I've been creating cards for our military along with thousands of other crafter's in the US. Operation Write Home (OWH) is a group of crafters or citizens who want to send support to our troops all around the world. We need to remember that they don't have a Walmart or Longs Drugs to run to when they want to send a card or letter home to loved ones. By creating cards for them, we are helping them stay in touch and in doing so keep the love going. It's so easy for us to forget about them as we hobble along in our own stuff. OWH creates blank cards for the troops to choose from. They write their personal message and the military mails them.
There is also the option of writing "Any Hero" mail. These don't have to be handmade...they can be store bought. In this case, the sender writes a message and especially a "thank you for your bravery...."
You can send photos of your pets, your sports team, your church project, etc. etc. etc.....
Wanted to share with you a few that I've made so far. I'm working to meet the May 31st deadline for 4th of July cards so on this post you'll see a bunch of red, white, & blues.
The photo below is the inside of the card above. I LOVE LOVE LOVE doing pop-up and 3D cards.
Next is an "Any Hero" card. I created 6 of these. I started out thanking them and then telling them about my dad serving in WWI and my mom's 6 brothers who also served - 2 of them were in the famous 442 Combat Team. One received a purple heart and one spent 2 years in a hospital in recovery. He passed away in his 70's with schrapnel still in his jaw.
This, too, is a pop up of the stars!! Cool huh!!
I hope you all will consider going to the Operation Write Home website and join in with all of us who never want to forget all that the young men and women of our country are doing for us so that we can be free to come and go as we please and be FREE in EVERYTHING we CHOOSE to do.
Thank you for visiting!!
Showers of Blessings to All !
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