Fold, Fold, Seal, Dear Soldier

Well, well, well. I must say that I am a "master kitter" after learning the technique of tri-folding, sealing and addressing "Dear Soldier" on about 500 letters and cards in the past couple of days. I can officially say that I am caught up with all we have collected and will have it all boxed by the end of the day. I am, however, going to hold on to some of the letters and cards and distribute them weekly. This way there is a constant supply coming in to help cheer up our troops!

As for the box I was making to hold the cards and letters, it is done! I was going to hold off on sharing pictures just in case our contact in Kandahar sees it on Facebook, but if he does, hopefully it will just excite him. I'll hold off on adding them to Facebook though (for now!). Here it is!

I pretty much "doodled" it all when I had some down time, colored it, cut them out and then arranged them all around on the box. I then just covered it will clear packing tape. The inside and underneath of the box are lined with that good ol' priority mailing tape. Turned out pretty neat looking. Hopefully this will be a nice addition to their coffee shop. It can be set out and a soldier that is coming through can feel free to take a letter.

Update on the shipment of 17 boxes - they made it in a record 5 days! Was so excited to see an email in my inbox with the following picture. Jean was welcomed back to his office after a long day of flying, to find all of these boxes stacked around his desk. How awesome!

Off I go to finish off a couple of boxes I have to pack - and then to the post office they go tomorrow!

On a last note - if y'all could, please share the link to the blog! I would love to share our efforts to help support the troops, perhaps give some supporters some new ideas and even some inspiration. Thanks in advance!