UPCOMING EVENTSOur Operation Ensuring Christmas for 1,543 National Guardsmen, Army Reservists, Marines and an Aeromedical Hospital was a Big Success! We have 1000s more cards and some candy and games that we wish to send to the ARMY Aviation 211th in Kuwait from Utah that Chaplain Allison told us about when we passed out 100s of cards, magazines and candy to the SLC VA. If you have any military that wish to receive packages, letters or cards please email us.
"Letters to Soldiers Attn: Denise D...9 December 2008 Dear Ms. D.. (response to your Christmas care packages dated 2008, 12,01). First off let me convey my utmost and heartfelt thanks to you and everyone else who participates in “Letters to Soldiers” for your efforts in putting the care packages together for me and my crew; they are wonderful and the kids who made the cards are artists in bloom! J In the meantime, please take this as an open invitation for you and any “Letters to Soldiers” participants and friends to write to me. I will always write you in return. While it is very faint, the light at the end of this tunnel has finally come into view. Here’s to hoping it keeps on coming quickly. My Thanks and God Bless you all," Spc. Douglas Lloyd York DSTB, 4th ID (PAO)
"Denise- Here are some photos. There will be a couple of more emails with photos. Marines were touched by the gifts. Thanks again for putting this together. I know it must have been a stressful undertaking. Over the past few days we have received all of the packages. I will have to pass many of them out prior to Christmas or they will not all get out. My unit is not all at the same location and I don't have my own transportation assets to take them to all of the guys on Christmas Day. Also, I will probably take most of the photos with my digital camera and email you a link to a photo album where you can down load them. We will definitely get you some. Thanks for all of the effort you put into this. I know the Marines will appreciate it. Blessings," Brandon Chaplain Brandon S. Harding 1ST BN 3D MARINES, H & S CO (1,000 Marines First reply) From Aeromedical Hospital in Kuwait: A1C Logan Latimer "Denise, I think we’ve gotten all 100 packages now. Wow! Thank you! We’ve been wrapping them up and putting them on the beds to greet the patients as they arrive. We also have a few under the Christmas tree. We’re not doing great with taking pictures of them opening the boxes, but we’ll try to do better and send you what we can. Just wanted to say THANK YOU!! -Logan" Click here to see more pictures and letters from our Troops that received our 1,543 packages. Thank you donors for helping this along. We were able to put 100 Marines' boxes into 34 and pack them and they are going to USPS today. 1,534 boxes total were shipped to military this Christmas. We do have 1000s of cards from Utah schools never delivered in time to pack Nov. 26, and some stockings, treats, and books if any military wish to receive any. "Denise, We picked up 17 full cages of packages today, December 1, addressed to APO/FPO soldiers and will get them processed and on their way overseas. Margaret
Putnam What went into the care packages? Neways Personal Care Products, "THe Christmas Box" books, Christmas Cards made by children all over Utah, Home Made STockings, Card making supplies, Tahitian Noni Soft Chews, CDs of Side Out, Angela Winston, Margo Watson and other artists of Utah, chocolates by many Utah companies, DVDs of Operation Ensuring Christmas Concert donated by LIfeLOngMEmories Films and Hedgehog Solutions, Peace is Coming Painting prints, Kara's chocolate Truffles, Girl Scout Cookies, hot Chocolate, 60 Minute Calling Cards, Card Cafe discount cards went in every box.$15,000 was needed this Christmas for shipping 1,500 boxes. Raised so far: $14,843 (Thank you VFW of Timpanogos for donating $500 at your meeting tonight, you guys are very dear to us) *That means 1,534 soldiers will get care packages. All packages were packaged till midnight NOv. 26th at UPS call center. All 6 units in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan will receive 1,534 boxes of special things from Utah. Thank you all volunteers that helped that day and night to make this huge job a success.
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Chrismtas 08 Concert:
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OPERATION ENSURING CHRISTMAS CONCERT
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Jill Stevens' and One Voice Children's Choir's picture to see
pictures of the concert! Thank you to all who donated including our
Generous Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. and First Lady Mary Kaye Huntsman
for your donation and wonderful address.
DVDs
of the concert is available for minimum donation of $25 to send 2
military care packages and you get a free signed concert poster.
Get your orders in at:
for drop off of donated items in SLC and Utah County, and donations for shipping here at info@letterstosoldiers.org or our Paypal Donate button. See all involved and our sponsors as well as letters from military units we are sending to this year at http://www.letterstosoldiers.org/operationensuringchristmas08.htm
HELP US MEET OUR GOAL!
Thank you for helping us help the military and their families that are separated from their loved ones this Christmas. Donations also accepted here for shipping cost Goal of $25,000
for 2009
ATTENTION: If you send us email address of a deployed servicemember that wishes to get email letters from US citizens, please email us their email address. Won't you invite us to your Events or if every visitor just gave $1, we could send over 3,500 packages to soldiers by now? AUCTION TO RAISE SHIPPING COSTS CLICK HERE FOR AMAZING ITEMS, COURSES, SERVICES.
IN 2007, we surpassed our goal of sending 150 Packages for Camp of ARMY soldiers needing them badly for shipping cost of $1,400 at Christmas. ($1,264 of the total it cost to ship these packages collected!) And we met our 2007 goal of 2,000 letters, and 1,500 cards made by kids. Help us meet our goal of 5,000 letters, 3,000 cards and and 1,500 packages of items like Jerky, dried fruit, hand warmers, dried drink and soup packets, power bars, pure white ankle socks, CDs, MP3s, and Cell Phones and/or calling cards in 2008. CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL THE DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS WORKING ON OUR
SEND CHRISTMAS TO 1,500 MILITARY SERVING IN IRAQ!!!
Help with a donation today for $9.95 (shipping cost for a flat rate box) to our Soldiers in Iraq by contacting us under "Find out more" in box at the right--------- AUCTION TO RAISE SHIPPING COSTS CLICK HERE FOR AMAZING ITEMS, COURSES, SERVICES.
