Molly's Adopt a Sailor project
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As a group, we would like to adopt a group of sailors and send letters and/or packages. I think we N4M could make a big difference in some sailors lives if all of us would just write one letter (you can do more if you want)
Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/masweshiplove
Location: http://www.mollysadoptasailor.com/
Members: 591
Latest Activity: 50 seconds ago
Support our Sailors
Link to Shipping Lables
What is the most critical or best thing I can send?
Your SUPPORT! This is NOT an attempt to resupply the military, or fix every logistical problem. What counts here is the morale of the Sailor. Send a letter or a new Army tank, they both help, but a Sailor that knows he/she has the support of the folks at home will use that tank far better than without the support.
Count on that.
We will continue to do our best to list the items requested by the Sailors.
Again, this is not an effort to get you to spend a bunch of money, it is about you sending support to those who give us the freedom to express our thanks for our freedom.
Will I get a thank you from the Sailor that gets my package?
We hope you do, but we do not guarantee it.
The Sailors are under no obligation to reply. They can't be. We can't burden Sailors are busy doing there jobs. Sure can't have their leadership tell them to reply either. If you get a reply, it is voluntary by that Sailor.
However, if you want to really increase your chances of getting a reply, simply pre-address an envelope to yourself, a few pieces of paper, and maybe a pen and put them in your package. No need for a stamp on the envelope. In your letter to the Sailor which you also put in the box, ask him/her to drop you a quick note or more and ask if there is anything in particular you can send.
Many of the troops are asking that you include your email address in your letters and boxes if you would like a reply or thank you. This is of course far easier for the troops that have Internet access. This is completely voluntary on your part and does not guarantee a reply. But it helps.
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Comment by Jeano on December 19, 2009 at 11:14pm -
YEAH LAURA! ENJOY! And keep tucked in safe!
I only had to shovel 4 or 5 times today...but still managed to make it to Walmart....left @7pm and just got home a few minutes ago!!
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Comment by Matthew's Mom (Laura) on December 19, 2009 at 10:48pm - Made it to VA, finally! Google directions are less than wonderful. Travel wasn't a problem till I was 6 miles from Matthew's apartment - then the "blizzard" began! Snug in the apartment now so no worries!
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Comment by SteveB357 on December 19, 2009 at 7:10pm -
I think our most important role is keeping the public in mind of our young, and not so young, people who are serving, and how we need to give them real support.
Real support ain't bumper stickers. Real support is visiting at hospitals; seeing to it the people they have left behind are taken care of; seeing to it their kids know who the are and what they're doing. Making sure they know that these things are taken care of. Create an environment of total support. The government does its best, but we can all contribute.
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Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on December 19, 2009 at 7:05pm -
Lyn, that sounds like a good place for it! You won't be tempted by it then. haha.
Jeano, don't go to Mexico, come to sw Arizona. We get snow like that up on Mt. Lemon, 35 miles up. Some snow every couple of years in Tucson. I am from WI and I do not miss that weather!
I am praying for safe travels for all of our travelers. Glad you got to talk to the soldier Vickie. I'll email you those addresses.
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Comment by LLovemytwosailors on December 19, 2009 at 5:42pm -
The last gift has been wrapped. The last packages went out in the mail today, and the only cookies left to bake are for us. So, now I get to sit back and watch the snow fall outside. My townhouse sits next to a hill side, so from inside it looks like I live in a tree house. The trees are covered in snow and I can see the
Christmas lights from homes as far as a half mile away.
Here's wishing everyone a good week and I hope that all your loved ones get home safely. BTW, Sue & Molly, the sewing machine is off being serviced. I'll pick it up after Christmas.
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Comment by Jeano on December 19, 2009 at 4:53pm
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OH NO Ally....I'm sorry, hope you can be with your sailor soon!
Mary - I'm from Central PA....
Vickie - OH that's too sad...may his family got held up by weather? Or could be like me when I went to p/u my sailor last....I was in a new airport and couldn't navigate where he was....THANK GOODNESS for cell phones!! Turns out...he was right around the corner from where I was waiting!! LOL...
But good thing you were able to offer support for awhile...hopefully his family came soon after you left?! (Julie, LOL..nice scenerio on why they may have been late...(pulled over for diaper change)!
Marlo...what a beautiful picture...looks like it could be a Christmas Card! Too bad I HATE this stuff!!!
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Comment by Susan mom to Niko on December 19, 2009 at 4:14pm - That is so great you were able to fill his time and give him that simple mom love! Thank you Vickie!
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Comment by Vickie - Rooney's mom on December 19, 2009 at 3:56pm - You could be right, Julie. I just felt so badly for him as the airport was full of military greeting their families and there he was all alone all the way from Texas. He seemed happy to sit there a talk to me, a mom waiting for her sailor!
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Comment by Susan mom to Niko on December 19, 2009 at 3:50pm
- Wow ... the pictures are beautiful but the travel through it can be so tough! Last year we had the frozen weather here in the Northwest! This year it is just wet, wet, wet! Hope all your sailors make it safe and sound!
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Comment by marlo on December 19, 2009 at 3:26pm -
This is what I woke up to this morning
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