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Originally Posted by Luvmypupster Here's a site for anyone whom might be intrested in becoming a Soldier's Angel.
Many people have asked me if there was something they could do to help make a soldiers deployment a little easier. I found out about this from my son. He kept talking about his Angel in his emails to me and his wife and I kept wondering what on earth he was talking about. This wonderful lady adopted him along with several other soldiers, they send encouraging emails, letters, small care packages and just try to uplift them as much as possible. While my son had support from home it did make him feel better knowing that a total stranger cared about him as well. Just be aware that should you adopt a soldier they may ar may not be able to respond often to your emails, letters and such. They are working long hours, some have little access to computers and they are trying to stay safe. So please don't take it personal. My son loved his and kept in touch with her as much as he did with us. I have been fortunate enough to have corresponded with her as well. It gave me much comfort in knowing she truly cared about his safety and supported him. http://www.soldiersangels.org/heroes/index.php |
Yeah, that is a great idea! There are also a lot of websites out there, where you can find address's of soldiers in Iraq that don't get letters from ANYONE. They make lists of all of them, that way you can write to a soldier that doesn't get anything letters...packages...etc. It's very sad to know that there are so many soldiers over there that aren't recieving anything from anyone, I guess just cause some of them don't have any family, or are single... or something such as that. But I am sure if you just sent a letter to one of them or a small care package it would make their day! My husbands father and my husbands uncle are in Iraq right now. They are in the Army, but my husbands father is a former US Marine. They will be over there for 2 years. We email them everyday, and we are currently putting together a care package for them. I LOVE sending care packages. I sent them to my brother all the time when he was deployed. It's a lot of fun putting them together. But if you research it online, you can find lists with soldiers address's and also you can find a lot of cute ideas for things to send to them.
Just a thought!