ADOPT A HERO TODAY PLEASE>..........

Soldiers' Angels hero adoption waiting list is over 2,000. Many of our heroes are on their third or fourth deployment. Sure, they may be getting some mail or care packages from home, but nothing means more than knowing a complete stranger cares enough to show their support.

When you adopt a hero, you are asked to commit a letter a week and 1-2 small care packages a month during the length of their deployment. Soldiers' Angels Store ( www.AngelsStore.org ) has plenty of pre-made packages and will ship them directly to your hero. For as little as $20 a month you can bring some support for someone who is putting their life on the line for us. Adopt a hero www.soldiersangels.org

Soldiers' Angels is a volunteer-led 501(c)(3) of over 200,000 people providing aid and comfort to the men and women of the United States Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard, as well as veterans and military families. For more information, see www.soldiersangels.org or call 626-676-0239. Tax ID# 20-0583415. CFC# 25131. Feel free to contact for more information- Angels@SoldiersAngels.org 
 
 
 
Shelle Michaels

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~ Shelle Michaels
 

 
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Team Four Weekly Update

There is nothing like a surprise snowstorm to bring things into perspective and make you appreciate the things you take for granted; a warm shower, a hot meal, a good book, a telephone call, flushing the toilet. If a day without leaves you whining and wanting, can you imagine a year without? Yet that is what is going on with our ladies; doing without and NO WHINING. Teresa B. writes "I really look forward to sleeping in our bed and using our bathroom. Can't believe how many cold showers I have had here." If they can do it without complaining, then I can shovel, sweat, and read by candle light for one night.
For all angels digging out from under the snow and those who aren't, thank you for all your team work.
For the RAID ladies; THANK YOU for your service, we are really really glad you will soon be home.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Seasons Greetings

 

Hello Angels and friends,

 
I would like to take this time to wish you a happy holiday season. It has been a great year for the Soldiers' Angels and we couldn't have done it without supporters and volunteers such as yourself.
 
While everyone plays an very important role in the Global War on Terror, a group of very dedicated service members appear to fly under the radar day in and day out, that team is located at the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center. It is the center's mission and privilege to fulfill the nation's sacred commitment of ensuring dignity, honor, and respect to the fallen and care, service, and support to their families. A solemn dignified transfer of remains is conducted upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del., from the aircraft to a transfer vehicle to honor those who have given their lives in the service of the country. The vehicle then moves the fallen to the Port Mortuary.

AFMAO has a total force staff consisting of active duty Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines as well as Guardsmen, Reservists and civilians. The staff also consists of representatives from federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner who are responsible for the complete processing of remains. The staff utilizes state-of-the-art equipment to establish positive identification through DNA, dental and fingerprint analysis and autopsy the remains to determine cause of death. The staff also prepares fallen members for transport to their final destination as determined by the family.
 

Soldiers' Angels has taken these service members under our wings and encourage you to send notes of support throughout the year to:
 
Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center

Mr. Todd Rose-Chief of Air Force Mortuary Affairs

116 Purple Heart Drive
Dover AFB, DE 19902
 

We recently received a note of appreciation back from the team:
 
"The Public Affairs Office at the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center at Dover AFB, Del. has been receiving your cards and well wishes over the last several days. We post these notes where all in the center can see them and read your kind words of thanks. Many of staff here at AFMAO are Guard, Reserve and Active Duty military members deployed from across our nation to support this vital mission. They are away from their families during this time and your notes are certainly helping to bring holiday cheer. Thank you for your support!" Lt. Shannon Mann
 
  
Please live every day like it is a holiday, being thankful and spending time with your family and friends; appreciating what you have been given with the gift of freedom that our service members provide to us every day.
 
I wish you health, comfort, and prosperity this holiday season. Season's Greetings.
 
 
Shelle Michaels
Soldiers' Angels National Communication Officer
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Team 5 Update!

Hello Angels!

