Hero Stories for army family support

If you go to this web site, www.letssaythanks.com, you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq . You can ' t pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services. How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!! This is a great site. Please send a card. It is FREE and it only takes a seco

Snowball Express Snowball Express has a simple mission, provide new memories and smiles to the faces of those children and surviving spouses of those fallen heroes since 9/11. They do this in several ways. The largest is an annual event in which all registered families are brought to California for an all expense paid weekend to visit Disneyland and other wonderful experiences with hundreds of other children and spouses. Described by Bill White, President, Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund as the #...

When you are making out your Holiday card list this year, please include the following: A Recovering American soldier c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center 6900 Georgia Avenue,NW Washington ,D.C. 20307-5

Dear HeroBracelets, We ordered your memorial bracelets in the name of a boy that grew up the street from us. We had know Johnathan since he was little and always thought the world of him. He grew into a wonderful young man and joined the Army two years ago. We lost him in Iraq and we felt like we lost a member of our own family. We all ordered memorial bracelets from your website and wear them daily. It truly is a wonderful way to remember him. And people ask us about the memorial bracelets a...

We've heard from several HeroBracelet wearers about the Rolling Thunder rally in Washington so we're reprinting this piece about the rally. ------------- Veterans' Lifelong Mission To Keep Memories Alive Rolling Thunder Riders Mark 20 Years of Supporting Troops By Pamela Constable Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, May 27, 2007; Page C01 Thousands of military veterans from towns across the country cruised into the nation's capital yesterday on polished Harleys and Hondas, filling the air wi...

This story just appeared in the Times Reporter! ----------------------- York 5th-graders to honor Nepsa York Elementary 5th-graders Logan Hurst (L), Blake Burrell, Alexis Cunningham and Leah Mutti display their HeroBracelets in memory of New Philadelphia's Cpl. Keith Nepsa, who was killed in Iraq in June. In a Veterans Day Ceremony Nov. 9 in Cpl. Keith Nepsa's hometown, a group of 5th-graders at New Philadelphia's York Elementary will wear HeroBracelets bearing his name. In early June, Nepsa...

Sharon Ricklic's 5th grade class in New Philadelphia, Ohio has something very special planned. --------------------- Small Town Ohio School on the Verge of Being Closed will Honor Local Soldier Killed in Iraq Fifth Grade Class of Ohio's Preserve America History Teacher of the Year to Present Soldier's Family with HeroBracelets as Part of Veterans' Day Ceremonies (New Philadelphia, Ohio) - In a special Veterans' Day Ceremony on Nov. 9 in his hometown, a group of fifth graders at York Elementa...

I'm not sure where this was published originally, but it's something very worth reading. ------------- BAGHDAD -- The soldiers were lifted into the helicopters under a moonless sky, their bandaged heads grossly swollen by trauma, their forms silhouetted by the glow from the row of medical monitors laid out across their bodies, from ankle to neck. An orange screen atop the feet registered blood pressure and heart rate. The blue screen at the knees announced the level of postoperative pressure ...

I came across this on the ArmyTimes Web site. It's pretty powerful and I think it's worth reprinting. --------------- A slow medical evaluation process leaves many injured troops in limbo By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer Posted : Tuesday Feb 20, 2007 14:41:57 EST Leaning over the sink in an almost-clean barracks bathroom across the street from Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Pvt. Robert Van Antwerp, 20, quickly sheared the hair of his new roommate into a fresh crew cut. "This is what my dad d...

Please show your support for our wounded soldiers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), Germany. Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), the largest American hospital outside the United States, is where the majority of our wounded soldiers are directly transferred to from the field while serving in the Middle East, Persian Gulf areas and Europe. Wounded soldiers arrive daily... Requested items: Burger King Certificates (there's a BK near the hospital) International Calling Cards Swe...