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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 carols_kitchen on
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OK--just got off work. Good thing it's shower time so I can go have a good cry over this!
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Permalink Reply by AngieFromWA:BUDS Mom/ HM alumnus on
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WOW, 'gulp', thanks for sharing that Molly! Umm, Molly, ladies, just a thought. I like the heart idea April, cute and loving, very momish. :) But, the thought occurs to me that this is about Christmas and what better (Patriotic as well) symbol I wonder than a small (blue?) star? Like the Star of that first Christmas, like the star on top of almost every Christmas tree they remember, like the stars that they look up at and know that we are gazing upon them too (and just for a moment they feel close to their loved ones), like the North Star that guides the Sailor across the Sea and back towards home. So will these phone cards be for them. A star is as easy as a heart to stamp or draw on the back of the envelope flap. Just a suggestion. Either way, let's get'er done! =)
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Permalink Reply by Melissa (Tucson) on
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Teresa: Does USPS allow bulk mail with FPO address?
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Well either sounds good to me just as long as it is easy to do and I can tell Command Master Chief what to look for !!
So Vote time ----
A Heart
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love the heart, but agree with other comment. Let's go for blue star.
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Permalink Reply by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on
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It's all about the love for our sailors, I want to vote with a heart but as I write this, I will tell you that as a Navy wife...I always put hearts or xx0x00x on Steve's mail and I bet a few wives, girlfriends and even some moms will tell you that do the same.
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I agree with you Mary. I used to always put hearts on the envelope......
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Mary & Molly,
Why don't to call or email the CO of the ship and ask him what he wants? I think you should take into account the person sorting all this mail that will be coming in...
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I vote for the blue star, The heart is nice but I agree that wives and girlfriends may do this. Also as military moms we are blue star moms.
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I vote blue star also!!!
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I vote a BIG blue star, so it's easy to spot!!!!!!
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Sound like Star it is ~~ (cant promise blue as I dont know the pen everyone would be using and want to make it simple for everyone) I have retired navy men who have offered to send a phone card and I just cant say that they will do anything more then draw a star !! LOL LOL
As for mailing I would like to see the phone cards with Blue stars mailed individually.
IF you have gathered many cards it will be cheaper to mail them in the flat rate boxes.
I am sending every phone card letter I gather individually ~ so that he doesnt have to search threw flat rate boxes for stars.
But we are going to try to keep this simple and when we start to do blogs about this we will just say mail them anyway you want. Phone Cards get a blue star on the back :)
As long as our sailors get cards and Love on the holidays from their navy moms back home Im as pleased as punch !!
So anyway you want to send them is great ~~ we have together made the decision that a blue star means phone card enclosed !!
Yeah good job on voting and making a team decision !! Dang I love this team !!
You all rock ~~~ -
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