I hope you are all well! First off, I wanted to thank everyone who sent their December end of month reports in already. It has helped me get a jump start on the report so I wont be overloaded during the holidays!

Second, we have gotten bounced back mail for Lady Erin A. Please do not send her anything else. I know all this bounced back mail is frustrating- especially when you get it returned after asking to have it redirected to the Chaplain, but unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it. I have several volunteers, who I will be in touch with shortly, who are going to run the list through the mailstop search each month to help us get more accurate mailstop dates. Again, it is very important that you notify me when you either get mail returned or communicate with a lady who tells you when she will be returning home. That is the only way we know when to take them off an update!!

Not much else to report on- thanks for all you do for our ladies- you are awesome!!!

Stefanie

Team Seven Weekly Update

Hello Angels!!!!!!!!!


The holidays are just around the corner!! I can't believe it!! I know I'm scrambling around to get all my shopping, wrapping, and preparations done in time to celebrate Christmas with my family... I can only imagine that you are just as busy. I am sending this email out a little sooner than usual due to the year end craziness that occurs.

Don't forget that it is not too late to send Christmas cheer!!! Can you imagine their surprise if they receive a Christmas card after Christmas... sure, to you it is "late" but to our troops it's a holiday everytime they receive mail!!! It's your thoughts and support that really mean something to them!!!

Please email and let us know if you will be remaining an ACTIVE member of LoL Team Seven. If you need to pull away for a short time and would like to be contacted at a later date, please let us know. Or, if you need to become Inactive, please let us know. We appreciate everything you are able to do for our soldiers!!!

Please turn in your December report as soon as you mail out all of your items. The earlier you send to me the better. Although it is the Holiday Season, our reports still have a deadline. I have plans to go out of town the last week of the year, so if you can submit sooner than 12/31, that would be great!!

If I don't talk to you prior to the Holidays... I am wishing you and your families a great Christmas and wonderful New Year!!! Thank you for all the wonderful support you are sharing with our fantastic Troops!!!!!!!!!!!

~Angela



PS: Please don't forget to check out the LoL Blog to see all the LOL and LoL team updates:
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food for thought from a shero

 
So, I think that's my topic for you today - Afghan food - basically
 consists of bread and rice and pumpkin. Their vegetables are absolutely
 phenomenal as are their fruits. Everything is grown here and eaten. No
 stoves or refrigerators - you grow it you eat it. Everything is cooked
 over a fire - so bread- cooked in a pot that looks like a flower pot and
 it tastes SOOOO GOOD, the rice grow here, picked here and then cooked in
 a pot over a fire....veggies steamed or cooked in cooking oil over fire.
 Meat - was walking down the street that morning...no kidding! Fish -
 swimming in the river 3 hours before you ate it...the goat, sheep, no
 kidding. It hangs on the side of the road, the people go to market (ok,
 the road side stand) every day to buy the food for that days meals, the
 women spend the day cooking...if they don't eat it, they throw it away,
 there are no left overs. If we don't eat all the food we are served,
 they take it outside and someone else eats it - by the way, if we walk
 in late, and they are eating - they will pour all the food on a plate
 and give it to us (note to self - don't show up around meal time).
 
There are no individual plates or silverware - everyone eats from one
 big plate, with their hands - remember - no running water - so, nobody
 washed their hands prior to digging into the rice (YECH). They eat meat
 with their fingers, veggies - we rip pieces of bread off and use our
 bread to grab meat, rice and other stuff. We are WAY to polite....what
 makes me laugh - they cut the skin off all the fruit before they eat it!
 
 
When we drink tea - and someone leaves and you walk in - they throw the
 tea out of the other persons cup, pour a little bit in the cup, spin it
 around to "rinse it" and then serve you with that cup...what? It was
 "clean"! No running water - how did you want them to clean it! The
 flies, filth....some days I just want to cry with how dirty, destitute,
 blech! 
 
I will write about todays visit tomorrow!