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Thank you, Jan and the Florida "Elfs" for helping to spread the word!
Thank you, Santa "Elfs"!
Jan in Florida
Granny H.in Alabma
Torina
in Utah
Granny H. in Alabama
Thank you, Card "Elfs"!
Sally in Texas
Jan in Florida
Terri in Florida
Momma Dee in Florida
Granny
H. in Alabama
Marilyn in Oregon
Ellen-Alisa in Colorado
Spring Hill, FL
Gramma Pam in CA
Mary Ann, DAV 101, DAVA 101, and Friends in FL
The
Brod and O'Bannon Family in IN
Torina and Friends in UT
"Elfs" in Spring Hill, FL
PMM of Cpl. Bradley in CO
Patricia and "Efls" in
VA
Thank you,
Stocking Stuffer "Elfs"!
Thank you Bayside Quilters for making the stockings!
Thank you, "Covers and Soles"
for the handknitted ****!
(shhh,... can't tell yet!)
Thank you Elf Bobbi for helping Elf Jess!
Thank you, Cookie"Elfs"!
Thank
you, Elf Chris for spreading the word!
Thank you "Luncheon Elfs"!
The Holidays are right around the corner and the Marine Moms-Bethesda "Elfs"
are making their lists and checking them twice!
We will be holding a luncheon at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on December 1, 2011
and plans are to wind up the year
with something special for the troops!
The "Elfs" will also be bringing "Holiday Cheer" to the polytrauma and spinal cord units,
and to PTRP at Richmond VA Medical Center on December 10th..
We'll have a holiday meal with all the sides, stockings stuffed
full with the help of "Elfs" to hand out,
cookies for the Warriors from our "Cookie Elfs",
and bundles of holiday cards all tied
up in ribbon from well wishers across the country!
Would you like to be one of Marine Moms-Bethesda's "Elfs"?
Here is how you can help!
Stocking "Elfs"
Homemade stockings stitched by Bayside Quilters "Elfs" will be stuffed
full of special goodies by our "Elfs".
Would
you like to help Marine Moms-Bethesda fill stockings for "Holiday Cheer at Bethesda"?
Final Postmark Date for "Stocking Elfs"
is November 1, 2011.
Marine Moms-Bethesda - Holiday Cheer
P.O. Box 22
Cordova. MD 21625
The "Elfs" paid close attention last
year when stockings were opened, so they have a good idea of what the favorite gifts were!
Gift certificates to:
McDonalds
Starbucks
Amazon
Best
Buy
Target
Borders
iTunes
Netflix
Phone cards
Portable USB drives (thumbdrives)
Micro-SD cards (for use in digital cameras/smartphones)
Earbuds
(itty bitty headphones)
Leather driving gloves OR athletic style gloves (suitable for wearing while running)
"Smartwool"
socks
Small handcrafted items--but remember that they cannot have glitter or anything else that might fall off! They can get
into open wounds, causing secondary infections.
Knit caps & scarves--Gap and Old Navy tend to have a nice selection that
are often on sale.
We are extremely grateful for all donations, however shopping for the stockings is a unique experience.
Unlike sending care packages to Iraq or Afghanistan, the out-patients have access to both shopping on base and the stores around the
medical facility.
Their basic, practical needs are met, so we want to be sure that the items in their stockings aren't
things that they would/could simply run out and pick up for themselves. The hospitals also tend to be a transient
place, so we would rather not weigh folks down with things that they will likely leave behind. The same goes for the inpatients -
basic needs are met, they have very little storage room, and they will eventually be moving on to another place to continue their
recovery.
Luncheon "Elfs"
Rounding out "Holiday Cheer at Bethesda", our luncheon "Elfs" will be serving up a holiday meal complete
with turkey, stuffing, ham and all the sides!
Thank you so
much for being a Marine Moms-Bethesda "Elf" at this most special time of year!
Holiday and Christmas Card "Elfs"
Cards maybe mailed to:
Marine Moms-Bethesda
P.O. Box 22
Cordova, MD 21625
Final
postmark date is November 15, 2011
Let's let 'em know we care!
One card or many with a short handwritten note from you.
We will
screen them, bundle them and tie them up with ribbon!
Please follow the "Elfs"guidelines when sending cards:
Please keep
the notes upbeat, supportive, and cheerful.
Flat-faced cards only! NO glitter, paste, flocking, sequins, pom poms, or anything
else that can fall off of the cards. These can get into open wounds and cause secondary infections.
Please, no enclosures inside
the cards.
Cards may be sent with or without an envelope, but please do not seal the envelope.
If cards are sent in the
same box or envelope from more than one person, please rubber band the same signatures together - this helps the sorting go so much
easier for the "Elfs".
Cards will go to ALL service branches; however we cannot guarantee that the cards will go to a specific
service branch.
This is not a dating service, care package service, or pen pal service.
Please do not include your mailing address,
email address, or phone number inside the card. We do not pass on this information.
The "Elfs" screen every card.
11.20.11 Update - Cards are being sorted,
cookies are being baked,
stockings are being stuffed,
and the meals are being planned!
We're
counting down the days!
Thank You for sending Holiday Cheer
to spread at
Walter Reed and Richmond
to the combat patients
and their families!