Molly's Adopt A Sailor

Good Morning Carols_Kitchen, I kinda figured it would be to good to be true, As it is I'm having a hard time getting paperwork from him mailed from his Carrier. And yes long hours of work and Duty. Oh well he will have to wait till he comes down, but then How would I pack it for him to take back, how would dry ice hold up in the Box? never done anything like this before. I'm thinking dozens of tamales, deep firied Burritos (green Chili) Posole you know the traditional stuff he said he would be down for christmas so I want to make sure he takes some food back. him and buddies live in Barracks which looks like a nice two bedroom apt. And I know they dont do no cooking so I thought it would be nice to load him up with some home cooked meals to share. Thank You for your response and I will wait for a How to response thank you!

Welcome darsatm. Will you be our ATM, lol? 

Tells us about yourself and your sailor

we are also on Facebook, which is where you will see us almost everyday. 

Carol

Phoenix Mom...you make my mouth water. I don’t know the answer to your food question. Remind me to ask on our Facebook page. I’d he working on shore? 

Welcome TrueBritt. Glad to have you here. Tell us about your recruit or Sailor. This page is where we started Molly’s Adopt a Sailor. Our mission of the month is announced here, and also on our Facebook page. 

Let us know if you have any questions. I’m a submarine Mom. 

Carol

NitaSewBee, Welcome Back!!!!

Pat L... thank you. I feel the love...I have been trying to get back on here, but no matter  how I tried,  my profile wasn't working.  so I  had to start from scratch, which was fun NOT. I was hoping somewhere in Navy Mom land, someone would remember me .I've since taken up quilting, trying to sew more and all that fun and exciting stuff

After I revamp my sewing room, I will get back into the  pillowcase game. Right now I have to get my room cleaned so we can sleep in it again...have a great day

Oh my, Nita. Yes, we remember our pillowcase sewers. Glad to have you back.  Carol. 

I received a thank you email this morning!
Kim,

I wanted to be sure that I did not forget to send you a great big THANK YOU for all of the snacks and goodies you sent.

May you and your family have a blessed Thanksgiving and Christmas season!

V/R,

LT YZ, USN

I'm trying to update my profile. It's not letting me do that. Anyone else?

Welcome Nic’ole’. Tell us about your sailor’s journey. 

Hi carols kitchen. My oldest son is in his 2nd week down at Pensacola waiting on his A school classes to begin, we couldn't  be more proud of him! HOOYAH!  

During boitcamp he told me about how many recruits  didnt get mail or the support that he had, at PIR we adopted a shipmate to join us as we celebrated because  he had no family to come. It was an eye opening experience and broke my heart that these young brave people are doing big things for all of us and we can do little  things to show them our gratitude.

During bootcamp, those days were long and this site has been such a huge help, so i found this group and am excited  to see how I can help our Sailors.

Welcome Susan’s proud Mom. Glad you found our group. Tell us about your Sailor’s stage in this journey. 

Just a reminder. If you want to stay on this page, or the whole Navy for Moms site, you must make posts. Someone tried to sign in after a long absence, and had been removed for non-activity. 

Sorry that I have been so absent from the group. I read all the emails I receive, & keep up with fb page. My responding is just a little slow !! 

Thank you Ruthie-dear!

MarylandMom, We are so very glad you are still out there!!!!

Thanks !! I need to go back & update my profile !! My son was in boot camp when I joined. He will have 9 yrs in the end of Sept !!! Hard to believe. I don't feel any older or wiser !! Ha ha !! NMH to All !!

Pat L, little did I know—stopped in to see the recruiters today. I educated them about Mollie’s. They want their deppers involved. So looks like we’re doing something in September!

Ruth, COOL!

Hi Pat -- wondering if there is also a Holiday Project this year?

Hi Val, I'm sorry but we are not doing a Holiday Project this year. Adoption requests are WAY down for some unknown reason.

Is there a way to get to reach out to get more adoptions going?

Marianne, We have reached out to anyone who has someone deployed. There will be some groups deploying after the first of the year. Fingers crossed!!!!

A reminder from me only. I'm near Mayport, NAS JAX, and Kings Bay. Anyone else?

Ladies I have a Question, I had spoken earlier to an Ombudsman for the USS Theodore CVN 71, and she wanted to know how they could get adopted without a Sailor putting in for it. She mentioned there are many a Sailors on the Carrier who have no family and she thinks it would be a Great thing to do. I mentioned how My Son helped me to find a Sailor on Coronado Base who I could send a care package to who had no family and told her about what you ladies do about adopting a division or group on ships. she was so excited to here that there is a site on here that does this. I explained I help out on Boot camp Moms.

PhoenixMom

we need one person onboard who could act as point of contact. Is there a Chaplin on the ship? Or an LPO? There needs to be an office space for storage of care boxes for about a week or so. Carol

I asked her to log in the site Navy Moms and gave her this site, she said she will look into it. And I will relate the message as well. I told her you ladies do such a great job and many on here as well pitch in and help. she thought it was amazing to have a site like this that would help. she said there are many that are alone.

Hi Guys! Have been away a LONG time...whow has everyone been??? How was Thanksgiving??? ❤️

Hi Jeano!  WELCOME HOME!

