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November 2nd, 2008 (02:31 pm)
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Operation Holiday Card is up and running again this year!  This is a wonderful program that distributes Christmas, Hanukkah, and holiday cards with short personal messages to troops deployed overseas during the holiday season.  This program was a huge success last year collecting over 16,000 cards.

            I am asking people to write a note to an unknown service member inside your card, seal it, and send it to the address below.  Cards can be for Christmas, Hanukkah (please write this on the back of your envelope), or general Season’s Greetings.  Your words of support mean so much to these men and women.  Remember each card you send is another service member touched.   

            This program works because individuals take this initiative to spread the word and collect cards with in their lives.  Please pass the word about this project to everyone you know.  Feel free to post it in your journals, other communities, promote it in your workplace, or your place of worship.  One woman from my church last year collected 200 cards in her workplace. How many cards can you collect?  Cards can be sent to:

 

Operation Holiday Card
226 Albany Ave  

Shreveport, LA 71105

 

            This year’s deadline will be Dec. 3, all cards must be received in Louisiana by that time.  The cards will need plenty of time to get overseas.  I thank you for your support of this wonderful project.  There is so much support for our troops as they spend the holidays away from their families.

            Please look at our new website http://sites.google.com/site/operationholidaycard/Home for more information.  If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail me at operationholidaycard@gmail.com

 

Thank you and God Bless you,

Operation Holiday Card

 

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Posted by: steffismc ([info]steffismc)
Posted at: November 2nd, 2008 08:46 pm (UTC)

I got the postcard in the mail last week, made copies and handed it out to friends!! I will post this in my LJ too, if it's okay, so that they can be involved as well.

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Posted by: Clo ([info]citymusings)
Posted at: November 3rd, 2008 12:31 am (UTC)
 Other - Half-mast

Thank you so much for organizing this. I've got over 100 cards so far, and I'll get my youth group kids to help sign them, in addition to the messages. Thanks for the reminder, too...I had forgotten to email our head youth leader to get that on the calendar. We'll see if we can get some more cards and send them out!

I have a question. What is the politically correct/gender neutral way to refer to military personnel in the Air Force? The only terms I've heard are airman and flyboy, but somehow I doubt the ladies would appreciate getting a letter addressed to an airman.

Edited at 2008-11-03 12:34 am (UTC)

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Posted by: Round and Round We Go.... ([info]roundandround2)
Posted at: November 3rd, 2008 01:52 am (UTC)

very good question. Actually they are not necessarily going to Air Force members specifically. So I would use "Dear Servicemember or Dear Hero" or simply leave out the "dear" and just start your message.

Thanks for everything!

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Posted by: Clo ([info]citymusings)
Posted at: November 3rd, 2008 01:59 am (UTC)

I thought they were going to an Air Force base again this year. My bad.

Thanks.

Though I'm still curious what the politically correct term would be. Hmm...

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Posted by: Round and Round We Go.... ([info]roundandround2)
Posted at: November 3rd, 2008 02:07 am (UTC)

The pc term for Air Force would be Airmen, Army = Soldier, Navy = Seamen, Marines = Marine. Even though "men" is in the term they are gender neutral. :) Yes they did go a an AF base last year, but everything is joint service over there, so things like this are spread throughout all services. Last year they were delivered to the AF base, but then at least half of them were sent out to forward operating Army or Marines stations.

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Posted by: Clo ([info]citymusings)
Posted at: November 3rd, 2008 03:59 am (UTC)
 Other - Golden Gate Bridge

That's great! Thanks for the info.

I didn't know Navy was Seamen, either. I'd heard Sailor. I learned something new. Thank you!

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Posted by: Christina ([info]christina_tm)
Posted at: November 22nd, 2008 01:19 am (UTC)
 Amazing Grace - Wilberforce

You'll be getting 200-250 cards from my school's College Republicans chapter--the response we had was overwhelming. Thank you for posting this at ilovemyairman.

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Posted by: Clo ([info]citymusings)
Posted at: December 1st, 2008 11:41 pm (UTC)
 Other - Gothic Fairy

I almost forgot to tell you that I sent a package of letters out. There weren't as many kids this year, so we didn't get as many signed, but I think we got somewhere around 50-75. (I didn't count.) I sent them out priority mail, and they *should* arrive on time. Then again, I forgot to take Christmas slow time into consideration. *oops*

Would you let me know when they arrive?

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Posted by: Round and Round We Go.... ([info]roundandround2)
Posted at: December 1st, 2008 11:51 pm (UTC)

I hate to ask because I should know, but tell me your real name (or whatever is on the return address) and I'll be on the lookout for them :)

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Posted by: Clo ([info]citymusings)
Posted at: December 1st, 2008 11:54 pm (UTC)
 Other - Gothic Fairy

No worries, I realized after posting that I should have included that. We all know each other by usernames on here. The return address reads C. L. Fuller, 'cause I'm too lazy to write out Christine or Clo. ;)

Thanks!

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Posted by: Clo ([info]citymusings)
Posted at: December 19th, 2008 09:14 pm (UTC)

Did you receive the cards?

Did you get a good batch of cards this year?

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Posted by: Round and Round We Go.... ([info]roundandround2)
Posted at: December 19th, 2008 09:55 pm (UTC)

We got just over 18,000 this year!

http://sites.google.com/site/operationholidaycard/Home


Thanks!!!

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Posted by: Clo ([info]citymusings)
Posted at: December 19th, 2008 11:00 pm (UTC)

That's excellent!

Did you receive the batch I sent?

Merry Christmas!

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Posted by: Celeste Jourdain ([info]urbanpianist)
Posted at: October 5th, 2009 06:15 am (UTC)
 Ballet

Do you plan to do this again this year?

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Posted by: ((Anonymous))
Posted at: October 5th, 2009 01:02 pm (UTC)

Yes. I Will be starting after Halloween. I will post information (and a new address) on the website:
http://sites.google.com/site/operationholidaycard/Home

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