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The following are websites for several organizations sponsoring programs for members of the Armed Forces overseas. Donate a calling card to help keep service members in touch with their families at Operation Uplink at www.operationuplink.org Send a greeting via e-mail through Operation Dear Abby at http://anyservicemember.navy.mil or www.OperationDearAbby.net Sign a virtual thank you card at the Defend America Web site at www.defendamerica.mil/nmam.html Make a donation to one of the military relief societies Army Emergency Relief at www.aerhq.org Navy/Marine Corps Relief Society at www.nmcrs.org Air Force Aid Society at www.afas.org Coast Guard Mutual Assistance at www.cgmahq.org Donate to "Operation USO Care Package" at www.usometrodc.org/care Support the American Red Cross Armed Forces Emergency Services at www.redcross.org/services/afes Volunteer at a VA Hospital to honor veterans who bore the lamp of freedom in past conflicts. www.va.gov/vetsday Support families whose loved ones are being treated at military and VA hospitals through a donation to the Fisher House at www.fisherhouse.org Reach out to military families in your community, especially those with a loved one overseas. Purchase a CertifiCheck redeemable for merchandise or groceries at AAFES/DeCA by calling 1-877-770-4438 (GIFT) or logging on to www.aafes.com or www.commissaries.com. Adopt a unit through the Veteran's of Foreign Wars "Adopt-A-Unit" program, www.vfw.org Find opportunities for volunteering through www.usafreedomcorp.gov or by calling 1-877-USA-CORPS. U.S. troops deployed to the Persian Gulf region and other overseas locations can now receive personal messages from family members, friends, neighbors, colleagues and supporters via the pages of the Stars & Stripes newspaper. "Messages of Support," a daily section that debuted March 17, gives family and friends of deployed service members a chance to pass their greetings, words of encouragement and announcements free of charge. "Messages of Support" can be e-mailed to "Stars and Stripes" 24 hours a day at messages@estripes.com, are limited to 50 words or less and will be printed on a first-come, first-run basis. "Stars and Stripes" reserves the right to screen and edit all messages and to omit any determined inappropriate. "Stars and Stripes" is the editorially independent, Defense Department-authorized daily newspaper distributed overseas for the U.S. military community. It provides commercially available U.S. and world news and objective, staff-produced stories relevant to the military community in a balanced, fair and accurate manner. S&S is currently increasing its Middle East circulation with the goal of providing one paper for every three persons stationed there.   What Not to Do... Department of Defense officials ask citizens not to flood the military mail system with letters, cards, and gifts. Due to security concerns and transportation constraints, the Defense Department can't accept items to be mailed "Any Servicemember." Some people have tried to avoid this prohibition by sending large numbers of packages to an individual service member's overseas address, which however well intentioned, clogs the mail and causes unnecessary delays.     Return to Links Page

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