❤️⚓️

Hi there. Our son got the job he wanted. He will be working for Electric Boat through General Dynamic. His last assignment had him in dry dock with the USS Mt Pillior (sp? Still brain freeze from bell ringing with the a Salvation Army) in Groton, CT. He and his wife bought a home in Norwich, CT, since he knew 12 years was it for him. He is going back as a supervisor.  It’s been fun watching his pix as he spends down his unused vacation days. 

I expect to still be with you here on Molly’s Adopt a Sailor for a while longer. 

Welcome Baker1013. Tell us more about you and your Sailor. 

Carol

Hello!  Thank you for the add!

My Sailor had PIR December 13th and is currently in Goose Creek, hopefully starting "A" school soon.  

It's been an adjustment having him not need me for anything and I am trying to find small ways that I can help our new "Navy Family"  I don't do a LOT of sewing, but I have made costumes for our Church Christmas Pageant  so I am hoping that is enough talent to help out.  

Our Church group gets together for different projects and I wanted to bring this project to them to see if we can get a bunch done.

I do love this Navy for Moms website!!  It has been so helpful on this new journey!

Super, Baker1013. 

We loved visiting our sailor in GC. Great things to and and places to eat in Charleston. We even have a brick in the downtown street, as we used to go there all the time. 

Our Son was a machinist mate. He just finished 12 years. Decided it was time to go civilian. He was in Norfolk, VA, Kings Bay, Ga and Groton, CT. He and his wife bought an 1843 house in Norwich. 

Pillowcases are easy to sew....the first one took me an hour. After that, I did them in a production line, and could sew more. We also have found a good source for seconds white pillowcases for tie dye. 

If you want to learn how to hold a “packing party” with your group, we can teach you. We adopt a different group each month.  Molly’s Adopt a Sailor is also on Facebook. 

Hi Ladies, got my packages ready to ship, bought lots of games and tooth brushes candy hand sanatizers for the engineer dept. Of the USS THEODORE, So happy I could be of some help.

Do we need to use Large Usps boxes only? Are mediums ok?

North Mom, I just useda medium size box last week.  It fit all that I had, and I didn’t want to spend more to fill a large box. It’s the same price as listed on USPS, no discount. 

Carol

Thanks carols_kitchen. 
How do I get info on a packing party? 

When they ask for spices - does that mean single serving packets or regular plastic jar size? 

i guess I have a similar question for all things ... powdered drink mixes - singles for water bottles or canister? Or are they happy with anything?
My son is still in A school so I haven’t experienced packing for a ship yet ☺️

NorthMom, The individual "drink sticks" to flavor bottles of water are best. As far as spices, you can get the plastic bottles...they will share!

Welcome Proud Momma B. 

What stage is your sailor serving? 

How did you find us? 

I’m Carol, one of the admins on our Facebook page. We are currently on the “wait” of hurry up and wait military life. We look forward to running our adoptions again soon. Many of our pillowcase sewers have been busy making masks. 

Let us know if you have any questions. 

Hi Carol! Well It is Me Becky C and I am Back!  - My son is now a Commander - I started out with Molly's back when it was first birthed!  My emails go screwed up and our family went thru some things, lost our home to fire in 2013, shortly after my mom pass from pancreatic cancer and my membership here on Navy4Moms was removed, and or archived - so it took some time to be back in again, so I guess I am just right now exploring - old stomping grounds!  Son and family is due to post to from NavySupplyHeadQuarters to Germany here soon, but with the virus and his schooling thankfully it has been delayed, for a while anyway!  We are all so excited for their new Post to Gemrany!  He now has 3 kids and a wonderful wife, all this has happened since I was last in here in Navy4Moms -
My dad is ill so have been doing palliative care and I come and go to my home, where my main computer is, and back to his farm to do care, so coming and checking in is a bit few and far between! 
BeckyC

My grandson's ship will be going on deployment soon. How do we get his ship adopted while gone?  What forms need to be filled out ahead of time?

Thanks Martha

Hi Nana 51. Your Sailor can go to mollysadoptasailor.com and follow the form for adoption. Let him know that we prefer to take groups vs whole ships, especiallysince we will be starting back from scratch, so to say, soon. We have taken two months off due to C-19 

in the meantime, if you have a group of maybe 4, and a place to meet, you can start your own adoption process, following Covid-19 rules. We want everyone to remain healthy and safe. 

Continue your questions! Please!

Carol

Welcome partyofseven! I could have used your help in my dream last night. Molly’s Adopt a Sailor had a huge picnic for two ships of sailors in that dream!

tell us about your Sailor’s journey so far, and how you found our group. 

Carol

Our sailor has gone from riding submarines, to building them. After twelve years, he joined Electric Boat/ General Dynamics. He’s loving being around some of the same brothers (neither of his subs had women aboard) but also being able to be on land. 

I still help with our adoptions, still follow OPSEC, and still help run our Molly’s Facebook page. Here he is working from home on time off  

 Good Morning carols_kitchen,

Thank you for adding me to this group. That's awesome. My dream was of snakes chasing me. Lol I would have preferred your dream.  :)

My Sailor is an HM and he has been in for almost three years. He is stationed out in Jax, Florida.  He will be moving later but due to COVID can't see him now so that is a bummer. 

I am a Navy brat so it has definitely been a roller coaster of emotions.  :) So proud of everything he has accomplished so far but miss him so.  :)