Holiday FReepmail Messages for our Troops Needed!

self ^ | 11-25-01 | patriciaruth

[patriciaruth]

FReepers! I need emails to send to our troops with the Christmas presents that are being mailed out this week to the 101st AIRBORNE. We have 200 plus presents, but only about a third of them so far have a personal message to go with them to show the troops that we care about them and are grateful for their sacrifices for our country and for putting their lives on the line for our freedom.

PLEASE FReepMail me or send an email to my personal email (below) a Dear Soldier note for the Holidays! Do it today, so I can print them out and put them in the box tomorrow.

AND if anyone could also contribute toward purchasing one or more scarves, or contribute toward the postage, just FReepmail me for my snail mail address or use www.paypal.com and pay by credit card using my personal email address (below).

So far, ABOUT 1/3 of the 200 scarves are bought or pledged, and I would like to put someone else's name, not mine on at least some of the 130 scarves yet to be adopted and given to a serviceman pulling duty on Christmas at an observation post or wherever they may be now that the 101st Airborne has been moved. Guess where? In fact, the news is reporting our troops are landing near Kandahar now.

Contributors so far are:

Audrey --7
Kathy -13
Shirley --8
Deanne --7
Lorraine --2
Lida --2
Kay--9
Sheila --2
Lynette--8
Jacqueline--2
Isabelle--5
Kim--1
Mike--unknown coming
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Email messages sent so far for the troops:
Carrie; Margaret; family in High Ridge, MO; Ruth in Visalia, CA; Laura
Cards coming: Gretchen; "Cool Guy" Christmas scarves URL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/571233/posts Kosovo Care Package URL http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3bd55aeb7d48.htm

[bwteim]

Thanks for the poem, Sabertooth.

[Reborn]

Here is a BUMP for the best Armed Forces in the World, and the best folks (Go FReepers) too!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hats Off!

Hats off!
Along the street there comes
A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,
A flash of color beneath the sky:
Hats off!
The flag is passing by!

Blue and crimson and white it shines,
Over the steel-tipped, ordered lines.
Hats off!
The colors before us fly;
But more than the flag is passing by.

Sea-fights and land-fights, grim and great,
Fought to make and to save the State:
Weary marches and sinking ships;
Cheers of victory on dying lips;

Days of plenty and years of peace;
March of a strong land's swift increase;
Equal justice, right, and law,
Stately honor and reverend awe;

Sign of a nation, great and strong
Toward her people from foreign wrong:
Pride and glory and honor,--all
Live in the colors to stand or fall.

Hats off!
Along the street there comes
A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums;
And loyal hearts are beating high:
Hats off!
The Flag is passing by!

-- Henry Holcomb Bennett

[knighthawk]

Mail being delivered to you by airborne mail!

[Clinton's a liar]

Tonks, thanks for the flag!

patriciaruth, you've got FRail!

[Cool Guy]

Wonderful! Thanks for the bump!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Thank you, CG.

[Cool Guy]

My pleasure, Victoria DelSoul.

[RottiBiz]

Great idea, patriciaruth.

I've been offline the last few days, so I missed the thread.

I'll send you a check for silk scarves for the 101st Airborne. FReepmail me an address.

Thanks for the pings. Glad I didn't miss this.

[DrNo]

Smilodon: I found your biography on the web!

http://www.zoomdinosaurs.com/subjects/mammals/smilodon/

Enjoy!

[summer]

bttt.

[patriciaruth]

I want to express my deep appreciation to all the participants and to you two especially for rallying the FReepers in support of the troops.
After all the deluge of messages, printing onto holiday paper and stuffing and packing the baggies with the scarves, I'm pretty wiped out, so I'll do a report later tonight and ping all the participants.
The big box went out yesterday. More news later.

[4TheFlag]

No ma'am, THANK YOU for ALL the EFFORT and LOVE that went into that box.

SALUTE

FRegards FRiend

Jack

[patriciaruth]

Pinging the ones whose contributions have been received.

[patriciaruth]

Pinging those who have pledged contributions that have yet to be received.

This list includes some people whose FReeper names I do not know. Perhaps they are lurkers.

Includes a doctor in Texas who pledged 10 scarves, and a reverend in NC who pledged 3.

[patriciaruth]

Pinging special helpers to say thank-you, and interested parties.

[JohnHuang2]

Hi, Patricia =^) I put my contribution in the mail yesterday, so you should receive it tomorrow (Saturday), hopefully.

Thanks for everything, and God bless you and, of course, God bless our men and women in uniform.

[Cool Guy]

Thanks for the GOOD WORK :).

[patriciaruth]

pinging those who sent email messages or cards to the troops.

And some I don't know FReepnames to ping them: Lurkers? JL from Texas, Marcia's family in northern CA, a firefighter in MI, and more to sort out....

[patriciaruth]

I'm about to post some information about how it went, but getting the ping list together took all evening....

It was wilder during the night when I was printing the messages and trying to match FReeper names and pledge amounts with their real name that was on the emailed message. Then there were five susans....it was wild. I finally just sent all the Susan messages on one printed page and told the soldier he cornered the market in Susans...