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CLOSED Giveaway: $25 gift certificate to MyServicePride.com (plus free shipping) 8/8-8/16

8 August, 2013 1 Comment

Thank you to my co-host, Momma Lew’s Blog!

If you or a loved one are in the U.S. Armed Forces, then this giveaway is for you! MyServicePride, a veteran-founded company, helps you design a custom product that fits your military experience. Use the “rack builder” to build your custom ribbon rack. Save it and update whenever you need.

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*Review coming soon!*

If you agree with the terms and conditions listed below, scroll on down to enter below. Please share this giveaway with other service members and their families!

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Note: I was not compensated for this giveaway.

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Sesame Street partners with the USO

19 July, 2013 12 Comments

Supporting the military and its families is something I’m passionate about as an Army reservist and Navy wife. The United Service Organizations has supported our troops for more than 70 years and holds to the motto “Until Every One Comes Home.” For the last five years, the USO has partnered with Sesame Street to send a free, traveling entertainment tour for kids on U.S. military installations across the globe.

More than 368,000 troops and military families have experienced the Sesame Street/USO Experience for Military Families since 2008. Sesame Street and the USO introduced a new character in 2011 to connect with military children. Katie, a military kid, transfers with her parents to a new duty station and experiences the stress that accompanies the move.

This year’s world tour began May 29 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Over the next six months, the show has been scheduled to visit 42 bases in eight European and Pacific countries. To see the tour schedule, click HERE.

Scroll down to see photos from the tour!

Want to help? Here are five ways to get involved:

Volunteer at one of your local USO locations. There are more than 160 around the world!
Offer help to a military family in your area. That could be mowing the lawn or helping with chores or anything that can help relieve stress they may be feeling, especially when one spouse is deployed.
Teach your kids how they can support their classmates that are military children. Visit Facebook.com/SesameStreetforMilitaryFamilies for ideas.
Listen to a military spouse. Sometimes we just need someone to talk to, so we know we’re not alone!
Say thank you. Having a friend, neighbor, or total stranger thank you for your service goes a long way to making a service member feel the sacrifice is worth it.

To learn more about the tour and other resources for military families, visit:

USO/Facebook
USO/Twitter
Sesame Street/Facebook (for military families)
Sesame Street/Twitter

Note: All photos are used with permission and courtesy of Sesame Street/USO. I was not compensated for this post.

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The Fisher House Foundation partners with Goldfish crackers

22 June, 2013 2 Comments

If you’re a military family that frequents a base exchange, you may have noticed special military-inspired packages of Goldfish crackers on store shelves. Pepperidge Farm, the company behind the Goldfish brand released limited-edition Goldfish packages to coincide with their $25,000 donation to the Fisher House Foundation, a nonprofit organization.

Military Goldfish The Fisher House Foundation is an organization that I’ve grown familiar with as a service member. Their purpose is simple: “Providing a ‘home away from home’ for military families to be close to a loved one during hospitalization for an illness, disease or injury.”

I first learned about Fisher House several years ago when I saw a billboard on the side of a Florida freeway, advertising a Fisher House being built in a nearby city. I looked it up online later that day. They have more than 60 houses currently operating and have served almost 200,000 families since their beginnings in 1990. In 2012 alone, almost 20,000 families stayed in a Fisher House to be near their sick or wounded loved one. England even opened their very first Fisher House yesterday!

The foundation has recognized almost 25 locations that need a Fisher House, whether it be the first, a replacement, or an additional house. But the houses aren’t the only Fisher House Foundation program. Hero Miles, Hotels for Heroes, and scholarship programs also address the needs of wounded or ill service members and their families. Pepperidge Farm’s donation will be used for one of the scholarship programs, to help military families pay for their children’s college expenses.

Although donations from companies like Pepperidge Farm are vital to the Fisher House Foundation, everyone including me and you can help in some capacity. For the last two years, my brother, an Army JAG Corps officer, has run marathons to raise money for The Fisher House Foundation. Not a runner? Do you golf? Ride a motorcycle? Like music? Attend auctions? If this is something that interests you, please click HERE to visit the foundation’s “Events” page.

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