Deployments Suck!
On top of the deployment stuff, I am preparing to finish out the spring semester. I'll be taking the summer semester off, but I'll be starting back to school in the fall. Along with my starting back to school in the fall, our daughter will be enjoying her last year of elementary school and our son will be starting preschool, and unfortunately, their daddy will miss it all! :(
I will be updating this blog from time to time as my life permits. I do have quite a bit of things that will be coming up soon that I will be sharing, such as GS events and activities, along with community events that I am going to be helping to coordinate. So, please don't give up on me! LOL
Get Your Girl Scout Cookies! Last Week! Cookie Booths!
However, we will be at Precious Prints Pottery and Paint Bar in Oxford, today, from 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Please come out and support our Girl Scout Troop. We are also collecting donated cookies for local National Guard soldiers who are preparing for deployment to Afghanistan this summer. If you don't want or can't eat the cookies, please think of our HEROES!
GIRL SCOUT COOKIE BOOTH!!! Come get your cookies!
First Cookie Booth of the Season! Come support our troop! Help send our troop to Summer Camp this summer.
All cookies $3.50 per box.
Samoas, Thin Mints, Tagalongs, Do-si-dos, Thank U Berry Munch, Dulce de Leche, Trefoils, and introducing...in honor of the Girl Scout's 100th Year Anniversary....Savannah Smiles
All donated cookies will go to local Alabama military troops!
Date: Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012
Time: 12 p.m.-3 p.m.
Location: Winn-Dixie in Coldwater on Hwy 78
4920 Hwy 78 West
Cash only, PLEASE! NO BILLS OVER $20.
PTSD Research Study for Iraq/Afghanistan War Vets
If you know someone who is an Iraq or Afghanistan War Vet, or if YOU are that Vet, and have a diagnosis of PTSD and do not feel that current treatments are working, contact Emory Univ. PTSD Research Program.
http://www.psychiatry.emory.edu/PROGRAMS/Trauma/
Go to this link for more information!
Operation Cards for Soldiers - a Crafty Cause!
While looking up a blog on homemade crafts, I found a link to another blog about crafting, and I found this! Operation Cards for Soldiers! This is the information that the blog Ladybird Ln had on this project:"
I am so excited for October-Novembers Crafting for a Cause project! It is very near and dear to my heart. So many soldiers around the country, leave the comfort of home, friends, and family, to serve in the military. This month I am spotlighting a wonderful organization Operation Christmas Cards. The mission of Operation Christmas Card is to “love our troops one card at a time” to ensure that each of our service members know they are appreciated, supported and loved by the very people they are sacrificing their lives to fight for.
I can't think of anything better then sending a card to a soldier expressing thanks for our freedom during the Holiday season. Who is with me?Participation is very easy and we encourage everyone to help. This
would be a great project to do as a family, church group, work group, etc. Operation Christmas Cards welcomes cards of ALL faiths from anywhere around the world! The cards can be store bought or home made, but we ask that they are no bigger than 9x9 to fit into shipping boxes.
Doesn't this sound like fun! Here are some guidelines from the Operation Christmas Card:
Do's and Dont's :
-do NOT seal the envelopes
-only write supportive and encouraging notes
-you may include email or mailing address
-stickers and glitter are OK
-envelopes may be decorated
-if mailing large quantities please ship in bulk. Its cheaper for you and easier for us.
-Please include the total amount of cards you send if mailing multiples. It helps us greatly!
-do NOT seal the envelopes
-only write supportive and encouraging notes
-you may include email or mailing address
-stickers and glitter are OK
-envelopes may be decorated
-if mailing large quantities please ship in bulk. Its cheaper for you and easier for us.
-Please include the total amount of cards you send if mailing multiples. It helps us greatly!
You do not need to include money for postage. Operation Christmas Cards sends the cards in bulk. Shipping is expensive and you can donate money for shipping if you would like on their site.
Operation Christmas Cards Needs the Cards by November 28th! Cards and donations can be mailed to:
Operation Christmas Cards
PO Box 102
Shrewsbury MA 01545
Operation Christmas Cards
PO Box 102
Shrewsbury MA 01545
or if using UPS/FedEx/DHL etc.:
Liberty Churches
ATTN:Operation Christmas Cards
495 Hartford Turnpike
Shrewsbury MA 01545"
Liberty Churches
ATTN:Operation Christmas Cards
495 Hartford Turnpike
Shrewsbury MA 01545"
It states that it's for Christmas, but I'm sure you could do any holiday!
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