"Please Visit These Wonderful Sites and
Show Your Support for Our Troops"
At this time there are over 450,000 of our men and women deployed overseas.
These days are a
very lonely
time for our country's soldiers who are far away from home.
Help put a smile on a soldiers face by sending him/her a package or a message of
Love & Support.
The Best Flash Presentation Honoring Our Troops
Send a Prayer to the Troops
"Support Links"
America Supports You
Nationwide program launched by the Department of Defense,
recognizes citizens' support for our military men and women and
communicates that support to members of our Armed Forces at home and abroad.
Fallen
Heroes Last Wish Foundation
Provides funds to help support and educate the children of American
service members lost during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Fisher House
"Comfort homes" on the grounds of major military and VA medical centers,
where family members can be close to a loved one during the hospitalization
for an unexpected illness, disease, or injury.
Homes for
our Troops
Building specially-adapted homes for severely
disabled soldiers and their families.
USA Freedom
Corps
Make a difference by volunteering. Web site gives you many options.
Military Moms
Message boards, chat rooms, ways to donate items, information on the
military, and much more; a project organized by mothers of service members.
VFW's
Operation Uplink
Purchases phone cards and distributes them to service members.
More Links Below
Operation Package
Send a gift to the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment "Manchus"
of the U.S. Army's 2nd Infantry Division.
Operation Cards for Troops
Hand-written cards sent to service members.
Books for
Soldiers
Ships books, DVDs and supplies to deployed soldiers and
soldiers in VA hospitals, via a large volunteer network.
Adopt
a Soldier
Support the wounded, injured, and ill troops at
Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Adopt a Platoon
Several programs, including Operation Holiday Eagle (to send boxes
of candy canes to forces deployed to Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, the Balkans and
Korea).
Camp.Doha.org
Information on the Middle East for troops and their families and friends.
Blue Star
Mothers of America
Group founded by service members' moms during WWII.
Operation Air
Conditioner
A military mother's effort to send needed air conditioners
and other items to troops in the Middle East.
Soldiers
Angels
"Adopt" a service member or send along a gift.
A wide-ranging foundation started by a soldier's mom.
Operation
Shoe Box
Their goal: "A package for every soldier, sailor, airman,
and Marine" deployed overseas.
Operation Call
Home
Goal: A satellite phone for every platoon in Iraq
SI Yellow
Ribbon
From southern Illinois, sending packages, cards and letters to the troops
Operation
Enduring Response
a Texas Red Cross chapter's program enabling kids to write letters
which are then delivered to the troops.
Defend
America messages
At this Defense Dept. Web site, a way to send a "thank you" note to the troops.
AnySoldier.com
Want to send your support to any soldier in harm's way,
Freedom packages
Items for troops in overseas combat zones.
Kitchen
Table Gang
Encourages sending care packages, phone cards and items like
magazine or newspaper subscriptions to hospitalized veterans and troops.
Operation Hero
Miles
An effort by several airlines allowing the public to donate frequent flyer miles
to troops coming home for emergencies or R&R.
Operation Military
Care
The U.S. War Dogs Association's project devoted to supporting the
hundreds of American war dogs and their handlers in Iraq.
Gifts From the
Homefront
AAFES' project turns donations into gift certificates the troops can use to shop
at the 24 exchanges operating in the Persian Gulf area or elsewhere around the
world.
Gift
of Groceries
DECA's program provides gift certificates that can be used at commissaries.
Family members can also use them at bases back home.
Operation
SAND Box
Started by two 13-year-olds, "adopt a soldier" program
gets supplies and messages to the troops.
Operation Soldier Support
Puts you in contact with participating service members,
so you can send messages and gifts.
EmailOurMilitary.com
Send messages to the troops.
Marine Moms
Support page for friends and relatives of Marines.
Militarymail.org
Send "fan mail" to service members.
Treats for
troops
Service members sign up for goodies from home.
Give2TheTroops.org
Letters and care packages prepared and shipped by volunteers.
Carolina Troop Supporters
A student-led organization devoted to supporting the U.S. armed forces
Treat Any
Soldier
Care packages for soldiers serving in harm's way.
Operation Letters from Home
"Adopt" a deployed or wounded service member.
Request for medical supplies
addressed to the stateside medical community.
Operation Show Time
"Sky Soldiers" of the 173rd Airborne send DVDs to the troops.
Support our Hawaii troops
A way to help families of service members from Hawaii.
Operation Undergarment
A clothing drive to "help cover our troops"
Angels 'n
Camouflage
Making sure veterans and deployed troops "will never
have to spend another day alone and forgotten."
Families in
Support of our Troops
Helping service members and their families, and veterans, too
Supplies
for Soldiers
Send care packages to service members from Louisiana
Help
support our troops!
Resource for those wanting to help the troops
4thetroops.net
Thanking the troops for "Keeping the Spirit & Promise of America"
Operation Gratitude
Send care packages to service members overseas
Home Front Hugs USA
Supporting troops, veterans and families
Operation
Support
Includes informational links for service members and families
United
We
Stand
God
Bless
America
My Beautiful America
http://oldbluewebdesigns.com/mybeautifulamerica.htm
"Let every nation know....whether it wishes us well or ill....
that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship,
support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and
the success of LIBERTY"
~John F. Kennedy ~
January 20, 1961
If you know of any other programs that you think should be considered for
listing here, or to tell us about a problem with these links, please e-mail
Rich Palmeri, AVS
VetsSearch@aol.com