Alternative and feel-good way to celebrate in wake of unsafe streets.
Krista Benoit shovels the snow from her sidewalks in front of her Northampton home where a tree fell on her home on Saturday night during the late October snowstorm.As communities try to recover from the Oct. 29th devastating storm, some parents and children are wondering about trick-or-treating and Halloween.
With power out in many areas along with downed trees and power lines, some communities have postponed or cancelled Halloween.
Under the circumstances, the best way to keep your family safe this Halloween is to plan an activity at home. And what better activity is there than, creating holiday cards for members of the military?
For the fifth year in a row, the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes are giving everyone an opportunity to send a touch of home this holiday season to members of the U.S. military, veterans and their families through the 2011 Holiday Mail for Heroes program.
From now until Dec. 9, the public is invited to send holiday cards that contain messages of cheer and appreciation.
The Red Cross and Pitney Bowes will then screen the cards for hazardous materials, sort and package the cards, and deliver them to military bases and hospitals, veteran’s hospitals and other locations during the holidays.
Sam Kille served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1990 to 2003. He is now the regional director of communications for the Red Cross in Greater New York.
“It’s hard to describe what it means to get a letter from home. And it didn’t matter who the letter was from. Somehow, mail was a validation that what I was doing was important and recognized,” Kille said.
This year, instead of trick-or-treating, the Red Cross invites you to stay home, stay safe, break out the flashlights, paper and crayons, and make cards for the men and women that sacrifice so much to protect our freedoms.
Please send all mail to:
Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456
Additional ways to become involved with the campaign include connecting with fellow card senders through Facebook at www.facebook.com/redcross and Twitter at www.twitter.com/redcross using the hashtag #holidaymail.
