Happy Birthday US Navy!
Happy 239th Birthday, Navy!
Last year, we were at Walter Reed Military Medical Center when they were having a small Navy birthday celebration. It was pretty cool to witness… and the cake was yummy too! They were nice enough to share some of their birthday cake with us, while we handed out Tastykakes, gift cards and t-shirts! Thank you, Navy for sharing that with us last year. We hope you have a great birthday celebration this year!
Kait
Update!
I know it’s been a little while, but I have an update for you.
Due to unforeseen circumstances some of our team members are dealing with, we will, unfortunately, not be making a delivery to Walter Reed this year. Our team members are a vital part of our mission and we just don’t feel right doing it without them. However, that doesn’t mean we will be sitting out completely this year. Stay tuned for more info on how you can help our wounded warriors and their families.
Thank you for your continued support.
Kait
Gearing Up: The Marshall Plan 4.0
Wow! It’s been a while! It’s been a crazy summer and I can’t believe it’s starting to come to an end. But… you know what that means! It’s time to start planning The Marshall Plan drive and delivery round 4!
We are gearing up and starting to make our plans. We will let you know when the date is set in stone, and of course, we’ll fill you in on all the details of how you can help!
We hope you’ve had a fantastic summer! We’ll talk soon!
Kait
Heartwarming Homecoming
This is super cute! I just had to share it with you! It puts a smile on your face and will probably make you cry happy tears. Enjoy!
Kait
Lone Survivor the Movie
It’s been a while. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and we wish you a healthy New Year!
Have any of you seen Lone Survivor? My husband and I saw it the other week. It’s a very good movie. It’s also very intense. It’s not a feel good movie by any means. However, I think it is a war movie…a war story…that America needs. By that I don’t mean that everyone should go see it, by all means it is not a movie for everyone. It’s a true war story…with a little bit of Hollywood film making in it… but it’s real and it show cases what many servicemen and women do for our country, what they risk and sacrifice, what their brother(sister)hood is like, the dangers they face. It’s eye opening. It’s not for everyone, but if you are up to it, go see it.
Kait
Wreaths for Veterans
Christmas is upon us.
The Red Cross’s Holiday Mail for Heroes deadline has passed. Toys for Tots deadline has as well. Wreaths Across America is still displaying wreaths on graves of our fallen heroes all across the country. Even though there was a snow storm this weekend, a few Wreaths Across America events happened in the Lehigh Valley. My In-Laws participated in one and my parents participated in another.
The local chapter of the Blue Star Mothers of America participated in a Wreaths Across America event in Allentown yesterday at Cedar Hill Memorial Park to lay wreaths on graves and also to present Gold Star Mothers (Mothers who have children who lost their lives while serving our country) with wreaths. It’s a very nice cause. My Mother-in Law is a Blue Star mom and a member of the local chapter.
Another Wreaths Across America event happened at Resurrection Cemetery in Allentown. This one was organized by Air Products.
It’s awesome to see these events happening locally. What a nice tribute to those who served our country.
Here are a few articles about yesterday’s Wreath Across America events:
Wreaths Across America ceremony in Allentown honors veterans
Fallen veterans to be remembered at Wreaths Across America ceremony in Lehigh County
Veterans’ sacrifices remembered with wreaths on graves
Letter of Success
Here’s our letter of success that we sent in to the local papers to let our supporters know how our delivery went and to thank all who made generous donations to our cause!
LehighValleyLive.com published our letter… however, it looks like they got Linda’s name wrong… Oops! Anyway, here’s the letter:
LETTER: Successful delivery to Walter Reed
Thanks again to all who donated and supported us in our 3rd year of collection Tastykakes for our wounded warriors!
Kait
The Delivery 2013
Wow! What a delivery! I apologize that this has taken me so long to post, but it’s done. Here’s how our delivery went down!
Our delivery went very well this year. Once again, this year, we collected roughly 1500 boxes of Tastykakes and over $10k! It was another successful year. Thank you all for your support!
The ride began on Saturday, October 12, 2013. Dave and Bob began their 3 day, 200 mile bicycle journey from Bethlehem, PA to Bethesda, MD. The weather held out for them. It was a bit muddy on the bike trail on day 2, but it wasn’t terrible. They were tired and a bit sore, but they arrived at their destination safe and sound, and in great time too.
Dave and Bob ready to start their 200 mile ride!
Courtesy of Kym. On their way!
