please stop by and give your okay for your name to be put on a Valentine for a soldier in Baghdad.

I've got several hundred Valentines here and only a couple dozen names so far. Surely FR can do better than that!

And guys, if you think it feels funny to send a valentine to another guy, don't worry, there aren't any hearts on them, just like a racing car and something innocuous like "zooming by to wish you a Happy Valentine's Day."

Common, folks, lets kick that "bttt" for the troops!

[patriciaruth]

Kicking bttt and taking names!
Please stop by and give your okay for your name to be put on a Valentine for a soldier in Baghdad.

I've got several hundred Valentines here and only a couple dozen names so far. Surely FR can do better than that!

And guys, if you think it feels funny to send a valentine to another guy, don't worry, there aren't any hearts on them, just like a racing car and something innocuous like "zooming by to wish you a Happy Valentine's Day."

Common, folks, let's kick that "bttt" for the troops! And bring a couple friends by.

[patriciaruth]

Kicking bttt and taking names!
Please stop by and give your okay for your name to be put on a Valentine for a soldier in Baghdad.

I've got several hundred Valentines here and only a couple dozen names so far. Surely FR can do better than that!

And guys, if you think it feels funny to send a valentine to another guy, don't worry, there aren't any hearts on them, just like a racing car and something innocuous like "zooming by to wish you a Happy Valentine's Day."

Common, folks, let's kick that "bttt" for the troops! And bring a couple friends by.

[patriciaruth]

Kicking bttt and taking names!
Please stop by and give your okay for your name to be put on a Valentine for a soldier in Baghdad.

I've got several hundred Valentines here and only a couple dozen names so far. Surely FR can do better than that!

And guys, if you think it feels funny to send a valentine to another guy, don't worry, there aren't any hearts on them, just like a racing car and something innocuous like "zooming by to wish you a Happy Valentine's Day."

Common, folks, let's kick that "bttt" for the troops! And bring a couple friends by.

[Mama_Bear]

Thanks for the ping, patriciaruth.

Please send a card from me.....

"Thank you. Please know that many here at home appreciate your dedication and service to your country. God bless and keep you safe."

Mama_Bear
FreeRepublic.com

[JulieRNR21]

Here's my Valentine message for our troops:

"With a grateful heart for your service in the War on Terror and my continued prayers for your safe return to America's loving arms."

JulieRNR21
FreeRepublic.com

[patriciaruth]

Thanks, gals!

I guess the guys, with a few exceptions like ALOHA RONNIE, just don't think this is a guy thing.

[dixiechick2000]

I haven't had a chance to read the thread, but has anyone pointed out that there are a lot of women there?

[rwfromkansas]

Dear serviceperson:

It is hard to express my gratitude for what you do defending our country and liberty. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

I know I wouldn't have the guts to be out there doing what you were doing unless I had to. You accepted the call with oopen arms. That's courage.

Thanks again for all you are doing to defend this country.

May God give you strength.

rwfromkansas / FreeRepublic.com

[rwfromkansas]

My message should say "open arms," not "oopen arms."

Oops.

[kayak]

You are in our hearts and in our prayers!

America is grateful for what you are doing!

May God bless you and keep you!



You may either use this or sign my name to one (or more) of your valentines. What a special lady you are to be doing this!

[kitkat]

Please use Kitkat as my name and FR as my address.

Dear Soldier,
You are my hero! Don't believe the anti-war idiots. A grateful America prays daily for your safe return home when your work is done.
Kitkat

[JulieRNR21]

Finest FReeper FRiends...please come to this thread to support our troops with special message for Valentine's Day.......PING

[4integrity]

This is a wonderful idea! I will soon forward a note for you to include. I'm just about to mail a box to Iraq and thanks to your post, I'll add some additional Valentine items.
Glad to hear you've recovered from your surgery! Prayers offered for your continued good health.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', Julie ! Can you change 'MeeknMing' to MeekOneGOP on your ping list, please ??