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"Carlos Danger" is looking for a pen pal. Former Rep. Anthony Weiner, who reported to prison this week to begin a 21-month sentence for sexting with a 15-year-old girl, is hoping to stay in contact with the outside world. Weiner's away message on his personal email addresses provide specific instructions on how to stay in contact with the disgraced Congressman, the New York Post reported Thursday. "Thanks for reaching out," the message says. "Starting November 6th, I'll be away for a while but I would love to stay in touch. As quaint as it may sound, the best way to...

Dorothea Harjes and Vivan Smallwood Met Via Letters as Children -- One in Germany, the Other in the U.S.It's been a lifetime since a 13-year-old American girl struck up an unlikely friendship with a German pen pal just as the United States was recovering from World War II. But 63 years after their first letter crossed the Atlantic, Dorothea Harjes and Vivian Smallwood have finally met face-to-face in an airport reunion complete with hugs, smiles and tears. "I thought I better do it now or we'd never get it done," Smallwood, 75, said. "It was wonderful." The pair, who hit...

Nothing brightens the day of the average psychotic terrorist leader than to get a handwritten letter from his idol, Osama bin Laden. According to Newsweek, Osama's been lettering, sending a few personal missives to terrorist leaders in al-Qaeda and the Taliban. His pen-pal activity intends to keep morale high among the troops, and may indicate that his morale has improved as well: Osama Bin Laden appears to be reasserting his influence among the Afghan and Pakistani tribal leaders upon whom he's depending for survival. Since December, the Qaeda chief has personally penned at least five brief letters, written in Arabic...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2006 – The 16-year-old founder of "A Million Thanks," a nationwide program encouraging students to write thank-you letters to servicemembers, appeared on "Fox and Friends" this morning to speak about her new campaign to send 2.6 million cards and letters to the troops in 2006. Shauna Fleming of "A Million Thanks" joins Brian Kilmeade, co-host of "Fox and Friends" on his program today in Hollywood, Calif. Fleming talked about her goal of getting 2.6 million letters and cards of thanks to troops in 2006. Courtesy photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Shauna Fleming, whose organization...

CAMP NAVISTAR, KUWAIT - The sergeant held a stack of letters written by Sunday school students - fanned out like a deck of cards - and Spc. Martin Mcgee picked one. He looked at the name on the envelope: Megan. In the letter written in pencil in neat penmanship, Megan asked what it was like to be a soldier in Iraq. She asked the soldier who opened her letter to write back. Mcgee wrote back. He told her what it's like here in the desert, and he sent her a picture of himself in his green uniform and helmet, holding...

Attention moderator: I'm still not good at posting in the correct forum. If this is posted incorrectly, please move it the correct forum, and not delete it this time :) Thanks, papa. Dear FRiends, A friend of mine sent me, and others, this email. Since that time there has been more need. She needs help with letters, postcards, etc to these brave guys and gals who, literally, have no one at home for moral support. They receive no mail or packages from home at all. I thought some of you would be interested in knowing and, possibly, helping with a...

I'm a soldier in Iraq -- how about a card or letter from home? I've asked my family to write but they say they're too busy. - - - - - - - Full story linked here

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Please support our troops this Memorial Day weekend by writing a note or letter to a soldier. They will be sent to Balad and Mosul in care packages that should arrive by the Fourth of July. You can get my address by FReepmail and send a hand written letter or thank you card to me and I will put it in the next box or manilla envelop going to Iraq, or you can FReepmail me a note or letter and I will print it out and put it in the Fourth of July packages. Also, if you have any used...

Hello Fellow Freepers, I know this question may of been discussed in the past, so please forgive me if this question is a repeat. I was wondering what sort of online Web Sites one would visit where as one would be able to find out how one would communicate with our troops on a friendly penpal basis? I would like to express my gratitude to our fighting men and women around the World who are protecting our freedoms on a personal level via a letter and care package! Thank you for any answers, and God Bless You and America!

Soldier Returns To Cut Yellow Ribbon Fri, Feb 20, 2004 Hooper Was Pen Pal To Third-Grade Class By Denise Malan The Morning News/NWAonline.net • dmalan@nwaonline.net SPRINGDALE -- A third-grade class at Lee Elementary School cheered Thursday as Pfc. Lance Hooper cut a giant yellow ribbon -- tied around a tree in hopes of his return -- and gave it to his mother. The children in Teresa Powers' class became Hooper's pen pals while he was stationed in Iraq. Hooper, 22, a 2000 Siloam Springs High School graduate, visited the class in November while he was on a two-week leave. Now...

CJTF-7 Public AffairsBAGHDAD, IraqRelease #040101a  101st Soldiers, Michigan town facilitate pen-pal program MOSUL, Iraq – Traverse City, Mich., has taken an interest in the Qayyarah-Nineveh region of Iraq. Since early September, three 3rd and 4th grade classes have started a correspondence with 4th grade Iraqi children in the village of Tulul Nasir. This pen-pal program sparked the interest of residents in Traverse City, who responded with boxes of art supplies and t-shirts for the children and mail and food for the soldiers. The pen-pal project includes seventy-one 4th grade children in Tulul Nasir and seventy-one 3rd and 4th grade children...

CJTF-7 Public AffairsBAGHDAD, IraqRelease #031227c“Any soldier” letter leads to “happily ever after”BAGHDAD, Iraq – It was late November of 1990 and the build-up of troops, equipment and supplies for the first Persian Gulf War had begun. Capt. Mark Olinger, a logistics officer, was serving with the 528th Support Battalion, U.S. Army Special Operations Task Force, at the King Fahd International Airport in eastern Saudi Arabia. During his time in Desert Storm, Olinger often visited Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid Military City. During one visit for a planning conference, Olinger happened to grab a letter out of a stack of “Any Soldier...

Students Welcome Back Their 'Baghdad Buddy' By Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample, USAAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2003 – Fourth-grade students Allison Foster and Rebeca Reyes, both 9, said they were sad to see the military go off to war in Iraq. Reyes said she really didn't know much about the war, other than what her mother told her: "that my grandpapa was in the last one." Air Force Maj. Mike Lundy, chief of public health at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C., and school student council adviser Margaret Panik pose with "Baghdad Buddies" and other...

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Elementary students warm hearts of Soldiers By Spc. Lorie Jewell Staff Sgt. Norman Murphy listens to a question as he and Spc. John Marshall show second grade students pictures of their tour in Afghanistan. The 82nd Airborne soldiers visited Sterling Memorial School in Oneco, Conn. to thank students for writing to them while they fought in the Global War on Terrorism. Spc. Lorie Jewell ONECO, Conn. (Army News Service, Nov. 5, 2003) -– When Sterling Memorial School students sat down last winter to write letters to a group of Soldiers serving in Afghanistan, reading consultant Jodi Ross wasn’t expecting...

Hey Freepers I have been asking how we can thank the people of poland for their great support during operation Iraqi Freedom. I have a reply below you need to read and act on... Especially if you are a teacher! They need pen pals... Original message by Matthew Paul regarding Message from our friends at the Polish embassy received 2003-04-05 20:26:58 Hi, Thanks very much for your reply and open heart. I do appreciate it. As far as products are concerned there’s little I can do. I am 35 and I am teacher of English as a foreign language and...