On Monday, October 14, 2013, Linda, my husband, and I drove down to Bethesda, along with Tom and Gannon and our trailer of Tastykakes. We met up at our hotel with Dave and Bob. My husband and I finished writing the value of the gift cards on them and then we got ready to head out to dinner.
One of over $8k worth of gift cards!
We got ready and walked to our traditional pre-delivery dinner location: The Tavern at Fire Station 1! We had a great time and good food. It was a nice way to celebrate another successful collection of Tastykakes to support our troops.
Fire Station 1, Silver Spring, MD. Site of our traditional pre-delivery dinner.
We woke up at a decent hour on Tuesday, October 15, 2013, to get ready for our 3rd delivery of Tastykakes and gift cards to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. One we arrived at Walter Reed, we headed straight for the loading dock so we could unload hundreds and hundreds of Tastykakes. We had a lot of help from some wonderful civilian and military employees of the hospital.
Trailer full of Tastykakes!
Unloading…
Lots of Tastykakes!
Even more…
Unloaded and waiting to transport them into the building.
Once we had all of the Tastykakes unloaded and on the loading dock, we put them on dollies and transported them to the lobby where the events staff at Walter Reed already had a table set up for us. We were set up right across from the Warrior Cafe. There was also another table set up in the lobby with a birthday cake for the US Navy’s 238th birthday (Happy Belated Birthday, US Navy)! We hung up our banner that Kari made for us this year on our table, got the gift cards out, the Tastykake t-shirts, and we started to unbox a bunch of cases of Tastykakes and set them up on the table.
Setting up!
Hanging up the banner.
Setting up our table.
Once we were set up, we started handing out our donated items to wounded warriors and troops who walked by. It was nice to hand out Tastykakes and interact with many of the men and women who serve and sacrificed so much for our country. We had many come by who never heard of Tastykakes or who heard of them but never tried them. We had some come by who loved Tastykakes and found their favorites. We even had a few boxes of PowerBars donated this year. Those went very quickly, as many of these wounded warriors wanted to watch what they eat and stay in shape. The gift cards were extremely popular as well.
We were set up from 10am until 1:30pm, so we hit the lunch time rush right in front of the Warrior Cafe. We were also set up when the Navy had their cake cutting ceremony for the Navy’s 238th birthday. So, we received quite a bit of exposure. We even had some wounded warriors and their families coming back for more Tastykakes because they love them so much!
A nice note from the person who donated this box of Tastykakes.
Gannon with Tastykakes and Tastykake t-shirts!
Handing out Tastykakes.
Some of the many boxes of Tastykakes that were donated.
Our set up.
We passed out a lot of Tastykakes, but we still had a lot more in boxes!
One of our signs.
Another nice note from someone who donated Tastykakes!
I enjoyed finding these boxes of Tastykakes with notes written on them for the wounded warriors. How sweet.
By the end of our time at Walter Reed, we still had a ton of Tastykakes left to hand out, so with the help of the events staff, we filled up our table again with Tastykakes – sky high – and left them out for wounded warriors to take as they passed through the area. We made sure the gift cards were handed out to wounded warriors and their families. We hope the Tastykakes were thoroughly enjoyed!
Our table stacked sky high with Tastykakes.
We had a wonderful day. It was humbling and moving to be able to hand out Tastykakes to the many men and women who serve our country. The Walter Reed staff was fantastic to work with. It was awesome to interact with so many service men and women. We had a fun. It was a very good day.
We are very grateful for the experience we had and we are very grateful to all who serve and sacrifice for our country. We are thrilled to be able to show our appreciation and gratitude in a small way, but this can’t begin to explain how grateful we truly are to everyone serving our country, past and present.
Thank you to Walter Reed for being very accommodating!
Thank YOU for all your support and donations to make 2013 another fantastic delivery!
and a BIG THANK YOU to all our service men and women who sacrifice so much for us!
Thank you!
Kait
Sweet Success
Today was a sweet success!
I will update about our journey and share picture with you soon!
Thank you for all your support, it helped make this another successful year!
Kait
Day 2
Bob and Dave arrived safely at their first stop on their 200 mile bike ride yesterday evening!
Today is a new day and another long ride for them. Here’s to them having a safe ride and hoping the weather holds out for them!
Here’s a short video from when Bob and Dave left yesterday.
By the way, did you listen to B101 Philly the other morning? I was on! Apparently, they aired the interview Friday morning. I thought it was going to be Thursday morning, oops!
