posted 12-25-2013 01:29 PM                  

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Originally posted by RPL:
Political correctness has gone too far in this country. When children can't wish lonely wounded warriers a Merry Christmas there's something wrong. These people fought to maintain our freedom and way of life.

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Wait until Hillary gets in,she's really into the politically correctness.

posted 12-25-2013 03:27 PM                  

Here are the guide lines to send cards.

Every card received will be screened for hazardous materials and then reviewed by Red Cross volunteers working around the country.

Please observe the following guidelines to ensure a quick reviewing process:

Ensure that all cards are signed.
Use generic salutations such as “Dear Service Member.” Cards addressed to specific individuals can not be delivered through this program.
Only cards are being accepted. Do not send or include letters.
Do not include email or home addresses on the cards: the program is not meant to foster pen pal relationships.
Do not include inserts of any kind, including photos: these items will be removed during the reviewing process.
Please refrain from choosing cards with glitter or using loose glitter as it can aggravate health issues of ill and injured warriors.
If you are mailing a large quantity of cards, please bundle them and place them in large mailing envelopes or flat rate postal shipping boxes. Each card does not need its own envelope, as envelopes will be removed from all cards before distribution.
All holiday greetings should be addressed and sent to:

Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456

The deadline for having cards to the P.O. Box is December 6th.
Holiday cards received after this date cannot be guaranteed delivery

posted 12-25-2013 03:38 PM                  

Christmas Cards for Recovering American Soldiers

The Army recommends instead making donations to one of the nonprofit organizations dedicated to supporting the troops and their families listed at www.ourmilitary.mil, or to the American Red Cross (see update below).

Update: Holiday Mail for Heroes - Beginning in 2006, the American Red Cross instituted a new program to facilitate the collection and distribution of holiday greeting cards for wounded and recovering military personnel at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and similar facilities. It's called Holiday Mail for Heroes.

These rules have been in place for a long time and I feel bad for the children because their hearts were in the right place.

posted 12-26-2013 10:53 AM                  

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Originally posted by RPL:
Political correctness has gone too far in this country. When children can't wish lonely wounded warriers a Merry Christmas there's something wrong. These people fought to maintain our freedom and way of life.

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posted 12-26-2013 06:16 PM                  

^^ Well Dale,,maybe you will believe this one, if you can move the channel selector off ABC,NBC,CBS, or CNN?

VA hospital refuses to accept 'Merry Christmas' cards

By Todd Starnes
Published December 25, 2013

A VA official quoted the policy which is in the Veterans Health Administration handbook:

"In order to be respectful of our veterans' religious beliefs, all donated holiday cards are reviewed by a multi-disciplinary team of staff led by chaplaincy services and determined if they are appropriate (non-religious) to freely distribute to patients. We regret this process was not fully explained to this group and apologize for any misunderstanding."

Hiram Sasser, director of litigation for Liberty Institute, said it was a new low “even for the Scrooges and Grinches at the VA.”

posted 12-26-2013 07:36 PM                  

http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/veterans-affairs-rejects-delivery-christmas-card s-wounded-vets

According to the Veterans Affairs office, the cards did not meet the "correct" guidelines laid out in the Veterans Health Administration handbook. A VA official stated the following:

In order to be respectful of our Veterans religious beliefs, all donated holiday cards are reviewed by a multi-disciplinary team of staff led by Chaplaincy services and determined if they are appropriate (non-religious) to freely distribute to patients. After the review is complete, the holiday cards that reference religious and/or secular tones are then distributed by Chaplaincy Service on a one-on-one basis if the patient agrees to the religious reference in the holiday card donation. The holiday cards that do not contain religious and/or secular tones are distributed freely to patients across the Health Care System. We regret this process was not fully explained to this group and apologize for any misunderstanding.

posted 12-26-2013 08:28 PM                  

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Originally posted by padroo:
[B] I'll tell you what we should do. Next year the people could send Christmas Cards that say Merry Christmas to our boys in VA hospitals and we could see how it goes. It would be a good thing to do, I didn't think about it myself until the subject came up. I don't have a VA handbook to see for myself.
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