When you are making out your Christmas card list this year....

[jmarie]

Please include the following:

A Recovering American soldier
C/O Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Washington,D. C. 20307-5001

If you approve of the idea,
Please pass it on to your everyone you know.
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I received this email (and great idea), so I thought I would pass this on to you. If this has been posted before, please forgive me...and accept this as a gentle reminder.

Warm regards
Joyce

[ChristieinMB]

Good idea...

[GingerPow]

While this is a wonderful idea, those forwarding the emails need the update that Walter Reed Army Medical Center has issued this notice as of 11/2/07:
WRAMC News and Events: Support A Recovering American Soldier

Title: Support A Recovering American Soldier
Page Content:
Walter Reed Army Medical Center officials want to remind those individuals who want to show their appreciation through mail to include packages, letters, and holiday cards addressed to 'Any Wounded Soldier' or 'A Recovering American Soldier' that Walter Reed cannot accept these packages in support of the decision by then Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Transportation Policy in 2001. This decision was made to ensure the safety and well being of patients and staff at medical centers throughout the Department of Defense.

In addition, the U.S. Postal Service is no longer accepting "Any Service Member" or "A Recovering American Soldier" letters or packages. Mail to "Any Service Member" that is deposited into a collection box will not be delivered.

Instead of sending an “Any Wounded Soldier” letter or package to Walter Reed, please consider making a donation to one of the more than 300 nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping our troops and their families listed on the "America Supports You" website, www.americasupportsyou.mil

Other organizations that offer means of showing your support for our troops or assist wounded servicemembers and their families include:

http://www.usocares.org/
http://www4.army.mil/ocpa/tooursoldiers/
http://www.redcross.org

For individuals without computer access, your local military installation, the local National Guard or military reserve unit in your area may offer the best alternative to show your support to our returning troops and their families. Walter Reed Army Medical Center will continue to receive process and deliver all mail that is addressed to a specific individual.

As Walter Reed continues to enhance the medical care and processes for our returning service members, it must also must keep our patients and staff members safe while following Department of Defense policy. The outpouring of encouragement from the general public, corporate America and civic groups throughout the past year has been incredible. Our Warriors in Transition are amazed at the thanks and support they receive from their countrymen.

http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/Lists/WRNews/DispForm.aspx?Id=24&

[tigermorris]

I live in the Washington metro area and would like to bake goodies for any "soliders" in the area.

Does anybody know of such a place since it appears Walter Reed will not accept any baked goods?

Thanks!