{"id":427,"date":"2008-05-30T16:49:02","date_gmt":"2008-05-30T20:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/inspirational-greeting-card-tales\/patti-patton-bader-is-america%e2%80%99s-favorite-mom\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T00:03:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T05:03:52","slug":"patti-patton-bader-is-americas-favorite-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/inspirational-greeting-card-tales\/patti-patton-bader-is-americas-favorite-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"Patti Patton-Bader is America\u2019s Favorite Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last November, GalleryCollection.com had a chance to be a part of something very special. As a refresher, we donated 280,000 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/christmas-cards.htm\">holiday cards<\/a><\/strong> to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.soldiersangels.org\/\">Soldiers\u2019 Angels<\/a><\/strong>, the nation\u2019s largest military support organization, which then sent a personalized message to all the soldiers fighting overseas and a blank card for each soldier to write home. Soldiers\u2019 Angels founder, Patti Patton-Bader, visited the GalleryCollection.com headquarters here in New Jersey to personally thank us for our support, and we were all lucky enough to be given the opportunity to meet this phenomenal woman.<\/p>\n<p>It is now several months later, and Patti\u2019s devotion to Soldiers\u2019 Angels is still going strong\u2026so strong that she was nominated by her son, SSGT Brandon Varn (who is currently stationed in Iraq), for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americasfavoritemom.com\/\">America\u2019s Favorite Mom<\/a><\/strong>, a contest sponsored by Teleflora, NBC, and several other companies. And low and behold, Patti was announced as the winner on Mother\u2019s Day. With all her hard work, dedication, and selflessness as well as her caring and compassion for all the military men and women stationed overseas, I can\u2019t think of anyone more deserving of this title.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americasfavoritemom.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/americas-favorite-mom.jpg\" alt=\"Patti Patton-Bader is America\u2019s Favorite Mom\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the winner, Patti will receive $250,000 in cash, a set of home appliances, flowers for a full year from Teleflora, and several other prizes. And in her true style of giving and caring for others, Patti hopes to use her winnings to help open a ranch where newly returned soldiers can relax with their families.<\/p>\n<p>Hats off to you, Patti! You have certainly lived up to your organization\u2019s slogan, \u201cMay no soldier go unloved.\u201d And for that, America loves you and appreciates all you have done for our veterans, the wounded, deployed service members, and their families. Congratulations on your new title. It suits you well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last November, GalleryCollection.com had a chance to be a part of something very special. 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