MAIL CALL!Supporting the Troops

This Weeks Hero Was Suggested By Cindy

 

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.

We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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Woo Hoo! Patti Patton-Bader, the WINNER of the America's Favorite Mom contest!!

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To all the Mom's out there...wishing you a wonderful day tomorrow!

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Welcome to my weekly ’surf’ of the web for news by, and about, Soldiers Angels

( there was no web surf Last week, because my daughter and I, among Many others, were busy volunteering With Soldiers Angels, at the 2008 Face of America Bike Ride It was an Awesome event to volunteer at!:)

The Angel who blogs at View From the 8th Floor was also one of the volunteers last weekend, and she has a great Round Up post with links HERE

Sorry I wasn’t able to do the surf post last week, because there were lots of good posts by and about Soldiers Angels …..but one post I still wish to pass on,however belatedly, was Laughing Wolf’s post at Blackfive here, Some Thoughts On Soldier’s Angels

Moving on to This past week’s collection of posts………

Homefront Six had an awesome Tuesday last week! GUESS where I was today!!!

Fuzzilicious Thinking posts about Valour IT here Receiving and Asking

and speaking of Valour IT ? I came across this post which picqued my interest into his explanatory post, which you’ll find here The View from North Central Idaho:Boomershoot 2008 Raffle Proceeds Just totally awesome,huh?!

The NC SA VA Team is having a get-together May 17 Gathering of Fayetteville Area Angels

and Soldiers Angels of Alabama talks about Operation Recruiter Appreciation on that same day.

and Soldiers Angels Germany tells us that The Soldiers Angels Sewing Team Announces BLANKETS OF BELIEF

Soldiers Angels Network passes along that LTC (CH) JAMES R. CHAPIN Needs Ongoing Assistance in Providing Clothing to Service Members on Emergency Leave

And,if you haven’t yet checked out the Soldiers Angels May Newsletter , you can find the link to that HERE

Lastly, Remembering Fallen Heroes

Soldiers Angels Louisiana Fort Polk mourns the loss of a hero

Soldiers Angels Texas Texas Lost 2 More Hero’s

That’s the end of the ’surf’ for this past week, Thank You, for coming along on the ride.

And don’t forget to watch Sunday Night, the results of teleflora’s and NBC’s America’s Favorite Mom !!!

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CSM Robert Prosser and LTC Erik Kurilla
1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment (Deuce Four)


LTC. Erik Kurilla and CSM. Robert Prosser's story is an amazing one. One that 

Michael Yon

 has told far better than I ever could. Warning. The site contains very graphic images. Some may want to turn off images before viewing.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.

We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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(a pic of daughter April and I at the Lunch Stop in MD...Beautiful Park! and a Beautiful Day!)

Starting to find links to blog posts and pictures from both riders, and other volunteers, so wanted to pass them on to you.

My Angel friend over at View From the 8th Floor has her first post up, (with what I think is a wonderful picture of my daughter and I--Thanks!:)

What Would You Get Up at 4:30 am to Do?

and yes, we Did all get up at 4:30 am!! This was After getting lost trying to find our friend's place, as she had  kindly offered for us to crash there so we wouldn't have to get up at 2:30 am.....given the choice, I'll pick 4:30 over 2:30 am Any day! So, there was a slight detour for April and I through Reagan National Airport, which is where we got turned around after we missed our exit....but that was nice,actually,LOL, I don't think I've been to Reagan National in years, and here I was driving past it at about 10 pm saying to April "wow, they've really changed this airport since I was last here!"and she's just like "MOM, could you please find the place we're going to?! I want to sleep!"

Still, I think we got More sleep than a lot of the riders, as you can see from Chuck Z's wife,Carren's, post here  Day One Complete: 2008 Face of America Bike Ride

Chuck Z from From My Postion...On the Way!  (whom I had heard speak at the Milblog conference last year, but was too shy to speak To him then, although I did chat with his wife back then for a minute) was there, and this time I Did speak to him,lol, And his wife,Carren (and please, nobody ask her about my Freudian slip of the tongue!)Chuck rode as half of 'Team Chuck Z" in the ride, and he has a post up, with some great pics

Top five things I learned on the Face of America ride

(and this is another example of 'cool things about the Internet', referencing back to my Happy Birthday,World Wide Web:)  post...which JP of Milblogging.com  linked   to my Yahoo 360 cross-post,which was Way Cool...oh darn, I lost my train of thought......oh yes!  if you had ever told me, back in 2005 when I first started reading From My Postion..On the Way!  that someday, I would Meet both Chuck and his wife,Carren?  I wouldn't have believed it! )

