Posted on 10/01/2006 5:28:46 PM PDT by mdittmar
Liberty Students Wrote 600 Letters To Soldiers In Iraq
LIBERTY, Mo. -- U.S. soldiers had a chance to say "thank you" Friday to students at Lewis and Clark Elementary School who wrote them while they were overseas.
Last spring, every student in the school wrote a letter to soldiers serving in Iraq. The letters were given to Capt. Chris Andersen, from Kansas City, and he distributed them to hundreds of soldiers in his platoon.
"When you're overseas for a while and missing friends and family, it's nice to have support -- and especially from great kids with a lot of enthusiasm," Andersen told KMBC's Jere Gish. "We thought the least we could do is to let them know that we appreciated it."
Some soldiers said they get few letters from home, so when someone writes them -- even if it's from a stranger -- it means a lot.
"Just to know that the families back there are still in your corner and everybody's still thinking of you," said Pete Andersen, Chris' father.
Chris Andersen presented the school with a flag that flew over his base in Iraq, and he showed the students pictures from the country and of people he met overseas.
"Once you get to know these people, they're nice and they care about their kids just like we do," he said. Principal Josh Fields said the letter exchange helped the students because they got a better understanding of a complicated conflict.
"Now they know -- they see those things. 'Well, I've seen that, I know somebody now that is involved in that,' and it helps them make a connection," Fields said.
The Student Council at Lewis and Clark organized the letter-writing campaign. In all, students at the school wrote 600 letters to soldiers.
Principal Josh Fields B U M P
Now, off to the Canteen to write a letter.
Anyone know where I can write letters/ send email to our brave-heroic US Military? I've donated to 8 different websites for hardgoods, but I'd like to personally say *thanks*, to some Soldiers and Marines...
All I got in Nam was from my Beloved Family. And I still cherish and have those letters, BTW.
I wish I'd also had letters from civilians, who were interested and thankful, for what we did for them, back then. Then, the rotten eggs and tomatoes thrown at us in Okinawa and Honolulu wouldn't have mattered so much and caused me to attack the hippe scum (and get arrested 2x).
If you know of any websites where I can contribute, please FReepMail me...
I have used www.anysoldier.com for a couple of years. The website is operated by one of the soldier's fathers. Each soldier posts all the information about their unit/group. If you go on that website to to "where to send" and there are tons of names to choose from. They love to get mail and often the letters are given to the "guys" who don't get much mail. Hope this helps.
It helps very much, d. I'm on it...
Thanks.
Jasmine is five years old
This sign and message were her own idea.
She lives in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
http://www.freedominion.ca/images/semperfi.jpg
Her message comes with a big hug and kiss on the cheek to the all the veterans who made America and Canada safe for her to grow up in...!!!
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Please circulate this far and wide.
If this image touches your heart as it has mine,
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