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Our November and December Sailors!!
We have a very special mission that we are going to ask all of our NavyforMoms.com members to support for the holidays.
Although the Adopt A Sailor program is only a few months old, as a group we have supported troops in Kuwait, Afganistan and Iraq. With the upcoming holiday season, we wanted to continue to support our sailors that we know won't be home with their families this year.
This group has grown so tremendous with almost 200 members and we had a goal in mind that would take alot of support. After much research and some emails inbetween, Molly and I are pleased to announce that our Sailor of the Month program for November and December will be...
The USS RODNEY M. DAVIS
This frigate will be home to about 250 sailors for the holidays.
Working thru their chain of command, we have received approval to support these sailors. This is an amazing opportunity and honor for us to be allowed to adopt this ship. This will be a big undertaking for our group but we know that Navy for Mom members know how to show the love!
Deployed ships often have limited mail deliveries so we have committed to having our mail delivered December 1 - December 8th. This will allow them to contain all of cards and holiday wishes together and deliver them to the crew before the holiday.
Our hope is for EVERY Sailor on that ship to receive a holiday card signed by Navy for Mom. We would like to include a $10 international phone card in the card so those Sailors may have an opportunity to call their loved ones. If you are not in a position to send a phone card, please do not let that stop you. Just write on the back of the envelope - no phone card included so as cards are distributed, some sailors don't get multiple phone cards and some get none.
So many of you have really stepped up the last few months and are spending $20 or more just shipping packages to our Adopt A Sailor receiptants. This will be an easier mission - no packages to send, no lines to stand in at the post office...just your holiday wishes with a regular postage stamp!!!
If you are a school teacher, Sunday School leader, Boy Scout or Girl Scout troop leader or part of any organization that would like to spread some holiday cheer to this group of Sailors, we would love to load them up with many holiday messages of support and cheer. Please think about using this a project for your group.
The Command Master Chief of the USS Rodney M. Davis has agreed to be our point of contact for this holiday project:
CMDCM(SW) C. W. Smith
Command Master Chief
Attn: Any Sailor
USS RODNEY M. DAVIS (FFG 60)
FPO AP 96663-1514
Again, please forward your holiday messages to his attention between December 1 and December 8th.
Thank you for making the holidays a little brighter for this crew!!!
P.S. USS Rodney M. Davis moms - we could not find a group for the Davis on this site so we have set one up. If there are any Davis moms here, please join the group.
Fairwinds and Following Sea - Mary & Molly
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Permalink Reply by April , PNM of Tyler on
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AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My daughter's elementary school is going to help out on this one. IEvery teacher is going to have their class make Xmas cards for the Sailors. They won't have phone cards in them, but everyone in my extended family is putting one in theirs. There is a total of 287 students in the school.
My daughter's 4th grade class adopted a unit from the adopt a sailor website and sent care packages to them, there is a picture on my page. Also, my son's middle school homeroom class did the same thing for a unit from KS (where we live) and I sent those today. ( 5 boxes) -
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Permalink Reply by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on
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April that that is so exciting! Not only are our sailors going to get lots of mail...it will be fun mail for them!
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Permalink Reply by diane {Shawns mom} on
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WOW April the sailors will have HUGE smiles on their faces...I can't wait for all this to happen and get the feedback from the ship....
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APRIL APRIL APRIL ______ NO WAY NO WAY NO WAY !!!! AWESOME -------holy smokes I am going to bawl my eyes out !
We are going to really let that ship know HOW much we care !!!!!!! -
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And you know....we will get feedback from this...so we can see how the sailors react...
PS>.I know someone who just might have a camera aboard the RMD -
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4th Grade class with some of the items they put in care packages for a unit of Sailors.
I can't figure out how to get the picture on here, but it is below as an attachment.
Molly, yes that was the class that sent the care packages - Attachments:
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Wow MO that is so special ~~~~~
I feel like breaking out into that song from the lion king
"Can you fell the Love tonight"
LOL goffy Molly -
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If you cant fill cards with calling cards ~ any card will do !! OUR hope is to get 250 with calling cards, but I want to get them as many letters as possible also ! IF you do have calling cards PLEASE PLEASE write that on the back of the sealed card so that Command Master Chief knows !
I am buying boxes of cards this week and keeping them on my desk next to a empty box that says please write a letter to our sailors and put in the empty box !
YOU ARE THE GREATEST BUNCH OF WOMEN I have ever had the pleasure of getting to know !!
This reminds you how wonderful the world can be !!!!!!!!
And for the picture of the children _ that is priceless ! I hope you sent that picture with the box of goodies :) Our fine military would love to see who sent them a box !! -
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Count me in!
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OK Miss Molly.....You need to sit down for this........
Every child in the grade school like I said before is sending cards. But......So is the entire Middle School. I spoke to the Counselor today and she is having each home room teacher have their students make christmas cards for the men/women on the USS Rodney M. Davis. There are 298 students in the school.....:)Yes, I did put a picture in the box. I will also post today the picture of my son's home room class with the boxes that they put together for the unit they adopted.......I know of about 45 people that I have emailed about the cards/phone cards that are mailing them or giving to me to mail...... -
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