The Other half of "Team Chuck Z" was Laughing Wolf from Blackfive.....whom I Also had a chance to speak with, and hey y'all, this is like meeting Rock Stars! for little ole Me :)  Laughing Wolf has a short post on his blog  Face Of America, The Quick Version  and then mentions the bike ride at the beginning of this post over on   Blackfive

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UPDATE: This post got interrupted yesterday when my daughter had an accident at school....she got hit in the head with a softball during PE, Ouch! Mild concussion, but otherwise OK, and it Could have been a lot worse. Thanks! to all those who emailed me:)

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My Angel friend over at View From the 8th Floor was also starting a Round Up of her own, and she did a Great job, so to finish this post, I'm just going to send you over to Her Round UP

Face of America Bike Ride 2008-Blog Round Up

and I'll end with this picture of a blogging buddy and I, I finally got to meet her after trying for over a year! and roped her into coming out to help us on Day One at the lunch stop (what are friends for?lol:)

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Soldiers' Angels  founder Patti Patton Bader will appear on NBC's Today show on May 5, during the nine o'clock hour. She has been selected as a semi-finalist in NBC/Teleflora's America's Favorite Mom contest. Votes based on her appearance on the show with two other military moms will determine whether she moves on to the final round.

On Mother's Day (May 11), NBC will broadcast a prime-time special featuring the crowning of "America's Favorite Mom," the results of which will be determined by how many votes are received from May 5 to May 9. Each mother can only receive votes during the exact day she appears on the Today show, and the mothers with the five highest vote totals will move on to the prime-time special.

Patton Bader was selected as a semi-finalist after being voted "America's Most Inspirational Mom" in March. Her son, Staff Sergeant Brandon Varn, nominated her for starting a non-profit organization to support soldiers and their families. "My mom is one of the most amazing women in the world," he wrote. "She started an organization called Soldiers' Angels when I was deployed to Iraq. The organization is there to ensure, 'May no soldier go unloved.' It is the largest non-profit independent military support organization that has started since the onset of the 'War on Terrorism.' She puts her whole self into helping Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, and Marines every day," says Varn. Patton Bader's other son, Specialist Bretton Varn, is currently deployed to Iraq and will appear with her via satellite on Today.

Prizes for the five winning mothers include $25,000 to $250,000 in cash, and a number of free services and products. But in keeping with her efforts to support the troops, Patton Bader wants America's soldiers to be the big winners. "I plan on using everything to help heroes. Everything," she says, referring to the wide variety of prizes she could receive if she is lucky enough to win . "It is a true honor to stand with these fourteen outstanding moms," she adds.

Soldiers' Angels encourages all Americans to visit www.nbc.com/Americas_Favorite_Mom to vote for their favorite mom, and to watch the Today show the week of May 5-9 and the America's Favorite Mom show on Mother's Day, May 11, to celebrate these remarkable mothers.

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My daughter and I had a great time volunteering yesterday, for the first leg of the

2008 Face of America Bike Ride

Here's the slide show I put together of my pics

It turned out to be an absolutely beautiful day!  We were on the 'banner team', we helped put up banners at the start of the ride, take them down, put them up at the lunch stop, take them down, and put them up at the last stop of the day .

The lunch stop was in a very pretty park, I separated out those photos here

We had a wonderful time seeing many Angels we'd met last year, and meeting new Angels and others who came to volunteer this year,and talking with some of the riders.

We also got to meet a 'blogging buddy' of mine,Finally, I've tried to get together with her before but it never worked out. It's always so much fun, to meet in person the people you've spent so much time talking to online!

The second leg of the ride,up to Gettysburg, is today. Looking forward to seeing other's pictures of those, and as I come across more photos/videos from the ride, I'll pass them along!

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With today being the  National Day of Prayer

Psalm 28:7  The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him.

I wanted to pass on a new (to me) website that I came across,

called   Adopt Our Troops in Prayer

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This Weeks Hero Was Suggested By Mary Ann

 Wednesday Hero was started to put a face to the men and women of the American Armed Forces and what they do for us. Vary rarely has there been a member of a foreign military profiled. In fact, in the two years Wednesday Hero's been going on it's only been done once before. Here's the second.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.

 We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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