| | Dear Soldiers' Angels, Supporting the Troops can mean so many things—from donating to organizations that do so much for our heroes, to spending hours volunteering, to simply taking the time to shake the hand and say "Thanks" to every vet you encounter, and so many other things. This week I want to tell you about three amazing women who are using their skills and passion to support the troops in their own unique and wonderful ways. These women are just incredible, and I am absolutely honored to tell you about them. Patches the Bear Helping Children Heal  Kathylee started Patches Kids to help young children cope with emotional challenges. Now she has developed a fantastic new program to bring the Patches Bear to military children facing the deployment, wounding or even loss of their parents. And she has such great ways to get children involved in this terrific project! [more]* Pockets of Peace Words of Encouragement  Patsy joined her friend Richard in writing an extraordinary book that is helping our wounded heroes. She also has a foundation that brings therapy dogs to veterans and military hospitals, and is developing a therapy dog program for Soldiers' Angels! Please click through to see how you can help with these exciting projects! [more]*Meet the Angel Leadership--Band of Volunteers Cherry Blackwell, Soldiers' Angels Louisiana  Cherry is from New Orleans, where she works closely with one of SA's busiest CTLs, Greta Perry. Family and church are very important to her: she has been married to Ben for 29 years and they have two children. Her son is a music minister, her daughter is a Marine, and she also has a son-in-law currently deployed to Iraq. Ben is a music minister too, and Cherry joins him in making music as well as participating in myriad other church activities.She discovered Soldiers' Angels when her daughter left for Marine Corps boot camp and she decided to send care packages and letters to those already serving abroad. Cherry loves to cook, entertain and decorate, which is perfect for the large events she works on with Soldiers' Angels, such as planning and serving food for 200 people at a deployment ceremony for a LA National Guard unit, and helping at a recent Marine Family Day. "I feel like it is least I can do," she says. All of these great ladies use their personal skills in business, hospitality, writing and more to do fantastic things in support of our troops. Please take a look around you and see how your talents can help, and how others can be inspired to use their own talents for the heroes who need our love and support. Wingtip to Wingtip, Patti Patton-Bader Soldiers' Angels Founder and CEO *If your email blocks the links, you can go to soldiersangels.org and look for "News & Press." Then click on "News Archives" for more information about these stories. |
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