When it comes to supporting our military service members, one of the most common questions we get asked is, “What should we send in a care package?” Here are a few suggestions.
Cookie Monster Care Package
Our military service members love care packages, but you don’t have to spend much to send a creative, fun care package straight from your heart. Here’s just one of the many ideas you can use to create a sweet surprise for the service members you support. The Cookie Monster Care Package Oreo CookiesChocolate Chip CookiesFortune CookiesMrs. Field’s CookiesFamous Amos CookiesCookie…
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A Month of Milestones
It’s been a while since I had a chance to sit down and write a real blog post. Yet, here we are and I’ve got a month of milestones to share, and plenty of photos, too. Leaving Mommy April was a month of milestones. For starters, my babies went to Spring Break Camp where they got to spend 3 hours…
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The Action Hero Care Package
Our military service members love care packages, but you don’t have to spend alot to send a creative, fun care package straight from your heart. Here’s just one of the many ideas you can use to create a sweet surprise for the service members you support. The Action Hero Care Package Power bars Squirt guns Comic books Figurines of action…
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The ABC’s and 1,2,3’s of the 2009 Milblog Conference
Joint post by Lauren Vargas and Leah Miller A new twist from the linear note taking and purging of knowledge…other bloggers have been there and posted/tweeted that. Instead, we are giving you the ABC’s of the 2009 Milblogging Conference from this past weekend in DC, 24 and 25 April! Armed Forces – This was not just a gathering of Public…
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Turn Old Cell Phones Into Talk Time for Troops
We originally posted this back in June 2008 but in honor of Earth Day, we thought we’d remind you to recycle those old cell phone to help support our troops. It’s official! We’ve partnered with Cell Phones for Soldiers, joining a network of more than 3,000 collection sites across the country, so you can recycle your old cell phones and…
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Two More Reasons to Support our Troops
By Brannan Vines Truthfully, I’ve been debating exactly what I should say in this post for almost two weeks. It’s so hard to put into words the many, many, MANY reasons I believe our nation’s Military and Veterans deserve our support. I wanted to write something moving… something profound… something that would cause each reader to jump up and get…
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PCSing – One Military Wife’s Experience
By Erin A. Nash My husband, son and I just PCSed (Permanent Change of Station) in early January. No big deal, right? Military families do it all the time. But this was our first PCS. I know, those of you who have PCSed are thinking, “So what, lady, we all have a first PCS, followed by many, many more.” What…
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And the Winners Are…
We gave you all weekend to get your entries in and now it’s time to announce the winners of eMOM’s Valentine’s Giveaway! We’d like to thank everyone who entered the eMail Our Military Valentine’s giveaway featuring flowers, gift baskets and goodies from ProFlowers.com. The following five winners were picked randomly and have each won a $70 gift certificate to ProFlowers.com….
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The Flowers Women Really Want
Valentine’s Day is one of those holidays that gets men thinking about the flowers women really want. I love flowers and getting them as a surprise is always a treat. This is a sponsored post. ProFlowers.com, eMailOurMilitary.com, and CJ of Soldier’s Perspective and YouServed.com have teamed up for an incredible Valentine’s Day offer. ProFlowers wants to thank our…
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Valentine’s From The Heart (and for our troops)
eMail Our Military, or eMOM as we’re called, is kicking off our Valentine’s Day project for the troops this weekend. The 7th Annual Valentine’s from the Heart project is going to be a little different this year. This year, instead of having you send eMOM your Valentine’s Day cards to have us ship them in bulk to the troops, we’re…
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