What is the Letters From
Home Program All About ??
August 27 -28 - 29 2010 Johnsonburg PA
Johnsonburg BiCenteninal Celebration Weekend
Letters from Home Shows their pride with a Float and Patriotism
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 atthe 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:
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!"

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:
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..
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.
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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.
WEBSITE:
www.lettersfromhomeprogram.org
EMAIL:
lettersfromhome@windstream.net
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