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Be A Hero...To A Hero A Message from Pete and Pam Wright As a result, we spent a great deal of time on the Internet. We wanted to learn all we could about how ordinary people - like us and you - can support the servicemen and women who are serving in these countries far from home. Continue to read this message from Pete and Pam Wright. Why Should We Help? Thousands of US soldiers say they are grateful for letters and packages they receive from family and friends. But it is the support from strangers that they find astounding.
Helping Heroes Home - the newest initiative of Cell Phones for Soldiers. Helping Heroes Home provides emergency funds for returning veterans to alleviate communication challenges as well as physical, emotional and assimilation hardships.
Check these websites to learn how you can help.
Operation Gratitude - This all-volunteer organization sends care packages to individual service members deployed overseas, they want to lift troops' morale and put smiles on their faces - a great way to say "thank you."
2012-2013 March to a Million Patriotic Drive
Tell Them Thanks - Service members sign up for support and one of our members "adopts" them throughout their deployment. Click the link to adopt a service member or be adopted. You will also be able to "Thank the Families" of service members. Guard Family. You will find a contact name and number for the Family Assistance Center or Family Readiness Group in your area - Click your state. Staff at these centers love to have offers of assistance for deployed soldiers and their families.
Any Soldier - Want to support a soldier who is in harm's way, but have no idea about what to send, who to send it to, or how to send it? Here's how.
Give2TheTroops® - a group that includes military troops, family members, companies, organizations, schools, volunteers and donors who want to support our troops.
Soldiers' Angels - Soldiers' Angels supports tens of thousands of American Service Members stationed around the world. The numbers grow daily. Soldiers' Angels are dedicated to supporting service members during and after their deployments. The Hugs Project -The Hugs Project, started June, 2004 in Oklahoma by Ray and Karen Stark, is a non profit 501 C 3 organization that makes cool ties (affectionately nicknamed "hugs" since they go around the neck) to help keep our troops and allies cool during the summer and warm during the winter. Have your class adopt a servicemember or a unit as pen pals. Use this project as an English lesson, letter writing skills practice, geography facts, art project, etc. Operation Kids 4 Troops started in the classroom of TSGT Spencer C. Cluff, a high school teacher (Human Anatomy & Physiology, Medical Terminology) in Oklahoma City and an Air Force Reservist with the 507th Medical Squadron at Tinker AFB. Encourage families to participate in the United Through Reading® Military Program that helps ease the stress of separation for military families by having deployed parents read children’s books aloud via DVD for their child to watch at home. Find out how it works. Watch the video. Many schoolchildren have had their lives deeply touched during this time of war. For DOD Support to Civilian Schools Educating Military Children and Resources, please go to the Military and DoD Special Education page.
Tips for Writing a "Thank You" Letter to a Soldier. You'll find a sample of a thank you letter you can write to a soldier.
“Pictures for Patriots 2012 Contest." K-12 Students submit as many entries of your original artwork as you like. First Place prize - $100 Target Gift card. Deadline July 10, 2012. Find the Details.
Ms. Mayfield's Fourth Grade Class
Girl Scout Troop 51181 "Thank you for doing the job of an American Soldier..." The Perry Family, Ladera Ranch, CA
November 2009 Ms. Robins' Third Grade Class Click here to see all art from Ms. Robins' Third Grade Class
Many thanks to: Mr. Markusen's Class
A big thank you to: Ms. Kinseys' Class
5th & 6th Grade Classes
Click here to see all art from Moorcroft Elementary School
Ms. Stinchcomb's 1st Grade Class Click here to see all art from Manchester First Graders
March 2011
Ms. Young's Sixth Grade Class
Thank you letters from
Thank you letters from Middle Schoolers
Click here to see thank you cards from New Hope-Solebury Eighth Graders
Megan in Knoxville, TN
Thank you letters from Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Graders Great job from the classes of Ms. Beckley, Ms. Dodge, Ms. Stein, Mr. Kirwan, Ms. Chieng
Christmas 2011 - This holiday season we have received over 500 letters from students to American soldiers. Thank You!
Seventh Graders More art from Ms. St. John's Class
More art from Ms. Down's Class
The first letters of the new year arrived this week. Many thanks to: The Koman's and students from Swofford Career Center, Boiling Springs High School, Chesnee High School, & Chapman High School
Thank you Ida Price Middle Schoolers for always remembering our troops during the holidays! Seventh Graders
Super letters from Ms. Gaston's Third Graders. Third Graders
Ms. Norrid's Third Grade Class More art from Ms. Norrid's Class
What Troops Miss Most
... the freedom to go somewhere and feel safe ... wearing something pink ... fresh butter and milk..."
Troops say they miss their families most.
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"It means the world to us knowing that while we are on the front, America has our back. Thank you for all the support you have given. Your letters mean the world to us."
Pete and Pam Wright with Commandant of USMC General and Mrs. James F. Amos at his Passage of Command ceremony at the Marine Barracks, Washington DC (Oct 22, 2010). Pete works extensively with military families and Generals Amos and Conway spoke to Pete about it after the ceremony. Both General Conway and General Amos mentioned "families with special needs children" in their speeches. The Marines are fortunate in this regard.
The Wrightslaw Team supports Operation Gratitude.
Adopt A Platoon
You receive help from many people every day — bus drivers, teachers, cafeteria workers — and they appreciate it when you say "thank you" for their help. 
Pictures for Patriots Contest - Operation Gratitude
The Wrightslaw Team says a special "thank you" for your wonderful letters of thanks and support for our troops.
A big Wrightslaw Team thanks to:
Eagan, MN
April 2010 - More support for our troops.
Your letters, received just in time for the holidays, were sent to soldiers in the
2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division in Afghanistan.
Ms. Kohler's Tenth Grade Class
Veteran's Day - November 2011
Eight Graders' Thank You Cards
Thanksgiving 2011
Business Education Students 
Ms. Held's Classes
Great job! 
Third Graders say Thanks!
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