Kait
Tomorrow
Tomorrow is the big day! The journey from Bethlehem to Bethesda starts tomorrow! Bob and Dave will be leaving in the morning for Day 1 of the ride. The weather has been rainy here the last couple of days, so lets hope it holds off and they have great weather for their 3 day ride!
Today, Dave and Bob collected the Tastykakes and have them all ready to be loaded into the trailer to drive down to Bethesda. We have lots of Tastykakes! Here are a few pictures from today:
Bob and Dave with some donated Tastykakes that were wrapped up nicely.
Lots of Tastykakes!
More Tastykakes!
And…Even more Tastykakes!
We still have a handful of Tastykakes to be added to that pile! And Flowers Foods sent their donation of Tastykakes directly to Walter Reed for us to be delivered Tuesday morning when we hand out the cakes! Awesome!
Linda also went out to purchase $8k worth of gift cards to hand out with the Tastykakes. Here’s a few pictures of just a handful of the gift cards! There are quite a few more!
A bunch of the gift cards we will be handing out.
We are ready! This is going to be a great event! Thank you all so much for your donations. It’s not too late to donate, we are still accepting monetary donations. You can mail a check to: The Marshall Plan, PO Box 332, Bethlehem, PA 18016 or you can donate via PayPal (see our donate page). Remember, you don’t need a PayPal account to donate through PayPal.
Thank you!
Kait
Local News Segment!
Make sure to watch Channel 69 News WFMZ-TV tonight at 5pm! There should be a segment about the Marshall Plan!
This morning I met with reporter Bo Koltnow and cameraman Albert for a quick interview about the Marshall Plan! Bo and Albert were very nice and put me at ease (since I prefer to be behind the scenes), and fortunately, they are dog people, so they tolerated our “zoo!” We did a short interview and they asked me so questions beforehand to help them have a better understanding of our mission. They were here for maybe 20 minutes at the most. They even entertained our pooches for a bit too. They were very respectful of our wishes and I even showed them a few photos of previous Marshall Plan deliveries. It was a great experience.
Bo and Albert are also meeting with Bob today to get some more footage for the segment!
Our segment should be on tonight at 5pm! How cool!? Make sure to watch! If you are not local and cannot watch Channel 69 News WFMZ-TV, you will be able to find out segment online on WFMZ’s website either later tonight or tomorrow. Please be sure to look out for it! We are very grateful that Channel 69 is doing a segment on us!
We are only a week away from the delivery!!!
Make sure to watch!
Kait
Quick Update
Hey everyone!
I just have a quick update for you!
We are currently contacting media sources to spread word of our event and we are currently accepting monetary donations via PayPal or check/cash sent to our PO Box (The Marshall Plan, PO Box 332, Bethlehem, PA 18016).
We’ll have more updates soon!
Kait
The Date is Set!
We have a date! We are all set and approved! Now it’s time to spread the word!
We will be delivering Tastykakes to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 15!
Below is our press release. It will also be posted on our Press Release page.
THE MARSHALL PLAN COLLECTING TASTYKAKES AND DONATIONS FOR US TROOPS
Lehigh Valley, PA, August 28, 2013 – When Kaitlin Reinbold’s Marine boyfriend was stationed in Afghanistan in 2011, she sent care packages to remind him of home. Tastykakes were the most popular items with the Marines, particularly with one named Marshall, who had never had them before. In June 2011, Marshall was severely injured by an I.E.D. He endured surgeries, rehabilitation and physical therapy at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
Marshall’s story inspired Bob Price, a friend of Kaitlin’s family, with an idea: to show wounded warriors our gratitude and respect by delivering boxes of Tastykakes to Walter Reed. “The Marshall Plan” came together. In October 2011, Bob and Dave Reinbold, Kaitlin’s father, rode on bicycles from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Bethesda, Maryland – 200 miles – followed by the Tastykakes and the rest of the team by car a few days later. The Plan was successfully repeated in October of 2012.
Over the last two years, the Marshall Plan has delivered more than 3,000 boxes of Tastykakes and over $20,000 in monetary donations, most of which was used to purchase gift cards for wounded warriors and their families.
The Marshall Plan succeeded because of the kindness and generosity of family members, friends and citizens of the Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas. Support also came from Team Capital Bank, The Tasty Baking Company/Flowers Foods, and especially Lehigh Valley Tastykake Sales Distributors who were quick to respond with a generous donation.
