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Monday, March 30, 2009
14 to 18 years old are invited to compete for a three-week sailing camp in the Caribbean
The Gallery Collection by Prudent Publishing, maker of fine personalized greeting cards, has been a very strong supporter of Soldiers' Angels, providing millions of dollars' worth of Holiday and Christmas cards for the last two holiday care package efforts. Last Christmas Soldiers' Angels received many thank yous from deployed heroes who were so grateful to receive the blank greeting cards that they could send to their loved ones back home--the cards were one of the most popular items in the holiday care packages.
Now Prudent publishing is holding a greeting card design contest! Teenagers from 14 to 18 years old are invited to compete for a three-week sailing camp in the Caribbean by submitting their idea for an environmentally-themed card to be presented to President Obama. An additional competition for a $10,000 scholarship is also underway, with the winner's holiday/birthday-themed card to be published by Prudent. Who knows... maybe your design will even get chosen to be sent to the troops next year...
The deadline for the sailing camp contest is only four weeks away! Click for more information about the Prudent Publishing greeting card contests: www.gallerycollection.com/write-greeting-cards-contest1.htm
Now Prudent publishing is holding a greeting card design contest! Teenagers from 14 to 18 years old are invited to compete for a three-week sailing camp in the Caribbean by submitting their idea for an environmentally-themed card to be presented to President Obama. An additional competition for a $10,000 scholarship is also underway, with the winner's holiday/birthday-themed card to be published by Prudent. Who knows... maybe your design will even get chosen to be sent to the troops next year...
The deadline for the sailing camp contest is only four weeks away! Click for more information about the Prudent Publishing greeting card contests: www.gallerycollection.com/write-greeting-cards-contest1.htm
Sunday, March 29, 2009
The Military Child
This just came in from our favorite Soldiers' Angels to remind us of the sacrifices made by the children of our troops. While it's hard for me, as a mom, to watch my child go off to war, I can not begin to imagine how hard it is to see your father or mother (or both) leave to go to war. The thought of it makes me want to scoop them all up and just hug them and thank them for something they can't even understand yet. While I go to find a kleenex, feel free to read what I got from the Angels today:
April marks a very special month in the lives of the military members. Soldiers' Angels joins the US Department of Defense in recognizing April as the Month of the Military Child, a time to applaud military families and their children for the daily sacrifices they make and challenges they overcome. Secretary of Defense, Caspar Weinberger, established April as the Month of the Military Child in 1986, underscoring the importance of military children and their role in military families.
These children make sacrifices and serve their country as much as anyone in uniform does, quietly shouldering part of the burden, making their mom or dad understand that what they are doing is important. Military parents often have to miss holidays and special occasions, and children are left home to worry while parents go on difficult missions. Active duty military families also have to move every two or three years, making the children uproot, change schools and say goodbye to friends. Because military children have to transition and adapt a lot, they gain great life experience and maturity at a young age. April serves as a reminder for military families that there is support available to them with resources to help.
Soldiers' Angels encourages the nation to stand up and support the military families in their surrounding area by getting involved in a variety of ways. Please contact Soldiers' Angels (ShelleMichaels@SoldiersAngels.org) or your local military facility to see how you can best utilize your time and talent to show your appreciation during the Month of the Military Child. To all of the military children in our nation- thank you for your service to our country, you are a very important part of our freedom.
SOLDIERS' ANGELS PROCLAMATION
Whereas, Thousands of brave Americans have demonstrated their courage and commitment to freedom by serving the armed forces of the United States of America in active duty posts around the world; and,
Whereas, More than 40 percent of these soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines have left families with children behind; and,
Whereas, More than one million of America's children have at least one parent currently serving active military duty; and,
Whereas, These children are a source of pride and honor to us all, and it is only fitting that we take time to recognize their contributions, celebrate their spirit, and let our men and women in uniform know that while they're taking care of us, we're taking care of their children; and,
Whereas, The recognition of the "Month of the Military Child" will allow us to pay tribute to military children for their commitment, their struggles and their unconditional support of our troops, because when parents serve in the military, their Kids Serve Too; and,
Whereas, A month-long salute to military children will encourage support for "Kids Serve Too" and other organizations and campaigns established to provide direct support to military children and families; and now therefore be it, Resolved, That I, Patti Patton - Bader, founder of Soldiers’ Angels, do hereby proclaim April 2009, as The Month of the Military Child within the Soldiers’ Angels organization. I encourage all Angels to observe the month with appropriate ceremonies and activities that honor, support and thank military children.
Patti Patton-Bader
Soldiers' Angels Founder
Shelle Michaels
Soldiers' Angels National Communication Officer
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Make A Banner To Support The Troops
It’s that time again! The plans for Face of America Bicycle Ride 2009 have been finalized. The ride is taking place on April 25 & 26 from Bethesda MD to Gettysburg PA. Soldiers’ Angels works with World T.E.A.M. Sports by providing volunteers and support during the ride.
Face of America is a two-day inclusive bike ride of approximately 110 miles, creating a TEAM of people with and without disabilities. The ride is open to all—wounded, ill, active duty, civilians, young and old alike. This is a ride—not a race.
Banners! Banners are loved by the riders! Hung along the route and at rest stops, they offer encouragement and support to the riders. Banners can be made of any material ranging in size from a pillow case or tee shirt, to twin-size bed sheet. If you are interested in making and sending on a banner, please email Lisa Dixon at lisa-in-dc@earthlink.net for information and mailing instructions.
