Weekly Newsletter 9/01/2008
Hello!
Another beautiful weekend!!!!
Get your calendars out, and write down the following dates--here we go!!!!:
Thur, Sept 11th: FLY THE FLAG Campaign An American Flag should be displayed outside every home, apartment house, office, and store in the United States! Every individual should make it their duty to disply an American Flag on the seventh anniversary of one of our country's worst tragedies. We do this to honor those who lost their lives on 9/11, their families, friends and loved ones who continue to endure the pain, and those who today are fighting at home and abroad to preserve our cherished freedoms.
Sat, Sept 13th: Oolitic Festival Parade Please plan on walking with us! I will send out the time and place to meet in next week's newsletter. Get your signs made, and let's show our pride for our troops!
Tue, Sept 23rd: Quarterly Meeting The meeting will be held at the HHAFFA office (620 H St) at 6 pm. Please bring your thoughts, ideas and suggestions! We will also have "Fill a Bag with Greeting Cards" for $5 fundraiser! We'll give you a plastic shopping bag, and you can fill it with Birthday, Anniversary, Wedding, Thank You, New Baby, Encouragement, Sympathy, etc cards!!!! Sunrise (Hallmark) has generously donated thousands of greeting cards to our organization!
The Persimmon Festival is the last weekend in September. Both Betsy and I will be out of town that weekend, but Larry Arnold has volunteered to drive a truck in the parade. I'll pass on details about the parade time and place to meet as soon as I receive the information!
Don't forget our weekly Tour of Iraq. We meet every Tuesday at 7 pm at the Thornton Park Pavilion and walk about 3 miles! We enjoy the exercise, but we like the companionship even better!!!! If you can't walk very far or very fast--there is always someone there who walks at YOUR speed and distance!
And in closing--Just like the USO, our organization will be active "until they all come home"! I enjoy the feeling of helping our soldiers and their families! I also remember the feelings of helplessness and uncertainty, I remember the assurance when meeting with and talking to others in my same situation, I remember laughing together, I remember crying together, I also know that there were times I could not have made it through my son's deployment without the help and assistance of HHAFFA. I also know that WE are HHAFFA. If you were involved in an activitiy this past year and enjoyed it, but can see ways to improve upon it--please consider volunteering to head that activity this coming year! Please consider such activities as: Valentine's Cards For Troops, Christmas Cards For Troops, Relay For Life, Candle Light Ceremony, 4th of July activities, Persimmon Festival activities, Oolitic Festival Parade, Tour of Iraq, MOMS, and many others! Give it some thought, bring your ideas to the Quarterly Meeting or email me!
Hope to see you soon!
God Bless Our Troops and their families back home!
Nancy
Another beautiful weekend!!!!
Get your calendars out, and write down the following dates--here we go!!!!:
Thur, Sept 11th: FLY THE FLAG Campaign An American Flag should be displayed outside every home, apartment house, office, and store in the United States! Every individual should make it their duty to disply an American Flag on the seventh anniversary of one of our country's worst tragedies. We do this to honor those who lost their lives on 9/11, their families, friends and loved ones who continue to endure the pain, and those who today are fighting at home and abroad to preserve our cherished freedoms.
Sat, Sept 13th: Oolitic Festival Parade Please plan on walking with us! I will send out the time and place to meet in next week's newsletter. Get your signs made, and let's show our pride for our troops!
Tue, Sept 23rd: Quarterly Meeting The meeting will be held at the HHAFFA office (620 H St) at 6 pm. Please bring your thoughts, ideas and suggestions! We will also have "Fill a Bag with Greeting Cards" for $5 fundraiser! We'll give you a plastic shopping bag, and you can fill it with Birthday, Anniversary, Wedding, Thank You, New Baby, Encouragement, Sympathy, etc cards!!!! Sunrise (Hallmark) has generously donated thousands of greeting cards to our organization!
The Persimmon Festival is the last weekend in September. Both Betsy and I will be out of town that weekend, but Larry Arnold has volunteered to drive a truck in the parade. I'll pass on details about the parade time and place to meet as soon as I receive the information!
Don't forget our weekly Tour of Iraq. We meet every Tuesday at 7 pm at the Thornton Park Pavilion and walk about 3 miles! We enjoy the exercise, but we like the companionship even better!!!! If you can't walk very far or very fast--there is always someone there who walks at YOUR speed and distance!
And in closing--Just like the USO, our organization will be active "until they all come home"! I enjoy the feeling of helping our soldiers and their families! I also remember the feelings of helplessness and uncertainty, I remember the assurance when meeting with and talking to others in my same situation, I remember laughing together, I remember crying together, I also know that there were times I could not have made it through my son's deployment without the help and assistance of HHAFFA. I also know that WE are HHAFFA. If you were involved in an activitiy this past year and enjoyed it, but can see ways to improve upon it--please consider volunteering to head that activity this coming year! Please consider such activities as: Valentine's Cards For Troops, Christmas Cards For Troops, Relay For Life, Candle Light Ceremony, 4th of July activities, Persimmon Festival activities, Oolitic Festival Parade, Tour of Iraq, MOMS, and many others! Give it some thought, bring your ideas to the Quarterly Meeting or email me!
Hope to see you soon!
God Bless Our Troops and their families back home!
Nancy
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