The Marshall Plan is gearing up to repeat the drive to support our wounded troops. The delivery to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland is scheduled for the week of October 14, 2013. Fresh Tastykakes can be dropped off at any Team Capital Bank location from Monday, September 30 through Wednesday, October 9. Monetary contributions can be mailed to: The Marshall Plan, P.O. Box 332, Bethlehem, PA 18016.
**To learn more about The Marshall Plan, see photos and information about efforts to aid our military, visit www.SweetThanks4Troops.com
I hope you all enjoy your weekend!
Kait
Update
The Marshall Plan is slowly getting underway! We had a meeting the other week to discuss some details and finalize what we want to do. We will be releasing the press release shortly! We are just waiting to get the official word from WRNMMC. Once we have that, we’ll be all set. I’ll post more info for you as soon as we have it!
Here’s a short video about a Marine who lost his legs in Afghanistan and his wife that I stumbled across on CNN.com this morning: Marine’s viral picture will inspire you
More to come!
Kait
Root Beer Floats, a New Home, and the beginning of The Marshall Plan 2013
Wow, it’s been a while! It’s been a crazy busy last two months for me, but now that things have calmed down, it’s time to get back into updating regularly.
We are gearing up for The Marshall Plan 2013! We have a meeting coming up next week to get our plan situated for 2013. I will post more info on how you can help out ASAP! Stay tuned for that!
Tomorrow, August 6, is National Root Beer Float Day! Yum! From 2pm to close, A&W will be giving out FREE small root beer floats! In addition, they will be accepting donations for Wounded Warrior Project! So, go out and get a free root beer float tomorrow and if you can, give a small donation to support our wounded warriors! Here’s a link for more info: A&W National Root Beet Float Day
Yesterday was the US Coast Guard’s birthday! Happy 223rd Birthday!
I’m also happy to say that the wounded warrior who inspired The Marshall Plan, he and his family will be moving into their home built by Homes for Our Troops in just a little under 2 weeks! What great news! We are so happy and excited for them!
Talk soon!
Kait
Don’t Worry…
I haven’t forgotten about you! It’s just been crazy busy here lately!
Over the holidays, we received 2 very cool and very nice donations! First was a donation from a 9 year old who decided that for his teachers’ holiday gifts, instead of buying them something, he was going to donate money to The Marshall Plan. What a cool idea! He gave his teachers a note explaining to them about The Marshall Plan and that he donated to it as their gift. So cool. What an awesome kid!
The other donation we received over the holidays was from a woman and her husband who donate money every Christmas to a different charity for each of their grandchildren. They like to pick something that is relevant to their life someway. One of their grandchildren attends Marshall University and they thought donating to The Marshall Plan was fitting because of the name. What another cool idea!
We are so grateful that we were thought of during the holiday season and we are very grateful to receive to generous donations! Thank you!
I’ll update again soon!
Kait
Post-Press Release
Here is our Post-Press Release for this year’s Marshall Plan!
The Marshall Plan: A Sweet Success – Again!
When Kaitlin Reinbold’s Marine boyfriend was stationed in Afghanistan in 2011, she sent care packages to remind him of home. Tastykakes were the most popular items with the Marines, particularly one named Marshall, who’d never had them before. In June 2011, Marshall was severely injured by an I.E.D. He was transferred to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, where he continues his rehab today.
Marshall’s story inspired Bob Price, a friend of Kaitlin’s family, to come up with the idea to show gratitude and respect to wounded warriors by delivering Tastykakes to Walter Reed. “The Marshall Plan” came together. Bob and Dave Reinbold, Kaitlin’s father, rode on bicycles from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Bethesda Maryland -200 miles -followed by the Tastykakes (thanks to Tom and Kari Mesko) and the rest of the team by car a few days later. On October 17, 2011, the team delivered approximately 1,600 boxes of Tastykakes and more than $9,000 in monetary donations, most of which was used to purchase gift cards for wounded warriors and their families. (Please see our website Sweetthanks4troops.com for commentary and photos.)
The plan succeeded far beyond our expectations, thanks to the kindness and generosity of family members, friends, and citizens of the Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas. Support also came from Team Capital Bank, The Tasty Baking Company, and especially Lehigh Valley Tastykake Sales Distributors who were quick to respond with a generous donation.
