The most wonderful package arrived at my doorstep today (coincidentally on my birthday). href=”http://soldiersangels.org”>Soldiers’ Angels (over 900 waiting for adoption right now) Operation Overseas Mardi Gras was such a huge success this year that the news articles and pictures keep rolling in thanks to so many wonderful people as far away as Germany. The package …
My dear friend Toby always warns me to be careful what I wish for. We spoke about my hopes for Operation Overseas Mardi Gras to catch on like wildfire this year. Not only would the success of this project be a huge morale booster to the recipients of the pacakges, but that it would motivate …
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This past year I have let my wonderful readers, my social networking friends, my radio audience and everyone I meet know about some of the needs of our men and women currently in uniform, their families, and our Veterans through Soldiers’ Angels. I am overwhelmed knowing that people really want to help when they know …
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Seven noted authors have stepped up to support Project Valour-IT by donating autographed books for auction, and more are anticipated to join them. The books are being auctioned on eBay to help raise money to help Soldier’s Angels provide adaptive laptops to wounded or disabled service members. David Weber, David Drake, John Ringo, David J. …
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Nope – haven’t done a darn bit of shopping for the rugmonsters yet. I did buy a mass number of “in honor of” care packages from Soldiers’ Angels for teachers, coaches etc… This year they will all be getting a card that says they sponsored a holiday care package for a deployed soldier and probably …
Please tune in this Saturday, 9:00 -10:00 AM central time on WIST AM 690 New Orleans. You can listen live and the call in numbers are (504)260-0690 or 1-800-888-WIST My first half hour guest will be “The man about town,” Mr. Frank Stansbury. If you’ve ever been to any event, you’ve seen him there with …
I woke up to the letter below. It made me want to work even harder for Soldiers’ Angels. To adopt a soldier today – click here. Hello, My name is Sgt Dawkins and I’m currently deployed in Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, I have been deployed in theater for 15 months now and …
As you all know, I have been working on the recall petition for the Mayor of Mandeville, Eddie Price, it is not a secret. This Sunday I returned from a DC, 4 day Soldiers’ Angels trip. On the way home, I decided to tell the group that from this day on, that 100% of my …
(picture of me – left and the founder of Soldiers’ Angels, Patti Patton-Bader on the night of the gala) Spending this past weekend in DC at the Soldiers’ Angels gala, going to dinner with some wounded heroes and getting to spend some time at Walter Reed, made me once again re-examine my priorities. Supporting our …
Thursday is going to be a very busy day as I leave New Orleans at 7AM and arrive in Baltimore at 10:30. I have a Soldiers’ Angels meeting at 2:00 and the Gala at night. My new gown is very beautious (very Audrey Hepburn) and I can’t wait to wear it surrounded by so many …
It was a great show – click here to listen. I interviewed the founder of Soldiers’ Angels, Patti Patton-Bader the first half hour. The second half hour I had some very informative politics from some smart college polticos.
Tune in your dials this Saturday to AM 690 WIST for my New Orleans friends and http://wistradio.com for everyone else. 9:00-10:00 AM central time. This week I will be interviewing Patti Patton-Bader, founder of Soldiers’ Angels the first half hour. The second half of the show will be rapid and fun politics (not a snoozer …
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You can say whatever you want about me, but NEVER question my patriotism. Yes, I am pretty sure if you cut me open, red white and blue would bleed from my veins. I have a couple of cool stories to share with you. ON THE WAY TO THE MILBLOG CONFERENCE I had a nice direct …