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#1 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:12 pm

When you are doing your holiday cards, please think about sending one to the following:


A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Washington , D.C. 20307-5001
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#2 Post by tlynn78 » Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:33 pm

An excellent idea, PSM - thanks for posting the info.


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#3 Post by ne1410s » Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:22 pm

Oh, psm, that was so nice of you. Thanks.
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#4 Post by sunflower » Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:55 pm

That is a really great idea...do you think if I sent a bundle of a few (maybe inside a larger envelope) that they would distribute them to multiple people? That would be a good use for the 5 or 6 leftover cards and stamps I always seem to have, no matter how long the list gets!
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#5 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:57 pm

It wasn't my idea, a friend sent me an email about it and I thought it was a good idea.

If anyone has family serving in the military and posts an address, I will send them a card as well.
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#6 Post by peacock2121 » Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:20 am

I could get it up to do cards for this purpose.
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#7 Post by trevor_macfee » Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:56 am

This is a great idea - thanks for posting it. I'll see if I can't get it out in our church bulletin or monthly newsletter. It won't hurt to spread this to 2500 more people, right?
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#8 Post by geoffil » Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:54 am

Thanks for the address.
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#9 Post by minimetoo26 » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:06 am

They had shut that down during the anthrax days. Is it up and running again?
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#10 Post by minimetoo26 » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:11 am

It's back in business! Snopes has the guidelines:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/christma ... rcards.asp
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#11 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:11 am

Ok, I just checked Snopes.

There is an article about this on Snopes. http://www.snopes.com/politics/christma ... rcards.asp

Mail directed to:

A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Washington , D.C. 20307-5001

Will not be delivered. Instead send cards to

Holiday Mail for Heroes
PO Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456

Here is a web site about it: http://www.redcross.org/email/saf/

Red Cross volunteers will look through the cards to make sure that they are appropriate. Apparently people were sending mean letters to soldiers, which is so wrong.
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#12 Post by Estonut » Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:47 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:Red Cross volunteers will look through the cards to make sure that they are appropriate. Apparently people were sending mean letters to soldiers, which is so wrong.
If you send a batch of them, leave them unsealed. It'll be easier for the reviewers and will look nicer once received.
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#13 Post by a1mamacat » Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:52 pm

peacock2121 wrote:I could get it up to do cards for this purpose.
This made me LOL, really :mrgreen:
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