Inspired by the success of last years’ Plan, we decided to repeat it this year. Once again, we were able to donate approximately 1,600 boxes of Tastykakes and $11,000 in gift cards and monetary donations on October 15, 2012. While last years’ donation was simply dropped off at the Medical Center, this time we were able to distribute some of the donations ourselves. The Tastykakes and gift cards were received with smiles and thanks, but for us, being able to personally express our gratitude to these men and women for their service was an amazing privilege. There was a feeling of pride, honor and willingness to serve on the face of every service person we met, and their courage and strength of spirit in the face of adversity was humbling.
We would again like to sincerely thank all those who donated and supported us – generous family, friends, citizens and businesses of the Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas, Flowers Foods, and especially Team Capital Bank and the Lehigh Valley Tastykake Sales Distributors. We look forward a repeat of The Marshall Plan in 2013!
Thanks again for all your support!
Kait
Sweet Success… Again!
The delivery went well!
Here are a few pictures from the journey!
Here is Linda’s account of the delivery:
Our sincere thanks to everyone who donated and/or supported our 2012 Marshall Plan – another successful year! We couldn’t have done it without you!
Sgt. Zachary Johnson and Corpsman Christopher Johnson, our liasons with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, were very helpful to us in getting set up to distribute our donations on Monday, October 15. Corpsman Chris Johnson also told us some of his fascinating and hair-raising experiences as a medic in Iraq and Afghanistan and gave us insights on some of the items that deployed military members enjoy receiving in care packages – especially snack foods, protein-rich foods, energy drinks, and baby wipes. Nine-year-old Gannon, who was part of our team this year, really enjoyed hearing why tough men and women in uniform wanted baby wipes, and Corpsman Johnson enthusiastically explained this. He also taught us how to chill a can of soda or energy drink by placing it in a wet sock and hanging it where it can catch a breeze. This cools a drink down to about 70 degrees, which tastes like it’s straight from the fridge when the outside temperature is 120!
On a more serious note, being able to personally distribute some of our Tastykake and gift card donations this year was such an incredible privilege. Funny how something as simple as a box of Tastykakes could bring smiles to so many faces. Some had never had them, some had gotten them in care packages while deployed, and some related being from Philadelphia or surrounding area hometowns and having grown up with them. They were very happy with the variety we had to offer and the opportunity to try new flavors!
We were able to speak with (and shake hands with) so many wounded warriors – male and female – and with their parents and spouses as well. We heard stories that inspired and humbled us, and many that gave us chills and brought tears to our eyes. One mother told us of her daughter who’d been shot five times. Another mom’s son had stepped on an IED that was intentionally detonated when someone saw him approach it. Both moms were told their children would probably not make it – yet over a year later, they are with us and doing fairly well. A mom and dad accepted some Tastykakes for their son who was in surgery as we spoke. Other parents told us of being at Walter Reed to celebrate their son’s 25th birthday – something they didn’t think he would see when he came to the Medical Center earlier this year. One warrior with a prosthetic leg told us of the sled hockey team he’d just joined. So many – too many – were multiple amputees, some ambulating on prosthetics or with crutches, others still in wheelchairs. We saw many scars and bandages, an abundance of artificial limbs, many orthopedic devices, and a variety of mobility aids. Yet the wounded warriors we saw and spoke with always had a smile and conveyed a sense of pride and honor in being able to serve. They thanked us sincerely for the cupcakes and gift cards that seemed so insignificant compared to what we gratefully thanked them for – their service and sacrifices for our country.
– Linda Reinbold
Looks like they had a great time! Wish I could’ve been there. Thank you so much for all your support and donations! We really appreciate it! We look forward to doing this again next year! I hope you enjoy Linda’s account of the delivery and the pictures courtesy of Kari and Linda.
Kait
It’s Delivery Day!
It’s Delivery Day!!
Bob and Dad arrived in Bethesda yesterday afternoon after their 3 day 200 mile bike ride!
Tom, Kari, and Gannon Mesko picked Mom up yesterday afternoon to drive down to Bethesda with the Tastykakes.
They were scheduled to drop off the Tastykakes around 10am this morning at a loading dock at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and now they are set up and passing out the boxes of Tastykakes to wounded warriors! So cool! What an awesome experience that must be! Wish I could be there with them! They just met a couple whose son was recently injured similar to Marshall’s injury.
We collected roughly the same amount of Tastykakes as last year (1600) and we exceed our monetary donations from last year! We raised $10k! Woo hoo! We bought about $8k worth of gift cards to hand out to wounded warriors as well and the rest of the monetary donations will be donated to an organization that helps out wounded warriors.
