Please Do Not Send Store Bought Christmas Cards

I have been receiving store bought cards made out to the soldiers to send for Christmas. Please do not send these to me, as they will not be forwarded on to the troops. I am sorry but I do not mail these types of cards. I am a one-person operation and funding this on my own, I have done all my mailings for this year and cannot afford to send out of spec cards.  I apologize.

Last Post of 2013!

Our final mailing has been sent 6,781 holiday cards were mailed to round out our 2013!  This gives us a total of 30,272 cards mailed to the troops this year! Impressive numbers don’t you think? You all should be very proud of yourselves! And I will let you in on a little secret, I didn’t mail all the cards I received. I probably have a good several thousand birthday and general cards in my closet that still need to be sent. Because of time constraints and my hospital stay I was a bit behind with mailings halfway through the year so I had to put out what I could and hold back some.

I want to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your support. I feel like a broken record. I don’t know what else to say but thank you so so much! I appreciate you all for your dedication to my program. The soldiers appreciate you as well! Thank you for your donations towards postage and envelope purchases. Thank you for everything!

The 2014 schedule has been posted! See you all in the New Year! Have safe and wonderful holidays!

Pam

Round 7 & 8 Updates

The Hurrier I Go, the Behinder I Get!

This seems to be me lately, I can’t seem to catch up no matter what I do!  I am very far behind in my postings and in my emails so if you haven’t heard from me that does not mean I did not get your cards! I am sure I did, thank you very much!  You will get an email from me eventually I promise! I really am trying to catch up! I went and added another job to my list of things to do on top of my full time job and my CFS job (yes I know I’m crazy but I have a son that is graduating this year) so I’m a little over stretched right now!  But if anyone is wanting a beautiful Origami Owl locket I know where you can get one!  

OK on with the important stuff…2260 Halloween/Thanksgiving cards were mailed last month! Thank you all very much!

1620 Veteran’s Day cards were mailed out last week! Thank you all who sent in a thank you card to our soldiers!

The Christmas cards are already pouring in! I think it’s going to be a great holiday season!

Thank you to all who have donated postage funds, I have a few checks that have not been deposited, that’s because they were sitting with your notes that I’ve not gotten to, I am going to the bank tomorrow. I apologize!

Thank you all for your ongoing support, I so appreciate you!

Pam

Quick Mid Posting!

Just wanted to share a photo I got of some youngsters doing community service. It always warms my heart to hear that when asked to do service my project gets chosen. These girls from Reed Point Family, Career & Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) made 100 Halloween and Thanksgiving cards and are on to making Veteran’s day cards. If you look at their cards they did a fabulous job. I’ve blurred their faces because I did not have permission to post their photos but they are just beautiful inside and out let me tell you! 

Thank you ladies! Fantastic work you’ve done!

Pam

August Update Very Late!

I am very behind with everything. Due to being in the hospital I have to go to many doctor appointments and work has been especially busy which just leaves me no time for anything and that is why my website has been neglected, something had to take the backseat and since I had to mail the cards the site was it!

So as I mentioned, I was in the hospital for a few days in June, then on vacation in July, then I had so many cards I had to recruit help when the August mailing came in because although I have no cards scheduled to come in during the June/July months they kept right on coming so I couldn’t do it myself! I called up my good friends Denise and Pam who recruited the Women’s Connection at the First Congregational Church in Manchester, NH to help me out. After church one day we all got together and sorted over 4000 cards! The number is not accurate because with all the help I had (over 15 of us) I couldn’t get the counts exactly because the stacks of cards came faster than I could count and put them in the boxes! Here are some photos from that day…

Thank you so much to Denise and Pam, all the ladies of the Women’s Connection and to everyone who donated cards, envelopes and postage, as I could not have gotten through my August mailing without you all!
Until September, oh wait, it is September! See you soon!
Pam

Remembering…

Most people think of Memorial Day as the official kick off to summer but Memorial Day originally started as Decoration Day just after the Civil War. It is meant to honor those military members who died. In more than 200 years, more than 1.3 million Americans lost their lives in battle. The holiday is different from Veterans Day — the 11th day of the 11th month — which is meant to honor all of those people who have served.

Please take a moment to honor those who gave up their lives to give us our freedom.

Round 5 Shipped!

We are past the halfway mark and it’s been an incredible journey with you all again this year! 2237 cards went out this round!  Thank you all for taking part and sending cards and donations. I know there are so many organizations out there where you can donation as well as other things you can be doing with your time so your dedication to my organization means so much! 

The next round is not due until August 2 as I know many people are very busy during these summer months with vacations and such. I hope you all have a wonderful summer and while this website may be a bit quiet know that you can send me an email at anytime and I’ll answer as soon as I can.

Thank you all so so much for everything! Talk to you soon!
Pam