CORRECTION: In this post I included information on sending Christmas cards to Walter Reed Hospital. I have found out that is not the proper way to send the cards.
These are the proper ways to support our military. The following wesite has great information on sending cards and gifts to our military men and women:
http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/americasupportsyou/index.aspx
You can also donate to the USO, who provide gifts to oursoldiers for the holidays:
https://www.uso.org/donate/custom.aspx?id=589
A little of your time and effort could mean a lot to someone who has made a great sacrifice for our freedom.
November 25, 2007 at 9:27 pm
I was going to do this with the youth group at my church, and when I checked it out at the Walter Reed website, I found that they won’t accept cards this way. I am going to contact smaller VA hospitals and see if they will accept cards. It’s a good idea – we just need to find a way to make it work.
November 28, 2007 at 5:55 am
I received this from someone.. and checked it out with Snopes.com
seems that these cards WILL NOT be accepted
because of security concerns.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/christmas/soldiercards.asp
November 28, 2007 at 9:52 pm
You are right. I have found two sites that offer a lot of options for supporting our service members. See above.