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Cloud

11-20-2007 11:14 AM

Send a free postcard to military personnel

This was brought up on another group I belong to. A program by Xerox to send postcards to serving military personnel. They're kind of anonymous--do you think these would be well received?

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tw	11-20-2007 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud (Post 409017)

A program by Xerox to send postcards to serving military personnel. They're kind of anonymous--do you think these would be well received?

We really should send those cards since 25% of the surviving veterans will end up homeless later in life. Oh. Sorry. I should ignore the reality we are imposing on them.

Cloud

11-20-2007 04:51 PM

sure, there's a larger problem, but that doesn't negate the efforts these people are doing. I'm just wondering how appreciated a card from someone they don't know would be.

xoxoxoBruce

11-20-2007 07:34 PM

Michael Yon

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American soldiers get care packages from people they do not even know, and those packages are morale boosters. American soldiers get cards from kindergartens from sea to sea, and the soldiers paste the cards all over the walls of their headquarters and hospitals. I don’t know what it is about those homemade cards, with their squiggly letters, stick figures and smiley-faced suns, but whenever I am in hospitals in Iraq, those cards from the kids greatly lift my spirits. I’ve seen the British get cards and packages like this, but nothing like the quantity, variety and frequency of what American soldiers get. And, of course, not everyone was indifferent to British efforts in Iraq.

orthodoc

11-20-2007 07:53 PM

Two excellent organizations that send care packages can be found at www.anysoldier.com, and www.OperationUSOCarePackage.org. The anysoldier group started out as the personal effort of one military mom whose son asked her to send a few things to some of the soldiers in his unit who never got mail. It has grown from there. The USO does great work too. I'm sure there are also other organizations that do the same sort of thing.

elSicomoro

11-20-2007 08:12 PM

Just don't do this.

tw	11-20-2007 08:56 PM

From the BBC of 18 Nov 2007:

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Army head concerned over morale
Gen Sir Richard Dannatt ... According to an internal report obtained by the Sunday Telegraph, Sir Richard said troops felt "devalued, angry and suffering from Iraq fatigue". ...

Gen Dannatt also said the military covenant - the guarantee of a duty of care between the government and the armed forces - is "clearly out of kilter".

He added: "We must strive to give individuals and units ample recuperation time between operations, but I do not underestimate how difficult this will be to achieve whilst under-manned and with less robust establishments than I would like."

busterb

11-22-2007 07:56 AM

For those of you who send Christmas cards:
When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please
include the following:
A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Washington,D.C. 20307-5001

ZenGum

11-22-2007 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by busterb (Post 409487)

Psssst. Check Sycamores post (#6). Follow the link.

queequeger

11-22-2007 08:45 AM

Post cards are nice and all, but you'll have more of an effect if you find a group that sends little packages, to include: porno mags (not joking), various reading material (comics, poli sci journals, and anything in between), etc. Things to do are a lot better than things to stare at on your wall.

If you've got a problem sending porn, know that they don't just randomly distribute the packages. Folks know in advance what they're getting when they pick up a box with some hustler... Also, it's a bit ridiculous to find porn too sinful for members of an organization that has at it's core killing people.

This has been a paid advertisement by the Get The Troops More Porn Organization.

queequeger

11-22-2007 08:47 AM

Side note: it is getting harder and harder to find orgs willing to send porn, so you might have to dig if you decide you want to make a soldier's life better through pictures of naked women.

busterb

11-22-2007 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum (Post 409488)

Psssst. Check Sycamores post (#6). Follow the link.

OOOOps boy that sucks. bb

Undertoad

11-22-2007 09:46 PM

Good source sez Walter Reed discontinued mails to "any" after a set of cards that was designed to look like elementary school children's cards were actually harsh anti-war messages.

classicman

11-27-2007 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloud (Post 409121)

sure, there's a larger problem, but that doesn't negate the efforts these people are doing. I'm just wondering how appreciated a card from someone they don't know would be.

I have several friends in Iraq right now and they said that they greatly appreciate this type of thing. These cards are very well received.

regular.joe

12-06-2007 10:27 PM

Maxim magazine is quite popular. There is usually a general order in effect making things like pornography and alcohol off limits.

A card from someone ya don't know, while deployed...IS AWESOME!

Joe.

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