Face of America is a two-day inclusive bike ride of approximately 110 miles, creating a TEAM of people with and without disabilities. The ride is open to all—wounded, ill, active duty, civilians, young and old alike. This is a ride—not a race.
Banners! Banners are loved by the riders! Hung along the route and at rest stops, they offer encouragement and support to the riders. Banners can be made of any material ranging in size from a pillow case or tee shirt, to twin-size bed sheet. If you are interested in making and sending on a banner, please email Lisa Dixon at lisa-in-dc@earthlink.net for information and mailing instructions.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Ok, I have to share this...finally
I don't know why I didn't rush right in here and share this with the world...I shared it with Jen right after it happened and then with my Facebook crew...but then I think I got busy and just forgot to blog about it.
Bad Bad Blogging Army Mom!! I know. Ok, I'm over it.
So, what I failed to share was that I was on TV!! This was Feb 27th. yeah, I know...took me forever to share.
I was working in the chicken coop when a reporter for Channel 8 in Tampa called and asked if I had a son going to Iraq. I told her he was in Iraq already and she said that she had found my website when she was hunting for local military families. She wanted to get some reactions to Obama's announcement that the non-combat troops would be out of Iraq by 2010.
The reporter and the camera person came over right away, interviewed me and then were talking about Mike and where he went to OSUT, etc. The reporter saw his pic on the wall from when he was younger and asked if that was him. I said it was, but it's his high school picture taken in 9th grade...it's pretty old. So my mother offered to show Mike's picture from Fort Knox when he was with me and with his sisters. She still had a copy on her camera card. So we showed them and they asked more questions. When they left they said it would probably be edited down to like an 8-10 second piece.
It aired that night and then the next morning. It wasn't 8-10 seconds. It was about 2 minutes. It was also the lead story. It was pretty cool. I also expected them to totally distort what I said, but it really wasn't bad.
Anyway, here is my acting debut!! LOL
Bad Bad Blogging Army Mom!! I know. Ok, I'm over it.
So, what I failed to share was that I was on TV!! This was Feb 27th. yeah, I know...took me forever to share.
I was working in the chicken coop when a reporter for Channel 8 in Tampa called and asked if I had a son going to Iraq. I told her he was in Iraq already and she said that she had found my website when she was hunting for local military families. She wanted to get some reactions to Obama's announcement that the non-combat troops would be out of Iraq by 2010.
The reporter and the camera person came over right away, interviewed me and then were talking about Mike and where he went to OSUT, etc. The reporter saw his pic on the wall from when he was younger and asked if that was him. I said it was, but it's his high school picture taken in 9th grade...it's pretty old. So my mother offered to show Mike's picture from Fort Knox when he was with me and with his sisters. She still had a copy on her camera card. So we showed them and they asked more questions. When they left they said it would probably be edited down to like an 8-10 second piece.
It aired that night and then the next morning. It wasn't 8-10 seconds. It was about 2 minutes. It was also the lead story. It was pretty cool. I also expected them to totally distort what I said, but it really wasn't bad.
Anyway, here is my acting debut!! LOL
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Documentary “Brothers at War” Partners with Soldiers’ Angels to Energize Military Supporters
News from SoldiersAngels.org...
Organization’s volunteers will invite viewers to actively support military families like those seen in acclaimed documentary.
Military support nonprofit Soldiers’ Angels announced its partnership today with the award‐winning documentary Brothers at War, currently screening in cities across America. Directed by civilian Jake Rademacher, who followed his two military brothers to document their combat deployment and return home, Brothers at War is an intimate portrait of a military family during wartime.
Volunteers from Soldiers’ Angels will be in attendance at each screening location for Brothers at War to invite viewers to bridge the military‐civilian divide by actively supporting service members and families like those portrayed in the documentary. A grassroots nonprofit with unique and effective ways of supporting the troops, Soldiers’ Angels and its army of volunteers have received widespread praise and
numerous awards for the hands‐on assistance they offer to military families, the deployed, wounded, families of the fallen, and American veterans of all ages.
Soldiers’ Angels founder Patti Patton‐Bader welcomes the opportunity to connect average Americans with those who protect them. “Fewer people serving in the military means fewer Americans have personal knowledge of the sacrifices and challenges of military life,” she explains. Brothers at War helps bridge that divide. The story of these heroes needs to be told, and our soldiers need to know their service is appreciated and that they are not forgotten.”
Military spouse and Soldiers’ Angels volunteer Greta Perry agrees that Brothers at War can help the rest of America understand the experience of military personnel and their families during wartime. “No other footage since Bad Voodo’s War has portrayed anything so real and unbiased about the war and the soldiers who serve in it,” she recently wrote after screening the film.
“Jake left [Iraq] with a better understanding of the conditions his brothers lived in and he shared that with us effortlessly on the screen.”
Brothers at War was produced by Norman S. Powell (American Valor, 24), and Gary Sinise (CSI New York, Forrest Gump). Sinise is also a recipient of the Presidential Citizen’s Medal for his extensive activities in support of America’s military men and women. More information is available at www.brothersatwarmovie.com.
About Soldiers’ Angels: Established in 2003 by the mother of two soldiers, Soldiers' Angels is a volunteer‐based 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing aid and comfort to the men and women of the United States Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard, as well as veterans and military families. For more information, see www.soldiersangels.org or call 615‐676‐0239. Tax ID# 20‐0583415
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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