French Honor Society Holiday Card Initiative

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:

-          Donating blank holiday cards (we’ll write them for you!)

-          Dropping off completed cards

-          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 4^th will be sent to the Marine Moms

All cards received by November 18^th 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:

·         Ensure that all cards are signed.

·         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!