If you can make it through this video without crying, you are better than me! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpohfny7jWg&feature=related Get the tissues ready – you've been warned!
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Its time to track Santa again. Beginning on Christmas Eve, children can log onto the NORAD website to check on Santa’s whereabouts. The website is really neat and has some interactive features that children can take part in before Christmas. It also features a countdown to when the tracking of Santa will officially begin! Volunteers [...]
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The Oprah Show wants to hear what it’s like to be a Real-Life Army Wife. Is your husband currently deployed? Has your husband just returned home? Has he been on multiple tours? What do you know about his experience in Iraq or Afghanistan? How does it feel to have your husband overseas for months at [...]
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I can’t believe I’m learning about this one for the first time this year! This website helps bring soldiers home for Christmas by purchasing an airline ticket for them. It is funded purely through monetary donations from the public as well as donations of frequent flyer miles. Spread the word about the program and if [...]
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Technically, the name had it wrong: there wasn’t a snowball in sight. But otherwise, the Snowball Express organization was every bit as advertised: an all-expenses-paid VIP vacation for the families of those killed overseas. Roughly 1300 people were flown into Dallas Wednesday evening, including a charter flight that left from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The [...]
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Xerox has an easy way to say thank you to the troops. By going to their website, you can choose a greeting card to be sent to the troops to extend your appreciation and support to them. This website has been around for a while but I think it is especially important to remember our [...]
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There is now a new way to send mail to troops serving in Afghanistan. Family members and friends can access the Army sponsored Hooah Mail website to send a letter to their soldier. Family members log onto the site and electronically send the letter (similar to email) with the soldier's mailing address. Postal clerks in [...]
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I received this email about telephone support for spouses and wanted to pass along the information: I am from the VA Medical Center in Memphis TN, and part of the research department. We have begun Telephone support groups for the spouses/significant others of service members who have gone to Iraq and Afghanistan. Looking over your [...]
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From NMFA: The National Military Family Association’s Joanne Holbrook Patton Military Spouse Scholarship Program awards spouses of uniformed services members up to $1,000 for professional certification, college, or graduate school. The funds are for tuition, fees, and school room and board. Applications are due by midnight January 31, 2010. Visit www.militaryfamily.org/scholarship for more information or [...]
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