Help Support Our Troops this Christmas

You can help gather letters and drawings to encourage our troops for the Holidays.
These patriotic holiday stockings are filled with items that have been donated from various sources. The recruits receive phone cards, envelopes, stamps, note pads, and pens. But the important gift in this stocking is a bundle of letters that we collect from children all over the country. Last year each recruit had 12 letters in their stocking. That's over 8,000 letters!
Would you please help by collecting letters and/or drawings from children of all ages? The subject can be patriotic, holiday wishes, or even a simple thank you for serving our county. It can be from schools, Sunday schools, clubs, and just your own kids. (Adults can send letters, too.)
You can also forward this message to others you think might be willing to participate.
Maybe your school, church or organization can make this a holiday project? Following are simple guidelines for the letters:
- Notes, letter, pictures and cards accepted.- Salutation should be "Dear Recruit"- Send all the letters/drawings in one package to an address below.- NO personal return addresses.- Mark the back of each note with a classroom sticker or stamp with the organization's address, if they desire possible responses from recruits.
Please mail your letters to arrive by Friday, November 20, 2007 to the address closest to you:
Marine Christmas Letter Projectc/o The Averys2403 West Sunnyside AveVisalia CA 93277
Marine Christmas Letter Projectc/o Martha PhilippsRt 6 Box 200Bloomfield IN 47424
Marine Christmas Letter Projectc/o Debra Collins11 Glen DriveThorsby AL 35171
Thanks in advance for your support of our project. We can make the Christmas season just a little better for these recruits, who SO desire to serve our country.