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????? *Statistics from the Letters from Home Program
"Picture Hometown USA" packages have just arrived in Iraq for the troops to enjoy!! ? July 30, 2006 Total letters collected to date by Letters from Home: 162,532 The Letters from Home Program has taken care of this many people with cards, letters and "goodies": 23,185 Soldiers, Sailors, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guards.
Thank you to all who have helped send "Letters from Home" to the troops. We have served many individual Service Men and Women from different areas of the Military, here in the USA and abroad.? Some of the larger deployed? units we have served include the following: (if we have forgotten to list your unit or have an error with the listing, please send us a note and we will be sure to add/edit it).
? ? First Mailing *Oct 1, 2003 mailed 65 soldiers "Thinking of You" letters. Each received 5 letters. 325 Letters/Cards ? ?
"Help a Hero Call Home for Christmas" Campaign *Nov 15, 2003? mailed 396 soldiers Christmas mail and phone cards?at our first letter stuffing party.?Each received 5 letters, 5 Christmas Cards and one phone card. 4000 Letters/Cards *Dec 18, 2003 mailed 132 soldiers Christmas mail and phone cards. 660 Letters/Cards *Dec, 2003? mailed 80 disposable hand warmers to a unit in Iraq. *Jan, 2004 mailed 10 boxes of warm clothing and school supplies to a unit in Kosovo for the children there.?? *Jan, 2004 presented 17 soldiers phone cards prior to their leaving for Iraq.? ? ?
"Send Your Heart to the troops" Campaign ?*Jan, 2004 mailed 450 soldiers valentine cards.? Mailed 520 soldiers in hospital valentine cards. Each soldier received 10 cards and chocolate heart. 9700 Valentines/Cards ? ?
"Easter wishes from America" Campaign *March, 2004 mailed 555 deployed soldiers, 25 in USA and 175 in hospitals Easter wishes and phone cards. Each soldier received 4 cards, a chocolate crunch egg, and a phone card. 3020 Easter Cards ? ?
Memorial Day 2004? "A Time To Remember" *May, 2004??Mailed 120 soldiers "Thinking of You" notes after they lost two of their own soldiers earlier in the week.? This package also included some homemade cookies and Beany Babies. 360 Notes ? *July, 2004? Mailed out to a unit of 100 soldiers some goodies, including; gum, candy, socks and notes of encouragement after they lost all their possessions in a fire explosion.? 100 Notes ? ?
?“Picture” Hometown USA Campaign July, 2004
6,000 Letters/Cards ? Their packages included a variety of the following plus each received a phone card: Shampoo/Conditioner/Soap/Moisturizing Body Wash ??????????????????????????????????????????????????
Morale Raising Letters on their Way August 31, 2004 Our Pennsylvania National Guard Unit soldiers who are about to be deployed overseas were given a great send off with the cards and letters that came in. Thank you to all who helped us reach out to them with the beautiful cards of support. Along with their support letters, we included a phone card and candy, gum, magazines, and Elk Trail Mix.? Thanks to the fine folks at NALZ for the donation of their famous trail mix for all to enjoy. ? 125 soldiers will enjoy this mailing for our National Guard Unit. ? Also sent with this mailing? were packages to two Military Service Men (who happen to be brothers). One just left for Iraq and the other one is stationed in Japan.? Another package went to one other soldier who is stationed here in the USA near Philadelphia, so he will be able to enjoy a package from ? 9/7/04? Another soldier in Iraq family writes us requesting letters of support to raise the morale of her brother. A package is immediately sent overseas to her brother Joseph.
