Saturday, December 19, 2020

Jack of All Trades: November

Another month and yet another down to the wire volunteering. 

The month of November I decided that I was going to volunteer with Friends of the Troops. It's a great program were veterans, and current enlisted, soldiers are giving cards for various different reasons. It's a lot a birthday but some are get well soon cards, and thank you cards, or just cards to be encouraging during whatever is going on in their lives. You can also sign up to adopt a soldier. That part of the program is great because you get to send them a box every month and you all can have more one on one contact with each other. I have not participated in that part of the program as of yet. I hope to one day. What I did do was send two birthday cards and a letter to some soldiers. 

I was very excited about doing this but it almost feels like I cheated a little bit. I didn't have to leave my house in order do this but it was really worth it. It's weird that reminder that doing something to volunteer doesn't mean having to spend a whole lot of money, or driving hours out of the way. It just takes a little a little heart and a little time. 


If you are interested in volunteering with Friends of the Troops please check out the link below. I should also note that you will have to do a background check:


https://www.friendsofthetroops.org/

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