Supporting Our Military

As most of you know I support our military and families whenever I can. I am grateful for them. Without our military there would would be no America as we know it today.  Here are a couple of places where help is needed.

Support Our Military with Your Sewing Skills

I urge all of you to find a place in your heart to support our military and their families.
If you read this web page "Soldiers Angels"  you will see you can use your sewing, knitting, crocheting skills, maybe you could "adopt a solder".  There are over 20 links on the lower right hand side to find a way to support them. Even if you are a non sewer, be a letter writer, send a card,  Operation Phone Home, send packages to the wounded at Landsstuhl Germany.  Your support is needed.

Do you enjoy your morning coffee? I bet our military would too. I have been doing this faithfully for the last several months.  Every Friday morning I send out coffee passes so someone can walk into the coffee shop and have a cup of coffee.  Several times I have received an email from someone in Iraq, Germany or Afghanistan. Every email is full of appreciation.

A Cup Of Coffee to Share

Remember, our military and veterans have been there for you. Be there for them.

Pocket Pal Donations

Aren't they just adorable. Here is the link to a machine embroidery site Swak Embroidery .
Watch the video on how to make these adorable In-The-Hoop Pocket Pals for the little ones to cuddle up with.

The real reason I am bringing this up is the pattern is free to download. They are sending them to the military saying, "I support you".

I encourage you to download the file and send the Pocket Pal to your military families.

American Hero Quilts Update

Some of you have already read my recent post regarding American Hero Quilts and my personal challenge to support this quilt group. I support them because I believe in what they are doing. You may not share my opinion, nor do you need to. In fact, I don't even want to change your mind regarding your opinion. Our troops consist of family members from each of us. As an American citizen we have the right to be for or against the issues regarding the reason our troops are in Iraq or Afghanistan. Nevertheless, our troops are coming home. Each and every member of our military need to be commended for what they do, the sacrifices they make. The reason they are there does not matter.

At the time of the posting I sent an email to the quilting group so they would know about my support and the challenge that I had posted.

This is a portion of the response I received from Sue Nebeker. I wanted all of you to know that the amount of quilts requested has grown. I urge all of you review my challenge and support them as I do.

Here is what she had to say:

Good Morning Renea,
Thank you so much for your wonderful support. Many things have changed since that original newspaper article. We are trying to support people in the medical holds as well as Madigan Arny Hospital and any other military hospital in our region. The first couple of years we were delivering 100 quilts every five to six months to Madigan. They are now asking for 50-60 a month and we always need another 30-40 for VA's rehabs etc. Our label quit saying "from the people of Vashon" since that first quilt delivery. It says, "you are our hero, thank you."

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Thank you for making a difference.

Sue Nebeker
helpinghands@americanheroquilts.com