I came across this website today and thought that some of you might be interested in this easy way to send a personalized message to our soldiers stationed around the world. I know my kids love doing things like this. It is easy and yet makes them feel good that are doing something nice for someone else. Instill the spirit of giving while they are young I say.
When my husband was in Iraq he had a little girl who wrote to him as part of a classroom project and he loved getting the letters, as did his fellow soldiers. Most of them kept up the correspondence the entire time they were away from home.
From the website:
The mission of Let’s Say Thanks is to provide a way for individuals across the country to recognize U.S. troops stationed overseas. By submitting a message through this site you have the opportunity to send a free personalized postcard greeting to deployed servicemen and women.
The postcards, depicting patriotic scenes and hometown images, were selected from a pool of entries from children across the country.
All you have to do is click on your favorite design and either select the message that best expresses your sentiment or draft a personal note. The postcards are then printed on the Xerox iGen3® Digital Production Press and mailed in care packages by military support organization Give2TheTroops®.
So go and make one with your children, and while you are at it talk to them about how our soldiers give to us every day.
Wait – your husband was a soldier in Iraq?? How did I miss that….
Comment by Kris — November 24, 2007 @ 10:19 am
I was forwarded this e-mail “just say thanks” I think it is a wonderful thing for kids and adults alike to send. Its quick and easy and for a child to know that a soldier will recieve a smile from them is wonderful. I know first hand, having a son in the Marines and on his second deployment that they do get these cards and they LOVE recieving them and reading the messages. He brought some home and said he will never throw them away. They meant alot to him while serving over in Iraq. …Our troops need our support.
Comment by Danielle — November 27, 2007 @ 8:30 pm
I think it is awesome. We adopted a soldier currently serving in Iraq. He tells us all the time that no words could ever express how he feels that we are supporting him and his units and all troops. We are getting ready to send him a package soon, it is such a joy and a blessing to do just a little something to show those guys we love them and are praying for them and support them.
Comment by StasiaMae — November 27, 2007 @ 10:33 pm