4 Our Military: Another box down...8 to go

Welcome to 4 Our Military!!

Hello and welcome to my blog. My name is Michelle and I am an avid supporter of our Military. Here, I will be blogging about everything I have going on in the way of supporting our troops. If you too are involved in supporting our troops, I would love to hear what you are doing in your community. For the past three years, I have been a volunteer for an organization called 'Adopt A US Soldier'. They are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that allows you to sign up to "adopt" a soldier that is deployed and in need of some support. If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact me. Please direct all mail to MDawn213@aol.com. Thank you all for your support!!

Project Frontlines (Project #1 that I am currently working on)

Project Frontlines is one of the two projects that I am currently working on. This was started by Kylie Johnson and Mark Klodzinski. We then worked together and have made it an official part of 'Adopt A US Soldier'. What is Project Frontlines? We have a unit in Afghanistan that is in a very remote location. Through Project Frontlines, these men and women in uniform will receive donations from supporters around the world. For more information or to donate, please visit the Adopt A US Soldier website. We have just received a HUGE donation of 1,500 bags of coffee and it is going to cost A LOT to ship over to our troops. PLEASE consider donating for shipping costs. Every amount counts!

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Another box down...8 to go

First, I would like to thank Kristi Allen & her family for helping to sponsor the first box of coffee for our heroes at Task Force Eagle Lift. Thank you!! Your donation has helped to send 500 bags of coffee over to our heroes!

Today, box #2 went out. Yay!!! This box was sponsored by Earlene and Rob Jackson. Thank you for paying the shipping for this box. Your donation shipped 575 bags of coffee. Thank you!!

Besides the second box going out today, there is not much to report. We are still waiting to hear more about our heroes returning from Iraq to really go much further with that. We've also been hard at work making this to sell for donations. We've made some patriotic flower pots as well as some survivor bracelets. The survivor bracelets are for the soldiers, as they are made using between 8 and 10 feet of paracord (550 cord). As of right now, I do not make the colored ones. However, if you do want the colored "fashion" ones (which I LOVE), Kylie makes them and sells them. All her sales also go to help with shipping to our heroes. Please visit her blog (Soldiers & Folgers). The link is on the right of my blog. I'm including some pictures of the pots we've made and the survivor bracelets. Enjoy!!!

Michelle & Meg