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August 27 -28 - 29 2010 Johnsonburg PA

Johnsonburg BiCenteninal Celebration Weekend

Letters from Home Shows their pride with a Float and Patriotism

 

 

The Letters from Home Program wants to thank all who supported the annual raffle and dice run.

Sunday August 16, 2010 at the Crystal Fire Department Training Grounds in St. Marys PA.

 

 

 

Picture # 1 and 2 -showing  the large crowd that appeared to show support to our troops

 and even thou it was raining, 148 riders came forward to do the dice run.

 
         

 AND THE WINNER... DRUM ROLL PLEASE !!!

Picture #3 - showing Alvin Shutters co-chair for the annual Letters from Home Dice Run/ Harley Davidson Raffle 

presenting the winning ticket-holder his prize.  Congratulation to James Furlong Sr. of

Johnsonburg PA who was the winner of the 2010 Motorcycle from Dubois Harley Davidson.  

James is pictured along with his grandson looking at the beautiful bike, but ultimately in the 

end choose to take the $10,000 cash prize money.  

2nd place winner of $1000 was Victor Aiello of Ridgway PA

and 3rd prize winner was John Simchick of Brockway PA who received a $100 gift card to be used at

the Dubois Harley Davidson store.

 

Alvin Shutters presenting James Furlong Sr. of Johnsonburg PA the keys to the Harley Davidson Motorcycle.

 

 

 

 

 

Letters from Home Program will ship out again on Nov 21,  2010.  Anyone wanting to have a care package sent to a loved one on active duty, 

please submit the address to lettersfromhome@windstream.net or call (814) 781 1982  by Nov 1 deadline. 

 Cards, letters, and care package items are also needed.  

 
 

 

 14,408 cards of support to over 1,817 men/women

were mailed out on 7/11/2010. Thank you all for your

help in this most deserving project for our troops...they

say receiving a Letter from home is like holding the hand of the

person who wrote it!!

 


  

 

 

 

Little did we know in 2003 that when her son went to boot camp in Ft. Benning, GA what the result would be.  

Christine Jovenitti, received a letter from 

her son attending basic training at the start of the Operation Iraqi Freedom.  In that letter he

 expressed a yearning for news from home.  

He told her that in order to receive a piece of mail he had to do push-ups.  As a result she got

 the idea of collecting as

 many notes of support and putting

 them in one big envelope.  After receiving his first package of letters from home that she

 collected 

in the 

small town

 in Rural Pennsylvania on 

Memorial Day weekend he wrote back.  In this letter he stated that for the news and support 

he received

 from home,

 he would do hundreds of push-ups, 

as it made a difference in his day. So, the concept was born ...The Letters From Home Program

 and it

 has blossomed into a program that reminds soldiers

 of who and what they are fighting for.  Christine Jovenitti, Founder and Director of this program, 

takes great pride in 

making sure that the people of 

this great nation know the value of this. The Letters From Home Program emerged and has made

 great

 strides in pride 

across the nation for a 

way for people to communicate their love and support for what our troops are doing for us.

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!

 

Everyone working together is what makes this program so SPECIAL!

 

Total letters collected to date(7/11/2010)

 by Letters from Home:

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588,131 cards and letters

The Letters from Home Program has taken care of this many

of our "heroes"

 with cards, letters and "goodies":

64,576

(Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guards)

 

TO AMERICA'S FINEST:  May our campaigns remind you that YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN!!  

WE at the LETTERS FROM HOME PROGRAM have all of you serving our fine country in our thoughts and prayers!  

We want to say "THANK YOU!" for your unselfish courage in defending and protecting our great nation.  We would also like to remind you 

that the folks back home 

support you 100%.  The Letters from Home Program motto is:  "UNTIL THEY COME HOME- 

WE WILL SEND THEM LETTERS FROM HOME!"

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Our 2010 campaigns:

April 25, 2010  "Patriotic Hearts" -finished with success!!

July 11, 2010 "Stars & Stripes 4-Ever" -finished with success!!

November 21, 2010 "Let Freedom Ring!"

Volunteers are what makes our program work so well. Please feel free to join

us by writing a card, making some artwork, collecting treats for in the packages.

 Our next campaign ships out  Nov 21, 2010.

Deadline for request of a

 Letters from Home Package Nov 1, 2010.

(no exceptions)

Please get your Military Address to us by midnight 

Nov 1, 2010 to be included. 

Some of the items  we will be collecting for

Thanksgiving/Christmas 2010 mailing could be a letter or

and/or a Thinking of you card to

our American Heroes.

All items need to be to us by Nov 1, 2010 to be assured they will make 

it in this shipment.

1. Something to Eat: i.e.: 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. Chocolate is YES for this campaign.

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

3. Something fun:: Items also being sent are:
  playing cards, puzzle books, small Nerf balls, yoyo's, tennis balls, mini frisbee's-- individually wrapped items work the best. 

Due to the high cost of shipping, please send lightweight items and individual items. 

4.  No -- Phone Cards-  We will not be collecting money for phone cards, due to the rising cost.

5.  Toothpaste/toothbrushes/chapstick. Challenge your family and friends and put on a drive of these items and see how many you can collect.  ASK your dentist to help out!!      

(Our packages are assembled three times and loaded into the Straub Brewery Truck, with boxes made from

 St. Marys Box Company. 

Thank you to two awesome local hometown supporters of our program.)

 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 or books 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..

Help Needed !!!!

Letter Stuffing Party:  

Help us assemble all the packages of support for the troops..

Nov 21, 2010

All are welcome to attend.

Sacred Heart Activity Center

Center Street

St. Marys, PA  15857

12:30 pm Registration - 1:00 pm Start of Packing.

Directions
 

Web Site Logo (psd format)

www.ourmilitary.mil

 

 

  MAILING ADDRESS:

 

6631 RIDGWAY JBG ROAD - PO BOX 125

     JOHNSONBURG, PA 15845  
 
                   (814) 781 -1982 Our office is staffed by volunteers and is open Tuesday evenings from 6 - 9 pm  at Sacred Heart Activity Center on Center Street, St. Marys PA  15857  -

Help is always welcomed at this time and place.

Contact Christine Jovenitti, Founder/Director at (814) 335 5579.

EMAIL: lettersfromhome@windstream.net

 

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