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sarge5--"I got this in an email from "Thank a soldier" ".
.............................................................................................................................. Cause Announcement from Thank A Soldier I recently was contacted by a friend of mine who's little girl wanted to organize a "Letters to soldiers" campaign at her school. I had put her in contact with the wife of a soldier friend of mine and everything was good to go. Her daughter was excited about doing this and word was starting to get around about this campaign. The "Parent Board" met and this is what they decided : " the parent board thinks if we support the troops that the school would be supporting the war and there is no war it is a peace keeping mission with conflict" In the past three years I have setup schools from all over North America in doing such a thing and to hear that a school doesn't want to be associated with "Supporting the war" boils my blood. Whether we support what these men and women are doing over there or not, it's about brightening their day with a letter from home. One story from my Tim Horton's for our troops campaign I received a Thank You letter from a soldier who had received a Tim Horton's certificate with a message and drawing on the back from a grade four student that simply said "I LOVE YOU STAY SAFE" he did not cash this certificate in for a coffee, he kept it with him on his entire tour and still has it to this day. One of the schools I setup with a troop of soldiers when the soldiers returned, they went to visit the school kids and gave a presentation and slide show about what they are doing over there. These guys were in the reconstruction team and for the most part they gave out water to families who had never seen a clean glass of water. Gave out school supplies and drawing materials to children who had never held a crayon with a piece of paper. Recently at work I sent about ten boxes of goods to a Front lines unit who hardly ever receive letters or packages from home. There were things like sealed brownies, magazines, socks and deodorant and my buddy told me for them it was like Christmas. These guys are away from the base for months at a time and to get items out to them it was really appreciated. I'm not going to name the school, I am simply asking that if you read this blog and you agree with what I've written, Please leave a comment and I will be sending them all in a email to the Parent board and see if we can get this decision reversed. Thank You You can either leave a comment here on the cause page or comment on the blog http://thankasoldier.wordpress.com... Dave Murphy Cause Creator Posted on 10/06/09, 08:10 am |
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I would hope that the parents of those children who want to send letters to our troops would support a movement outside the school to do just that. Instead of doing this in the school, why not try from the community center in town, or the church, or even the YMCA. There most be somewhere these kids can do it from if the schools are so closed minded to what this is about. Being a veteran I know how important it is to get a letter from home. At the VA Home and Hospital in Rocky Hill, CT, every Veterans Day the kids from the surrounding schools send card to all the vets living there. It means a lot to those guys. 
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"the school would be supporting the war and there is no war it is a peace keeping mission with conflict"
"supporting 'the' war and there is no war"??? Morons.
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Recently a school in Newington, Connecticut (elementary school) sent care packages to Afghanistan to our troops over there. Each package had a personal handprinted note from one of the students. They sent things like socks, toothpaste, soap, and other necessities a soldier needs. So what's the problem with this school/town? Aren't they patriotic? Or do they support terrorism/Obamaism? Bunch of damned Liberals anyway.
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I have a real problem with that e-mail message. I went to Facebook using the links provided in the e-mail and it states through both links that "this post does not exist." Also I have a problem that the school was not named so that we could not get the claim confirmed or denied by the school that was supposed to have denied the "cause." You can check it yourself at http://apps.facebook.com/causes/ Someone responsible for this site should check this out and check Mr. Murphy out. It is not wise to accept everything you read in an e-mail at face value without checking it out. Since the school was not named we can't do that and it is pretty foolish of anyone to say it was a good thing not to mention the school because some presumptuous someone would threaten to pay them a visit without any proof that the story was true. It's time for people to start thinking instead of reacting.
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