Weekly Newsletter 11/16/2008
Happy Holidays!
I hope you all have been working out, getting in shape, getting ready for all the activities scheduled for the next few weeks, because we are going to be busy, busy busy!!
THIS WEEK:
--Donations for "Christmas Boxes for Troops" are due by MONDAY, November 17th! You may drop them off at the Red Cross office, or call me (275-0366), and I can pick them up after work!
--We will gather together on Tuesday, November 17th at 6 pm in the HHAFFA office to organize donations for the packing party and finalize plans! We will prepack items in Ziploc bags and decide if we need to purchase additional items. AND WE WILL ORDER PIZZAS!!!!
--THE BIG DAY!! The "Christmas Boxes for Troops" will be packed on November 22nd at 9 am at the K of C Hall (2202 M St, Bedford). We plan on packing about 50 boxes for our deployed servicemembers.
We need help:
-If you can help haul items from the HHAFFA office to the K of C Hall, please meet us at the HHAFFA office Saturday morning at 8 am!
-If you can come early to the K of C Hall that Saturday morning, we need help setting up tables, organizing donations, and getting the boxes ready to be filled!
-We need help packing boxes!
-We need help sealing boxes!
-We need help making sure we have the correct address label with a customs form!
-We need help carrying boxes to the truck to take to the post office!
-We need help cleaning up after--including taking items back to the HHAFFA office, taking down tables, and sweeping!
-We need help eating donuts and drinking coffee!!!!!
So, I hope to see all of you there on Saturday!!
Other scheduled activities:
--"Christmas Cards for Troops" are due by Monday, November 24th. Please have your business or organization, youth group, Sunday School class, family and friends, and others write a short note and sign cards. We hope to receive enough cards to pack a Flat Rate Priority Mail BOX for every service member serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as sending a card to every active duty service member serving throughout the world. THIS WILL TAKE A LOT OF CARDS--PLEASE HELP!!
--On Tuesday, November 25th, we will meet in the HHAFFA office at 6 pm to pack our "Christmas Cards for Troops".
--On Tuesday, December 2nd, we will meet in the HHAFFA office at 6 pm to get everything ready for our Christmas Tree in the gazebo in Harp Commons. We need to make icicles for every active duty service member and stars for every service member serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
--On Saturday, December 6th at 11 am, we will meet in the gazebo in Harp Commons on the Bedford Square to decorate our Christmas tree.
--BEDFORD CHRISTMAS PARADE!!! On Saturday, December 6th in the evening, we will be participating in the Bedford Christmas Parade.
A few announcements and a little information:
--I hope everyone was able to attend one or more of the many Veterans Day programs held throughout the area. I was able to attend two programs and wish I could have attended more! I am fortunate to have my son, Royce (RP) Peabody, home!!! He is out of the Army (and LOOKING FOR A JOB!!). Veteran's Day has always meant a lot to me, but when the speakers talked about the sacrifices, the courage and the respect due all these young men and women, I totally lost it! They were talking about MY baby, MY son, and all the other mothers' babies, sons and daughters! We must always remember, not just on Veteran's Day, what it takes to be in the military, and how it affects these young men and women and their families back home! Year around, show your appreciation "from the folks back home"!!
--This is the time of year where you will be receiving many email requests, including a request to send letters to "A Recovering Soldier" at Walter Reed Hospital. DO NOT DO THIS!!! Any mail or package addressed in such a manner will be returned! BUT the American Red Cross will deliver mail to service members, their families and veterans. I encourage each of you to go to the "Holiday Mail for Heroes" site www.redcross.org for more information!
--Hellos from Home
The "sneak peek" of the American Red Cross Hoosier Hills Chapter "Hellos from Home" program went well! "Hellos from Home" is available to anyone who wants to send an email with a video message to any service member at any time (as long as previous arrangements have been made with the Red Cross office). Videos can also be uploaded from camcorders!
--Welcome Home Seminar
There will be another "Welcome Home Seminar" on November 17, 2008 at 6:30 pm at the Shoals Christian Church Resource Center (602 N Main St, Shoals). FREE babysitting is available! FREE supper, too! Anyone who missed either of the seminars may pick up a "Welcome Home" packet at the American Red Cross Hoosier Hills Chapter House on 29th Street.
In addition, the Hoosier Hills Chapter has received a grant to provide support for local military families. Among the offerings is a FREE Health and Safety Class (Adult, Infant/Child CPR, First Aid, and Blood borne Pathogens Training available to anyone with a military ID.
Anyone who has suggestions for items especially useful for families who have a new recruit, please submit suggestions. HHAFFA will pass them on to the Red Cross.
Now, get your calendar, make note of all the dates, and get involved! Christmas is a time of giving (of time and energy also!)--and who deserves "receiving" these gifts more than our military personnel!
GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!!!
Nancy Peabody
I hope you all have been working out, getting in shape, getting ready for all the activities scheduled for the next few weeks, because we are going to be busy, busy busy!!
THIS WEEK:
--Donations for "Christmas Boxes for Troops" are due by MONDAY, November 17th! You may drop them off at the Red Cross office, or call me (275-0366), and I can pick them up after work!
--We will gather together on Tuesday, November 17th at 6 pm in the HHAFFA office to organize donations for the packing party and finalize plans! We will prepack items in Ziploc bags and decide if we need to purchase additional items. AND WE WILL ORDER PIZZAS!!!!
--THE BIG DAY!! The "Christmas Boxes for Troops" will be packed on November 22nd at 9 am at the K of C Hall (2202 M St, Bedford). We plan on packing about 50 boxes for our deployed servicemembers.
We need help:
-If you can help haul items from the HHAFFA office to the K of C Hall, please meet us at the HHAFFA office Saturday morning at 8 am!
-If you can come early to the K of C Hall that Saturday morning, we need help setting up tables, organizing donations, and getting the boxes ready to be filled!
-We need help packing boxes!
-We need help sealing boxes!
-We need help making sure we have the correct address label with a customs form!
-We need help carrying boxes to the truck to take to the post office!
-We need help cleaning up after--including taking items back to the HHAFFA office, taking down tables, and sweeping!
-We need help eating donuts and drinking coffee!!!!!
So, I hope to see all of you there on Saturday!!
Other scheduled activities:
--"Christmas Cards for Troops" are due by Monday, November 24th. Please have your business or organization, youth group, Sunday School class, family and friends, and others write a short note and sign cards. We hope to receive enough cards to pack a Flat Rate Priority Mail BOX for every service member serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as sending a card to every active duty service member serving throughout the world. THIS WILL TAKE A LOT OF CARDS--PLEASE HELP!!
--On Tuesday, November 25th, we will meet in the HHAFFA office at 6 pm to pack our "Christmas Cards for Troops".
--On Tuesday, December 2nd, we will meet in the HHAFFA office at 6 pm to get everything ready for our Christmas Tree in the gazebo in Harp Commons. We need to make icicles for every active duty service member and stars for every service member serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
--On Saturday, December 6th at 11 am, we will meet in the gazebo in Harp Commons on the Bedford Square to decorate our Christmas tree.
--BEDFORD CHRISTMAS PARADE!!! On Saturday, December 6th in the evening, we will be participating in the Bedford Christmas Parade.
A few announcements and a little information:
--I hope everyone was able to attend one or more of the many Veterans Day programs held throughout the area. I was able to attend two programs and wish I could have attended more! I am fortunate to have my son, Royce (RP) Peabody, home!!! He is out of the Army (and LOOKING FOR A JOB!!). Veteran's Day has always meant a lot to me, but when the speakers talked about the sacrifices, the courage and the respect due all these young men and women, I totally lost it! They were talking about MY baby, MY son, and all the other mothers' babies, sons and daughters! We must always remember, not just on Veteran's Day, what it takes to be in the military, and how it affects these young men and women and their families back home! Year around, show your appreciation "from the folks back home"!!
--This is the time of year where you will be receiving many email requests, including a request to send letters to "A Recovering Soldier" at Walter Reed Hospital. DO NOT DO THIS!!! Any mail or package addressed in such a manner will be returned! BUT the American Red Cross will deliver mail to service members, their families and veterans. I encourage each of you to go to the "Holiday Mail for Heroes" site www.redcross.org for more information!
--Hellos from Home
The "sneak peek" of the American Red Cross Hoosier Hills Chapter "Hellos from Home" program went well! "Hellos from Home" is available to anyone who wants to send an email with a video message to any service member at any time (as long as previous arrangements have been made with the Red Cross office). Videos can also be uploaded from camcorders!
--Welcome Home Seminar
There will be another "Welcome Home Seminar" on November 17, 2008 at 6:30 pm at the Shoals Christian Church Resource Center (602 N Main St, Shoals). FREE babysitting is available! FREE supper, too! Anyone who missed either of the seminars may pick up a "Welcome Home" packet at the American Red Cross Hoosier Hills Chapter House on 29th Street.
In addition, the Hoosier Hills Chapter has received a grant to provide support for local military families. Among the offerings is a FREE Health and Safety Class (Adult, Infant/Child CPR, First Aid, and Blood borne Pathogens Training available to anyone with a military ID.
Anyone who has suggestions for items especially useful for families who have a new recruit, please submit suggestions. HHAFFA will pass them on to the Red Cross.
Now, get your calendar, make note of all the dates, and get involved! Christmas is a time of giving (of time and energy also!)--and who deserves "receiving" these gifts more than our military personnel!
GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!!!
Nancy Peabody
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