December 20, 2006

The Spirit of Christmas

Christmas should be a happy time, filled with love and laughter. Sometimes, it doesn't quite work out that way. A Marine family is hurting. You can help. John at Castle Argghhh! and Matt at Blackfive have posted the following e-mail - please send along a holiday card with a small contribution to help make a difference for this family. I know the family and I know the folks who are behind this effort - hearts of gold all around.

Life's been tough for a Marine Corps family lately, including the loss of a dear family member. Every year for the past three years they have lost a loved one between Thanksgiving and Christmas. This family has been an active support group for Marines for years - inviting troops into their home, participating in Operation Santa and other troop support projects, etc. Many of you who regularly read military blogs and discussion forums are familiar with this family.

We want to protect their privacy, but it's not right that such good people who have given so much to our country should not be feeling the joy and love of the Christmas season. So let's show this family the Christmas spirit! Please send them a Christmas card.

Mail your cards or notes to:

SBS
970 W Valley Parkway #223
Escondido, CA 92025

Cards are being handled by well-respected figures in milblog circles who will get them to this family as soon as possible.

Open your heart, and share the love of this Holiday Season with a family that has done so much for all of us!

The address listed is a post office box rented for the specific purpose of collecting holiday greetings for this family. All cards will be sent on to them. Thanks so much for supporting this Marine Family.


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December 27, 2004

Strenghen the Good

One of the joys of being part of a larger community of weblogs is finding others who care about what is going on in the world . . . and then take steps to make it better. Alan from The Command Post did just that when he started a new website, Strengthen The Good, with the goal: "Using the power of weblogs for open-source charity. Don't just fight evil: Strengthen the good."

Here is the latest opportunity

. . . Douglas Dart, has been a friend of mine for decades. Douglas, his wife, and his three young daughters are currently spending a year living in Bratislava, Slovakia. Doug's (unpaid) mission: teach English and American Studies to Slovakian high school students at a school called The C.S. Lewis Bilingual Gymnaziumin in Bratislava's Petrzalka district.

A stumbling block to his mission is the lack of English books. So, Alan proposes that we help.

Here's how we can help strengthen the good: Below is a list of books the school needs for the English and American Studies programs ... the items with an asterisk are those for which they need several copies (as many as twenty each to use for literature classes). Anything else they will use to build the library.

Click here for a list of books and how to send them. You can make a difference.

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