Bonjour à tous!
The French Honor Society is looking to spread a little
kindness this Holiday season to veterans and active-duty service members in
hospitals around the world by contributing to the Christmas stocking project
initiated by the Marine Moms and the ‘Holiday Mail for Heroes’ project.
Please help us by:
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Donating blank holiday cards (we’ll write them for you!)
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Dropping off completed cards
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Writing holiday cards with your students in homeroom
Here’s a link for more
information about the marine Moms: www.mahwahmarinemoms.com
Here’s a link for more information on the Holiday Mail for Heroes
program: http://www.redcross.org/support/get-involved/holiday-mail-for-heroes (There’s also a great video)
All cards received by November
4th will be sent to the Marine Moms
All cards received by November 18th will be sent to the Holiday Cards for Heroes
program
If you’re planning on writing some cards, please make sure they
follow the Red Cross guidelines:
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Ensure that all cards
are signed.
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Use generic
salutations such as “Dear Service Member.” Cards addressed to specific
individuals can not be delivered through this program.
·
Only cards are being
accepted. Do not send or include letters.
·
Do not include email
or home addresses on the cards: the program is not meant to foster pen pal
relationships.
·
Do not include inserts
of any kind, including photos: these items will be removed during the reviewing
process.
·
Please refrain from
choosing cards with glitter or using loose glitter as it can aggravate health
issues of ill and injured warriors.
· Each card does not need its own envelope, as
envelopes will be removed from all cards before distribution.
Merci beaucoup!
