a nice idea

[rinue]

I'm passing this on from my friend, Jen.

When doing your Christmas cards this year, take one card and
send it to this address. If we pass this on and everyone sends one card,
think of how many cards these wonderful special people who have sacrificed
so much would get.

When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please include
the following:

A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Washington , D.C. 20307-5001

Holiday Mail for Heroes
PO Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456

[ETA]

All cards must be postmarked no later than Wednesday, December 10, 2008. Cards sent after this date will be returned to sender. Please do not include inserts of any kind, including photos, as these items will be removed during the reviewing process. Please do not include email or home addresses on the cards, as the program is not meant to foster pen pal relationships. This effort is managed by the Red Cross and Pitney Bowes.

If you approve, please pass it on.

Comments

hate to be a party pooper, but...

[(Anonymous)]

E-mailed entreaties from previous years have urged Americans to send cards addressed to "A Recovering American Soldier" or "Any Wounded Soldier" care of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, but Walter Reed officials have said that any material so addressed will not be delivered. (http://www.snopes.com/politics/christmas/soldiercards.asp)

You can, however, send a holiday greeting through the Red Cross (http://www.redcross.org/email/saf/).