I wish I could’ve been there today to be a part of this awesome moving experience!
Here are some pictures I want to share with you!
Donated Tastykakes!
More donated Tastykakes!
The Tastykakes delivered to Walter Reed!
Getting ready to pass out Tastykakes!
Thank you all for your support! We really appreciate it! Thanks for helping us support and thank our wounded warriors!
Kait
Here We Go…!
Lots going on lately!
I unfortunately will not be able to attend the delivery this year partly because I am so far away in NC now and because of work. However, I’ve been able to help out from afar, which has been great.
Luckily, I was able to get home to PA over Columbus Day weekend, so I had some time to catch up and see what all was going on with the Marshall Plan. We had a few days where we had close to 20 envelopes in the PO Box, which was awesome! We’ve had a handful of monetary donations come in via PayPal as well. Lots of Tastykakes too! It was nice to actually be there for a few days to see what’s happening!
We have roughly the same amount of Tastykakes as last year! Yay! And I believe we will exceed the amount of monetary donations we received last year as well! Awesome!
Mom will be purchasing all the gift cards soon.
While the Tastykake drive has ended, you can still donate money by sending a check or cash to: The Marshall Plan, PO Box 285, Bethlehem, PA 18016. Or.. you can donate via Paypal – check out our donate page on how to do that.
The bike ride from Bethlehem to Bethesda started this morning. Dad and Bob hit the road! They’ll arrive in Bethesda on Sunday!
I’m pumped! What another great year of the Marshall Plan, but you can still help out to make it even better!!
Kait
Another Article!
A local Lehigh Valley newspaper, The Morning Call, published an article about the Marshall Plan in their Tuesday, October 2, newspaper! They also posted the article online on Thursday. Here’s the article: Help sweeten the days of wounded soldiers with Tastykake donations.
Lots of donations have been pouring in over the last few days! It’s great! Very excited! Hoping this year is just as successful, if not more than last year!
Thanks for your support! We look forward to being able to brighten the days of just a handful of our countries many wounded warriors!
Kait
Donations, The Express-Times, and a Love Story…
Great news! We have some donations coming in and our Tastykake drive starts on Monday, Oct. 1! Please donate!
Yesterday, I spoke with 2 local newspapers: The Express-Times and The Morning Call. The Express-Times published an article about us on their website this morning! Here’s the link: Tastykake drive for troops kicks off Monday. The Morning Call will be publishing an article about us on their website shortly and will publish it in their newspaper on Tuesday!
I’m sure many of you have seen this true American love story gone viral. I’ve seen it all over the internet lately and I love it. Here are the 22 pictures that share Taylor Morris and Danielle Kelly’s truly inspiring love story. This is what true love is. A Love Story in 22 Pictures.
It’s true what they say, a picture really does speak 1000 words.
To add to the 22 pictures of that wonderful story, here’s an article from The Huffington Post about Taylor and Danielle, AND a video of them dancing together. It’s too great to not share. Taylor Morris, Quadruple Amputee, Dances with Girlfriend Danielle Kelly (VIDEO)
9/11, Suicide Prevention Month
Hey all!
All our donation info is up! You can send checks to: The Marshall Plan, PO Box 285, Bethlehem, PA 18016. You can donate via PayPal (see button below), or you can drop off boxes of Tastykakes from October 1, 2012 to October 10, 2012 at any of these Team Capital Bank locations:
1901 Hamilton Street
Allentown, PA 18104
2151 Emrick Boulevard
Bethlehem, PA 18020
4285 West Tilghman Street
Allentown, PA 18104
It’s crazy to think that it’s been over 11 years since 9/11/01. I remember it just like yesterday, as I’m sure most people do who were old enough to understand something major and awful was going on when it happened. I hope to someday get a chance to visit the Freedom Tower and the memorial in NYC. My mom, Linda, and my sister, Meg, were just there recently. Here’s a picture from their visit:
We will never forget. Our thoughts and prayers are and will always be with those affected by the events of that day.
September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Suicide is a serious issue. It shouldn’t be taken lightly. If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please,seek help. Here are some ways from the Wounded Warrior Project to help yourself or a loved one: September is National Suicide Prevention Month.
Here’s a story of how true love always survives: Marine Couple Overcomes Combat Wounds
Don’t forget to donate!
Kait
Sweet Thanks for Troops: The Marshall Plan 