AMERICANS ARE NEEDED FOR PLATOON SUPPORT FOR 2011
Please spread the word that the 2010 holidays have come and gone and we've entered a new year but our Troops remain deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and they still need their Nation standing behind them.
OUR TROOPS NEED YOU!
Our most urgent call for help is for Platoon Support! ...We need support for our deployed Troops by sending a loving care package to a platoon of Army Soldiers or Marines and for MARRIED/FAMILY SUPPORTERS! Americans can send support to platoons either as an on-going basis or by sharing a platoon with other supporters, or by sending a one-time or occasional care package. One box of goodies to a platoon of Troops can be shared among a platoon of Soldiers or Marines and make no mistake....
Your kindness makes a huge difference in their lives as they serve on our behalf.
Please sign up today at
info@adoptaplatoon.org
and let our American Service Men and Women know that YOU STAND BEHIND THEM!
What does Platoon Support entail?
Supporting a group of Troops could be as small as 20 or as large as 50.
Sending a monthly care package for a platoon to share with each other or sending a one-time care package for a platoon to share with each other.
Who can participate? Individuals, Families, Groups, Companies, Schools, etc., can support a Platoon.
We also have married Service Members asking for support.
As you know, AAP's policy is not to link single supporters to married Service Members. We are in great need of married individuals / families, or older singles (over 50) to support deployed married Service Members. Our deployed married Service Members also need our Nation's support so please, if your family can reach out and embrace a married Soldier or Marine, write to
info@adoptaplatoon.org and let us know that you will "step up to the plate" and add one more member to your family! Let us know that you can send a minimum of one (1) care package per month and that you will pledge to stand behind your married Service Member deployed in harm's way! As a current supporter, if you can pen-pal or adopt another married Service Member, and you fit the criteria, please contact us right away! You can have up to 4 total Service Members at a time.
We always need SINGLE ADOPTERS!
Although we currently have enough single pen pals to meet the need for Troop support, AAP has many single Service Members waiting to be ADOPTED meaning weekly letters AND a minimum pledge of one (1) monthly care packages. Please let us know if you are able to ADOPT another Single Service Member.
You can have up to 4 total Service Members at a time.
Remember what is needed to participate in AdoptaPlatoon!
Please send an e-mail with your name, address, marital status, age, and last name of your currently assigned Soldier, and what kind of additional support you think you can do. We will work with you. But remember the info we ask for is needed so please be sure to include it in your reply so we don’t have to write back to you again. If you are a current supporter whose assigned Service Member has deployed home, please sign up to embrace another Service Member! Your support is so appreciated by our Nation's men and women who serve on our behalf. Let do our part America! While our Troops serve overseas in dangerous conditions, let us here at home make sure that we are SUPPORTING THEM!
Send your information to
info@adoptaplatoon.org and put the following in the subject line: CURRENT SUPPORTER if you are currently supporting a Soldier/Platoon, or put REPEAT SUPPORTER if you are an AAP Approved Supporter but are not currently supporting a Soldier/Platoon at this time. Please do not submit a new application if you are an Approved AAP Supporter. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS!
WE MUST CONTINUE PUTTING SMILES ON THE FACES OF OUR TROOPS
BELOW is a quick update on ways to support our Troops:
Pen-pal (weekly correspondence) or Adopt (weekly correspondence AND monthly care packages) with an individual Service Member;
Adopt a group or Platoon of Troops (you let us know how many you can support);
Send a one-time care package to a group or Platoon of Service Members (you let us know how many you can support);
Participate in one of our annual campaigns with Arline Grant, our campaign director. Right now we are running our Valentine Campaign and Game Day Campaign, but will be getting ready for our Spring Campaigns shortly.
Another way to help is to spread AdoptaPlatoon’s mission letting everyone in your community know that our Troops need us and they do not deserve to be forgotten! We are in an urgent situation with newly deployed Troops and platoons arriving in dangerous areas in Afghanistan and Iraq and they are signing up quickly to be supported. They are just asking to receive mail from back home – their America – our America -- They are asking to be remembered and saying, "Please don't forget us! We're here and we need mail from home!" ...
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