Awaiting a Hurricane

As hurricane Irene looms near I am watching the news often to see where it is and how bad we will get hit, hoping that no water comes in the basement. Don't worry, I'm putting all the cards I've received up high! :)

It doesn't seem like it will be too bad here and we've got a generator so I'm planning on making some Veteran's Day cards today!

I hope anyone in Irene's path is staying safe and dry.

Veteran’s Day Fast Approaching

The Veteran’s Day mailing is coming up soon! The deadline for cards is October 3rd. Are you making your cards yet? I hope so because we are mailing to 5 different troops so we need a lot of cards!

Remember my goal is to get 1 card into every soldier’s hand. I don’t know how many are at each place I send but I do know that one place I send to there are 300 in one group!

Please let’s show the best support we can by thanking those soldiers personally and sending them a nice note.

Pam

August Mailing Update

It’s hard to believe it’s three quarters through August already and that summer is almost over! Living in New England the summers are definitely too short! I hope all of you have had some great summer vacations. I unfortunately did not get a vacation this year but I sure did enjoy the nice weather and know it will be gone too quickly and I’ll be complaining about cold and snow.

I sent out close to 2500 cards again this mailing! Thank you all!  Each month there are so many boxes to open and so many of them have familiar names on the return addresses! You dedicated contributors are wonderful! I wish I could reward you for your support! And to each new person who has joined on board, you too, thank you for taking that first step to contribute! Without all of you I can’t keep doing this and I want to keep doing this for as long as I can so please keep up the great work!

Thank you to all of you who have donated to the postage fund again this month! Remember I’m a real non-profit organization now so you are making tax deductible donations!

Envelopes are needed badly, if you know someone who wants to help but really isn’t a card maker, ask them to send envelopes please! It still shows their support!

In Memory

I got a very generous donation to the program that is going to help pay for postage for quite some time. That donation was made in memory of a very important person in my life over the last 29 years, my Father-in-law Joseph F. Bumbaca, Jr. aka Pop. He will be missed by many.

December 17, 1941 - July 7 , 2011

Sharing Some Letters

A very dear and dedicated member of CFS got some mail from two soldiers she shared with me. They are very touching and I wanted to share them with you. She gets these often because she puts her address labels on the backs of her cards. They were written on cards she made.

 

So awesome! Thanks for sharing Jan!

June Update

Another great mailing for June. 2500 cards were sent out this month!  Thank you! Thank you to those that sent in postage donations.

A great big thank you to Envelopes.com as well for a donation of envelopes as they saved me big! I was out and they got them to me in time for the shipment! Thank you so much!

A continued supporter (thanks Linda!) to CFS has shared some links to where she gets some military themed supplies so I am sharing with all of you…

www.servicememories.com    

www.creatingmilitarymemories.com

They will be a great resource for our Armed Forces and Veteran’s Day mailings!

A few reminders for the next mailing;

• Blank handmade cards please – no store bought cards. A small greeting on the inside is OK but please make sure there is plenty of space for the soldier to write notes home inside.
  
• Black and dark cards must be lined with light paper please
  
• NO GLITTER unless you rub it really hard and not one flake comes off on your hand.
  
• Due date is August 1!

Thanks again for your support! Remember I couldn’t do this without YOU!!!

Pam

May Update

My visit to the post office brings 2600 cards over to the troops this month! You all have been very busy! I saw some very creative Father’s Day cards and some very patriotic 4th of July cards. There was a huge amount of general/thinking of you cards and not so many birthday cards this time around.

I also got an amazing amount of postage donations this month and was humbled beyond belief. Thank you all so much. For all of you that have been donating I have good news, I am officially a 501C3 Non-Profit Corporation in the State of New Hampshire! I have filed for my Tax ID number and have the paperwork to register with the Attorney General.

I will be out of town all next week for work so if any of you send emails and I don’t answer right away that is why. I’ll get back to you as soon as I return.

Remember, next round is all general cards.

Thank you all again for your continued support!

Pam