October 11, 2011

As of today I only have 250 Veteran's Day cards to send over to the soldiers. 100 of which I have made. I am hoping before the end of the week I get a bunch more in. We have had such an abundance of cards coming in this year so I know we can do better than this to show our support. Won't you all please make a thank you card for our soldiers? Take the time to write them a note? My hopes is to get as many cards to as many soldiers as we can! Please!

Thank you!

September Update

Can you all believe it’s September already? I for one can not! Fall is just around the corner and as I sat and sorted cards for several cards for the Halloween/Thanksgiving mailing I thought even harder about why we are doing this program. Today as I finished the sorting and counting I came up with a number of 2500 cards! I was astounded by your support and generosity once again. So many of you sent envelopes this time, THANK YOU! I am still having a hard time getting donors so this is huge to me! I too am so thankful for the postage help too! You all are amazingly kind! I have to say please to those of you that apologize for not sending postage, please do not apologize, your support with the cards is so much more important! I have very limited time to make cards, I only got 25 made this time so as you can see that is 1% of that we have to send! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for each and every bit you do!

For those that are new to the program and have any questions, all of our requirements, mailing schedule, and mailing address are always right on the right hand column of this blog.

And before I close, I just have one more important reminder, this program is specifically for BLANK HANDMADE CARDS. They can have a small greeting stamped inside but no writing on the inside of the cards, they are for the soldiers to use to send back home. This program is not to send cards for the soldiers to read, I am getting a lot of those lately, and unfortunately, I can’t afford to send those. If you have cards like that please donate them to the USO as they send care packages to the troops all the time.

Don’t forget, for our very next mailing we have our Veteran’s Day mailing which where we make a card for the soldiers with a note in the card for them to keep! General cards will be accepted during this mailing as well.

Pam

A Contest

I received some information from a Gulf War Veteran about a contest a company named AirSoft is holding. Now some of you may have never heard of this company but if you have sons like I do you might have! Anyway there is a prize in it for you as well as Cards for Soldiers if you enter the contest through this blog so here is the info:

The winner will receive a full Airsoft loadout including a helmet, goggles, vest, combat suit, gloves, pistol, holster, rifle, and more. With a full loadout, the winner will have everything that they need and more to head down to their local Airsoft field and start playing. The loadout is worth $500, and no purchase is necessary.

You can check it out at http://www.airsplat.com/Categories/ERS.htm?param=yes

In addition, Airsplat will donate $1,000 to the website that refers the winner. So the more of your readers that click on this link and then sign up for the contest, the better chance Cards for Soldiers will have of winning the $1,000 donation. Just think of how many envelopes that will buy!!!

So what are you waiting for it should only take a few minutes to enter to win right?

Contest Link Code*: Win a KWA Airsoft rifle and full Airsoft loadout worth $500 from Airsplat

August Mailing

I wanted to let you all know that I sent out 2500 cards this mailing! I mailed out 8 boxes of cards and envelopes. Amazing effort this round. Thank you all! Thank you to those that are putting in postage money as well because with a $95 tab this month it was a HUGE help! 

Bad news, we are officially out of envelops.  I am going to have to purchase them for the September mailing so if anyone cares to send envelopes with their cards this time I'd appreciate it as I'm having a heck of a time getting some donated.

I plan on working on some Halloween and Thanksgiving cards today as it's my day off and I got some great Halloween papers at the LSS last time I was there!  The next mailing is right around the corner if you can believe September is almost here! Where did the summer go?

Thank you all again and  keep those cards coming, they are so appreciated as you can see from the letter below!

Pam

Sharing a Letter Received

Here is a letter I received from one of the places where the cards are being sent…

You should be able to click on it to enlarge enough to read it.

Pam

Updates

Hi Everyone!

I am sorry it’s been awhile since I’ve updated. Life has gotten in the way of blogging! Even my personal blog has taken a backseat to life lately! :)

Just wanted to pop in and say thank you to you all for all the continued support! Between June and July we will have sent 2000 cards to 6 different mailing addresses in Iraq and Afghanistan! Yes we have gone from 3 to 6 troops we are supporting so keep those cards coming! Now that I am working on an AFB and word has gotten out of what we are doing people are actually contacting me to send them cards! How can I say no? So some packages may not have as many but at least they are all getting some right? Right!

And I have to add a huge thank you to all of you that are sending a little extra postage money! You all don’t know how much this means to my husband and I! Every little bit that you send really helps out my budget because 12 boxes at $11.95 a piece per month adds up, so thank you from the bottom of my heart!

One more favor to ask, if any of you out there know of a good contact for envelope donations I would love it if you could drop me a note at cardsforsoldiers@gmail.com and let me know. I’m having a very hard time getting them and will have to start purchasing those myself soon as well. 

Thank you all for your continued support! I get so many letters of thanks for what I am doing, and yes, I sort the cards and pack them up and send them out but if it weren’t for you all sending them to me, I’d have nothing to sent but the ones I make with my friend every mailing so THANK YOU!

Pam

Happy Memorial Day

Thank you to all of those that serve our beautiful country past and present…