426 Letters/Cards ? ? "Jingle All the Way from the Heart of USA" December 2004 ? Never in a million years, would we have thought that we could collect 20,000 cards, but the program overflowed with beautiful handmade and handwritten notes to our troops. the greatest gift this holiday season, "The gift of Freedom".? Merry Christmas to our troops. 20,000? Letters and Cards ? January 1, 2005 ? Jingle All the Way from the Hearts of USA 2004 Total Number of Soldiers receiving mail: ??????????????????????? 1,850 Breakdown Soldiers in Basic Training??????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????? 2 Soldiers stationed in USA?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 18 ??? Soldiers stationed overseas?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 1568 Hospitals receiving mail Walter Reed Army Hospital, USA????????????????????????????????????? ????????? 112 Bethesda Naval Hospital, USA???????????????????????????????????????????? ?????? 100 Landstuhl Hospital, GERMANY?????????????????????????????????? ? ??????? ??????? 50 ? Weight in pounds:????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 2,467 lbs. ?Shipping cost USA?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? $400.87 Overseas?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? $1976.08 Total:?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???? $2,376.95 ? Phone Cards:????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????? 1250 sent Cost:??????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? $5,750.00 Hot Sauce???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 8 Cases Christmas Ornaments??????????????????????????????????????????????? 400 Snowflakes Elk Trail Mix??????????? ????? ??????????????????????????????????????????? ?370 packages Hockman’s Candy Chocolate Covered Oreos ??????????????? 1,230 cookies Candy Canes???????????????????????????????????????????????????????too many to count!! Beef Jerky/slim jims????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????? 7,500 Underware???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 150 pairs Socks???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 300 pairs
Our 2005 Valentine's Day Campaign, "The Heart of America 2005" , wrapped up on January 30, 2005. We sent 11,150 cards and letters to 1,510 soldiers. UPDATE:?06/05/05 Remembering You 2005. Remembering You 2005? STATISTICS OF WHAT WE SHIPPED THIS CAMPAIGN. 1675 soldiers 10,900 cards 100 boxes of Girl Scout cookies 1200 Beanie Babies 1675 personal care items such as lip balm, toothpaste, toothbrushes, etc. & calendars 3350 drinks of Kool-Aid, Gatorade, hot cocoa, etc. 1675 packs of beef jerky &? granola bars 1675 individual bags of candy & licorice sticks 1675 packs of gum-? books, magazines and puzzles, and footballs and toy. Their individual packets were overflowing with goodies and cards of support and most of all Love from the citizens of the USA that they are protecting.? Thank you all for making our program work...and to our USA military...we are here for you and will be working on another big campaign this summer, so if you want a Letter from Home Package, you must sign up each time by sending us a note with your current address. Our soldiers anxiously await their packages.. and on Letter stuffing day, returning soldier came to show their support and appreciation by packaging packages with us!!
Everyone is packaging boxes for the troops including our returning soldiers who came to help.. The boxes were mailed out on June 7, 2005. Our big Letter stuffing party was an overwhelming success on Sunday June 5, 2005. There were well over 100 people who showed up to help with the packaging ?including 3 soldiers who recently returned home and wanted to come back to the Letters from Home Program and show their support.? What an honor for all who attended!! June 2005 Letter stuffing party. LETTERS FROM HOME PROGRAM
Some special soldiers surprised us all at the letter stuffing party with their visit and words of thanks and gratitude. ?
Just a few of the cards we mailed out from all over the USA.
Boxes and Boxes of goodies ready to be put into each soldiers envelope. ? Just a few of the cards we mailed out from all over the USA. ?
"A Salute to You from the Red, White and Blue 2005" August 28, 2005 2619 Service men and women received cards and care packages full of socks, freezer pops and tootsie rolls along with many numerous items. 119 volunteers arrived to help, including Gordon Huie, survivor of the Twin Towers and Elk County Catholic High School Varsity and JV football team. "The Gift of Freedom 2005" November 13 - December 16 2005 38,080 plus cards and flat stanley projects collected for over 6,012 servicemen and women. Over 125 volunteers arrived to package thousands of treats, tree ornaments, phone cards and beautiful Christmas wishes for Peace for the coming year.
Thousands of treats, tree ornaments and phone cards ?were put in their care packages this holiday season.
Thank you all who helped assemble them.
Boxes higher than ever stacked up ready for Santa to deliver them, even filled with our local Elk County trail mix.
Overall 38,080 cards!!! and more still arriving...Our servicemen and women will know that they are not forgotten with this outpouring of love! ??
Letters from Home Program ?exceeds their quota of cards and soldiers packages on 12/18/05 with their third and final leg of the "Gift of Freedom 2005" campaign, being their largest campaign to date.
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38,080 plus cards and 6,012 soldiers leave our Headquarters for the troops!!!
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April 30, 2006 "For Love of our Country 2006" 21, 769 cards -thank you all who made them. 2,879 soldiers- thank you for serving. 225 phone cards- randomly put in the packages. 110 workers- showed their love of our Country. Thank you all for making this campaign a success!! 18,000 plus treats
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