Our Troops
Support our Troops
Dear friends,
I've received those forwarded emails with instructions on how to demonstrate support for our troops. The alternative to not following the instructions is that you do not support the troops. The forwarding of emails instructing us to wear red clothing on friday, light candles at a time & date, put your vehicle headlights on at a time and date, etc., etc. may be nice idea's but I do not see the effectiveness of it and do see the problems it may cause all of us that participate. There are those who would start an email with any meaning just to obtain a list of active email addresses to sell. I have never found a verifiable orignator in these emails. If you want to support our troops I suggest taking about what it cost to buy a piece of red clothing or a couple of magnetic ribbons and send a care package to one of our kids who are in the thick of it. You can easily put aside what you spend on a lunch, dinner, or few drinks for one day and spend that money buying items our troops really need. And if money is tight you could volunteer a couple hours during the week to help with packaging the items to be sent to our troops. If you have children, relatives, friends, etc., that are around the same age as those in the war it would be good for them to participate in these efforts and hopefully have an appreciation to where they are in life.
Bobby T
Here are some links to send much needed items to our Troops.
http://ecards.military.com/postcard-direct
http://www.usps.com/supportingourtroops
This group should be an example for every county in the USA. Imagine if every county supported the needs of their troops and families! http://www.siprojecthomefront.org