AnySoldier.com
Just this morning, I listened to a radio program about a boy in Arizona who plans on sending letters to the American troops overseas all summerlong - he wants to send as many letters as possible.
It got me thinking about the power of a letter. And my research wheels began spinning.
I stumbled across AnySoldier.com.
According to their site:
This effort is 110% voluntary.
You send your support, and maybe some stuff, directly to whatever unit or units YOU select.
And it doesn’t have to some elaborate care package. Letters are the most requested!
There is not one thing on this site, or anywhere, that requires you to send stuff. Letters are THE MOST requested thing by these Soldiers. So, all you need do is send a normal letter in a normal envelope with a normal stamp.
Good ideas: If you want, put your email address in your letter, many Soldiers can and prefer to reply that way. What to write? Too easy: like you are talking to a friend, because that is what that Soldier is going to be real quick. It is also VERY helpful if you leave your full return address as part of your letter, envelopes tend to get trashed quickly.
How great is that? Regardless of your political station, there is a soldier that would love to hear from you. Let’s send something today!
This is only when you donate. I got names from “Any Soldier.com”, and donated what I could. At one point they nastily told me I was not donating enough. I am a senior in a senior community that has been making head and neck coolers for the troops, felt caps for under the helmets and other items.
Many items are donated, not so much in money but postage has to be paid in the amount of $12.95 or more. The blackballed us due to not giving enough yet they would not tell us what the amount they wanted was.
We do not have a lot of money, yet our residents have helped me with sending almost $3.000 packages and lots of letters. We get the names where we can but Any Soldier and Marty has refused to help. This is unfair to the troops and to our elder citizens that want to help. Many of those helping in the past have lost their homes due to the economy, yet they made things when they could.