{"id":41,"date":"2007-11-20T00:22:06","date_gmt":"2007-11-20T04:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/holiday-cards-for-the-troops\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:55:10","slug":"holiday-cards-for-the-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/holiday-cards-for-the-troops\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Cards for the Troops"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is so much to write and say about the flurry of activity at our company for the past week. We have been excitedly working on what is the largest charitable act our company has ever embarked on. What are we up to? Well, we have decided to donate over 280,000 holiday cards for American troops serving in the combat zones in Iraq and Afghanistan! 140,000 of these cards are effectively beautiful thank you cards to the troops that we are imprinting with a special message and the Soldiers Angels<\/a><\/strong> logo. And, the other 140,000 are cards that are blank on the inside for the troops to write home. This is a massive undertaking for us but it does just feel “right”. Everyone at our company feels good about it. The troops are human beings and they need love and caring just like the rest of us. Many of them are just young kids. We appreciate their service to our country as we know that all Americans do, regardless of being for or against the war.<\/p>\n

Here’s a quick photo of the inside of one of the first cards produced. We’ll have to post more info on this effort soon, but we are BUSY BUSY! It always seems like no matter what we do everyone wants to wait to order their business Christmas cards<\/a><\/strong> and corporate holiday cards<\/a><\/strong> at the last minute. No one ever really seems to understand that with personalization, Thanksgiving is getting pretty late(!) to order.<\/p>\n

P.S. – Soliders’ Angels is a good organization. Their founder was recently honored by Microsoft and the USO. Her name is Patti Patton-Bader. Here’s info on the honor that was recently bestowed upon Patti: http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/industry\/government\/federal\/AboveandBeyondAwards\/PattiPattonBader.mspx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An act of charity can make anyone feel good, especially when it benefits America’s brave troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. 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