{"id":1231,"date":"2011-11-27T20:38:42","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T03:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedenverhousewife.com\/wp\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2012-09-13T16:19:26","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T22:19:26","slug":"holiday-mail-for-a-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedenverhousewife.com\/wp\/2011\/11\/holiday-mail-for-a-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Mail for a Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p style=\"text-align: center;\">As always I was browsing around facebook and stumbled upon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.godvine.com\/A-Soldier-s-Silent-Night-a-Video-Everyone-Should-See-99.html\" rel=\"external nofollow\">this video<\/a>. I am not a godvine follower, but someone posted the video to facebook and I couldn&rsquo;t help but watch it. It brought a tear to my eye. No matter what our thoughts on the war are there are still soldiers risking their lives so we can live freely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>*sidenote* Facebook is a great source for information. lol<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Have you taken the time to thank a soldier recently? I was in Honey Baked the other day picking up our thanksgiving ham and a uniformed soldier was in Honey Baked as well. When he was getting ready to leave with his order a few people stopped him and shook his hand and thanked him. He got the biggest smile on his face and told everyone how he appreciated the thanks. It really was a nice feeling watching it and seeing his face light up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">So I am asking all of you to thank a soldier if you see them, add them to your prayers if you pray, and when you mail out your christmas cards drop a few extra in the mail for a soldier overseas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The American Red Cross has a program <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.org\/holidaymail\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Holiday Mail for Heroes<\/a> that helps get your cards to soldiers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Here are some guidelines on the program:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Card Guidelines<\/strong><\/span>:<br>\nEvery card received will be screened for hazardous materials by Pitney Bowes and then reviewed by Red Cross volunteers working around the country.<br>\nPlease observe the following guidelines to ensure a quick reviewing process:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<li>All cards being sent in for 2011 Holiday Mail For Heroes program should be <strong>postmarked no later than Friday, December 9, 2011.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Ensure that all cards are signed.<\/li>\n<li>Use generic salutations such as &ldquo;Dear Service Member.&rdquo; Cards addressed to specific individuals can not be delivered through this program.<\/li>\n<li>Only cards are being accepted. Do not send letters.<\/li>\n<li>Do not include email or home addresses on the cards, as the program is not meant to foster pen pal relationships.<\/li>\n<li>Do not include inserts <strong>of any kind<\/strong>, including photos, as these items will be removed during the reviewing process.<\/li>\n<li>We encourage participants to mail as many cards as they are comfortable sending. If you are mailing a large quantity, please bundle the cards and place them in large mailing envelopes or use a flat rate box from the post office. Each card does not need its own envelope, as cards will be removed from all envelopes before distribution.<\/li>\n<li>Please refrain from sending holiday cards with glitter. Many of these cards will be delivered to military and veterans medical facilities and the glitter could interfere with a patient&rsquo;s recovery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cards can be mailed to:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Holiday Mail For Heroes<br>\nP.O. Box 5456<br>\nCapitol Heights, MD 20791-5456<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Remember while you are spending the holidays with your families they are missing theirs..<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Happy Holidays Everyone!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As always I was browsing around facebook and stumbled upon this video. I am not a godvine follower, but someone posted the video to facebook and I couldn&rsquo;t help but watch it. It brought a tear to my eye. No matter what our thoughts on the war are there are still soldiers risking their lives &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable-in-feed":false,"article-schema-type":"","disable-critical-css":false},"categories":[172,137],"tags":[486,484,485],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":1232,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/thedenverhousewife.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/PlainBanner-300x41.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedenverhousewife.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedenverhousewife.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedenverhousewife.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedenverhousewife.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedenverhousewife.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1231"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thedenverhousewife.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1235,"href":"https:\/\/thedenverhousewife.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1231\/revisions\/1235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedenverhousewife.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedenverhousewife.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedenverhousewife.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedenverhousewife.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}