New card campaign

I'm adding my thanks to Andrea's for all of your support through the years, and encouraging you to continue your commitment to making cards for the Troops. Please join us as we join forces with Cards for Heroes to support our deployed Troops with handmade cards.

Chris

Joining forces!

Thank you all for the generous support through the years! Our original platoon is now home, thank goodness! We have made so many contacts and have received so much support, that we have joined forces with Cards for Heroes to keep providing cards to our soldiers. Please consult the Cards for Heroes web site for ship to addresses (there are multiple ones depending on where you live), dates, themes and even challenges for card makers!

Thank you Pam, Chris and Carol for helping out during this time. We'll post here with any new information.

Happy Memorial Day to all!

Blog Closed Down

I have set this blog so only authors can view it. I keep getting cards and have no where to send them now that Kevin is home I am hoping to find something through work but if I can't I don't want to keep stacking up cards.

Cards for Soldiers Project on Hold

The platoon we are sending cards to is coming home in March and have asked us to stop sending cards. At this time I don't have anyone else to send cards to so this project is put on hold until I can find another platoon.

PLEASE DON'T SEND CARDS! I don't have a place to keep them and they keep coming in.

Thank you all for your support!

Passing Along some Thanks...

This note came in from the Chaplain of the Platoon where we are sending our cards. Just wanted to share:

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your tremendous kindness in sending us boxes of cards to use for our friends and families. As always, they are brimming with TLC, creativity, and uniqueness, such that, as they are used, they give the Soldiers a sense that they are really sending a treat to their loved ones. I have heard no reports, like last time, of Soldiers claiming to their girlfriends/spouses that they made them themselves (BTW: at least one that I know of got caught due to the ID stamps you were using -- funny stuff), but, if I were a betting man....

Anyway, please know that each box we recieve is a great boost to our morale as it both reminds us of your care for us, and gives us a very special way to express our love and appreciation to others.

Take care, and keep up the good work.

Again, thanks a million!

Blessings,

CH Kevin Banks
1-66 AR - Iron Knights

2009 Schedule is Posted

Just look over to your right in the sidebar!

I am finializing the last mailing for 2008 this weekend. Thank you all for another fantastic year of support to our troops!!!

Veteran's Day Cards

We have only received 184 Veteran's Day cards so far. Thank you to all who have sent cards but if anyone could possibly make some and get them to me by Wed of next week so I can turn around and get them out by Thursday I would really appreciate it. These soldiers really deserve to know how much we appreciate them!

Thanks in advance!