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My thanks

• Posted by Beth on May 30th, 2005 filed in General, Support the Troops    

  

It is, of course, Memorial Day.

On this day, we honor those who have given all for duty, honor, and country, and we thank those who have and still are serving our country.

Let’s do something more.

Please find an organization through America Supports You, or one of the buttons on the sidebar, or one of the following and “give till it hurts” or volunteer some time. Do something this Memorial Day and give back to those who give so much for us.

Here are just a few of the organizations worth supporting:

Organizations: (listed alphabetically)

Any Soldier™ - www.AnySoldier.com
Marty Horn
SFC, USA MP, Retired
President

Want to send your support to a soldier in harm’s way, but have no idea of what to send, who to send it to, or how to send it? Any Soldier™ gives individuals and groups everything they need to really do more then just put a magnet on their car. AnySoldier.com currently lists over 3,500 military contacts in the war who get your mail and pass on to the soldiers around them. Any Soldier Inc. is a non-profit charitable organization making a real difference, with your help. Presently, Any Soldier™ is supporting 90,403 male service members and 22, 566 female service members.

Homes For Our Troops - http://homesforourtroops.org
Victoria Mosier
Administrative Director
vlmosier@homesforourtroops.org
Office 508-823-3300

Homes for Our Troops assists injured veterans and their immediate
families by building new or adapting existing homes for handicapped
accessibility for our American heroes. We accept and welcome financial contributions as well as in kind donations of labor and building materials. Please visit the website to sign up! With your help we can accomplish our mission. Please feel free to contact us by phone, email us to share your thoughts, or request assistance. We hope that you will visit www.homesforourtroops.org often to see the progress we are making in the aid to our military and their families. Thank you.

Soldiers’ Angels - www.soldiersangels.org
Don MacKay
Director of Operations
soldiersangels@gmail.com (address your email to Don)

The mission of Soldiers’ Angels is to facilitate the “adoption” of a U.S. Soldier. You get your own soldier, they get an “angel”. We ask that you write to your soldier at least once a week and send a care package at least once a month. You can adopt one soldier or a whole group. Please visit our website to see all of our special projects, some of which are: Wounded Soldiers Project (you can write the wounded), Operation Top Knot (reach out to families who had or will have babies born while their soldier is deployed), Family Outreach Team (support for family members who have a soldier deployed), and the Letter Writing Team (where you can specify how many soldiers’ addresses you want to receive, on which days of the week). Soldiers’ Angels will be receiving the names of 3,000 newly deployed soldiers this week (we got 9,000 during the third deploy) and we need angels!! This is very gratifying work! Please join today to adopt a U.S. Soldier!

Armed Forces Relief Trust - www.afrtrust.org

Armed Forces Relief Trust
Department 6055
Washington DC 20042-6055

The mission of the Armed Forces Relief Trust is to assist the military aid societies by providing a single vehicle to accept donations that will benefit the men and women of our Armed Forces and their families. Examples of such assistance may include payment for a soldier’s airfare to fly home for his father’s funeral, a special reading program for a sailor’s daughter, special medical attention for a pilot’s expectant spouse, or college tuition for a soldier’s child.

Last year, the four emergency assistance programs disbursed more than $109 million in interest-free loans and grants to 145,000 individuals and families in need. But in order to meet our troops needs today, the Armed Forces Relief Trust is depending on the public’s support.

Who Do We Honor? at Vince Aut Morire - it’s a great post, and a he has a new Memorial Day-inspired banner up.

Blackfive and The Mudville Gazette are of course, must-reads. Start at the linked posts, but read everything from the last few days at their sites.

ADDING: These must-read posts at Castle Argghhh!

How about surfing the Milbloggers?