Our next campaign:
The Brightest and the Best November 2008

We ship 3 x's yearly

April 

July 

November 

 

1.Thanksgiving/Christmas campaign 2008:  "The Brightest and the Best" shipping out

November 23, 2008. 

Our Letter stuffing party date will be held on  Nov.23, 2008 at Sacred Heart Activity Center on Center Street in St Marys.  Registration starts at 12:30pm with the first package being assembled promptly at 1:00 pm.  Please join us in making the packages of support. 

 

Send us Letters, Greeting Cards, Flat Stanley Projects, Artwork

or any message of positive support for our

 Campaign.

 

 It is for 911 rememberance, Halloween,Thanksgiving, Christmas or even maybe a postcard from your summer vacation to tell our troops how much you appreciate the freedom you have here in the United States.   We will be collecting any card of support from  Thinking of You, a homemade card of Support, A Hug from Home card, along with  goodies for the troops.

 Also don't forget we ship to the military hospital in Landstuhl Germany where our
wounded first arrive before coming back to the states, so we need Get Well Cards also. 

The only item we ask for the homemade cards, is NO glitter.

 

Some of the items  we will be collecting :

 

1. Something to Eat -ie: granola bars; jerky, nuts, candy, snacks and gum and tuna in packet not in cans; anything individually wrapped and nutritional that they can pick up and put in their pocket and go

2. Something to Drink: ie: crystal light on the go packets; again anything individually wrapped .

3. Something personal: ie; phone cards, international only - socks; playing cards; puzzle books; nerf balls, cd's dvd's, yoyo's small toys; beanies; sunglasses,  body wash, Gillette "Fusion" blades,  shaving cream in tubes not aerosol cans, fly traps, mouse traps, zip ties and socks,

4.  Phone Cards- International

It is usually better to make monetary donations earmarked for phone cards as the program

gets them at a competitive rate through the Army exchange.

3. Something personal: 

Items also being sent are:

socks; playing cards; puzzle books; nerf balls, cd's dvd's, yoyo's, small toys; beanies; sunglasses,  body wash, Gillette "Fusion" blades,  shaving cream in tubes not aerosol cans, fly traps, mouse traps, zip ties, dental floss, lip balm and Chocolate.  Individually wrapped items work the best.

4.  Phone Cards- International international only - We can get phone cards at a reduced rate, so if you want, send $5.20 per card and mark it as phone card fund.  All money needs in for phone cards by November 1, 2008.

Last year our phone card fund was able to afford to buy calling cards to use for the entire year, so lets not forget the soldiers would love to be able to call home for Christmas.

 

It is usually better to make monetary donations earmarked for phone cards as the program gets them at a competitive rate through the Army exchange.

 

5.  Christmas tree ornaments-unbreakable - help us have enough tree ornaments for each soldier to have one special ornament in each of their packages.  

Remember you can find great tree ornaments at garage sales.

6.  Boxes of Christmas cards to include in their packages for the troops to have a card to mail home to their families.

 

 
 

 Please remember we DO NOT send liquids or aerosols, if they leak they ruin the entire package.  

Reminder: Currently Letters From Home is not sending magazines to our troops overseas.

We also always are in need of sturdy sandwich size and snack size zip lock bags

to package the items in.

 
Also keep in mind, when making your cards of support, the soldiers don't like glitter all over the cards as it makes a mess in shipping.  But please, remember to a man/woman overseas a LETTER FROM HOME is worth a million dollars.  There is nothing better.

Christine Jovenitti, Director of Letters from Home Program

 
questions, please don't hesitate to call us.  If no answer,  leave message and we will return your call.
headquaters: Tues evenings 6-9 pm  call  814 781 1982
 
or director:  814 335-5579 
 
 
Mailing address:

6631 Ridgway Jbg Rd
PO Box 125
Johnsonburg, PA 15845

 Thank you all who helped make our 5 years of Letters from Home Program such a success for the troops.  They deserve our support and our program has proved that we care.  To date the program has sent over 43,245 military care packages containing over 278,453 cards and messages of support.

 

 

Letters from Home Program is a non-profit, 501c3 corporation dedicated to supporting our Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guards stationed away from home.  The program is run by dedicated volunteers, but we are growing at such an alarming rate that the current leadership is stretched to capacity. 

Just like the military, WE NEED YOU!

Please contact our director, Ms. Christine Jovenitti by phone at (814) 781-1982

or email

lettersfromhome@windstream.net if you can help.

 

 Thank you all who helped make our program a

success for all the men and women serving our great nation!!

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