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Heads at Ease pillowcase project - our motto is: ALL OR NONE

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We make/mail pillowcases for deployed military: Navy, Army, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard & Nat Guard. As of 9-1418, we have made/given out 82,816 since 6- 08! YTD 2018 is 5,217 We have note cards & labels, please send me a message for them.

Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/heads/forum/topics/mailing-label
Location: Tucson, AZ
Members: 207
Latest Activity: Aug 15, 2023

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Mailing label

Started by DC - G'mother of My Fav Sailor. Last reply by JustMom Dec 18, 2019. 64 Replies 3 Likes

Here is the Heads at Ease mailing label: When we mail pillowcases to our "own" groups (not one of Molly's adopted groups), use this label only on the package. If the pillowcases are going to one of Molly's adopted groups, use both labels. Both…Continue

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You need to be a member of Heads at Ease pillowcase project - our motto is: ALL OR NONE to add comments!

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on May 13, 2021 at 5:38pm: No worries. We have all been new. send me a private message so we can chat

Comment by shellyh on May 13, 2021 at 5:37pm: Sorry I sent my message to this whole group.....new to all this!

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on May 13, 2021 at 5:34pm: To: shellyh

You sent out a message to the whole group. We don't do it that way. If you want to PM about your son, his unit/ship, when he's leaving etc, I would be glad to chat with you. Thanks!

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on May 13, 2021 at 5:32pm: Thanks B'sNukeMoM/! It was not a goal that I was working towards when I started this in 2008!

But in late 2019 when we mailed over 4600 to the Lincoln in 8 weeks, it pushed up fast really fast. So in 2020, that 100,000 mark kind became important to me! And 1 of 5 sewers hit it on that date. I go by when they tell me they mailed.

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on May 13, 2021 at 12:29pm: Sue - Wow! That's awesome ;-D I'm sure you've made many a sailor happy. Thank you for all you do!

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on May 13, 2021 at 12:00pm: 100,000 and counting!

13 years ago my son was deployed on the USS Abraham Lincoln and I sent the muffins that arrived moldy! In June of 2008 I made 4 patriotic pillowcases to replace the "birthday" muffins and told the guys in his cube to celebrate their birthdays with the country's.

On November 27,2020, we hit the milestone of 100,000 made and sent to our deployed military!

Our current numbers are 102,226 and counting!

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on May 13, 2021 at 11:58am: Oh boy! It has been over a year since I posted on here! My apologies. I have that FB book and it seems that's all that I can keep up with!

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on January 17, 2020 at 1:18pm: I sure don't know where the time goes in my life, but I can say that November and December were 2 busy and intense months for me.

We adopted the Lincoln and mailed pillowcases every week for 8 weeks. The HAE crew is absolutely amazing as we accomplished the goal of 4800 in that time frame. There was another group who helped with 295 but the HAE crew did the rest.

Baker1013 please send me a message with your email address and I will send you some patterns. We would love your help!

Comment by Baker1013 on January 17, 2020 at 12:53pm: Is there a specific pattern that is used? I have a group at church that sometimes likes to take on sewing projects and this sounds like it could be beneficial to all parties involved.

Thank you for any information....

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on November 23, 2019 at 12:12am: It is a confirmed GO with the USS Abraham Lincoln. We are mailing pillowcases to the entire ship. We will be over 2,000 sent in 3 weeks by next Wednesday.

If you would like to help with this project please send me a pm.

Thanks! Here are some photos of pcs that we sent already.