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MarineParents.com Newsletter
a Place to Connect & Share™
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November 2, 2006
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Support for you: a Place to Connect Connect & Share™
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Dear Marine Families,
If this is the first edition of the MarineParents.com
Newsletter you have received, WELCOME! If you are
a returning reader we are glad you have joined us.
We thank you for your support and hope that we can
support you.
We would like to wish all of our Marines a Happy
231st Birthday on November 10, 2006.
Devil Dog Chow™ Cookbook
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Devil Dog Chow™ is an amazing
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friends from around the United States have
contributed the favorite recipes of our Marines and
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to any collection of cookbooks or Marine Corps
memorabilia. The laminated cover will assure years of
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Save up to $5 per book! Order by Nov. 30!
The cookbook has been sent to press and we
anticipate receiving it by November 20, 2006 for
shipment. Place your advance order by November 30
to save up to $5 per book!
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Marine Corps Marathon Results Are In!
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All Members of Team Marine Parents™ Finish!
Kim Neely, Neil Schalk, and Stephanie Valle for Team
Marine Parents each finished the 31st annual Marine
Corps Marathon this past weekend in Washington,
DC. Kim finished in 5:55, Neil in 3:55, and Stephanie
in 5:05. Congratulations to the three of you! We've
put a slide show of photos online of this years
Marathon.
We'll start early to put Team Marine Parents™ together
for 2007. If you are interested in joining Team Marine
Parents™, please contact us.
Kim, Neil and Stephanie continue to work toward
their $22,000 goal for shipping 1000 care packages
to the Marines. They have raised just over $7,000
thus far.
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The Care Package Project™
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Shipping December 2, 2006 from Columbia, MO
Sending care packages is an outstanding way to
show your support and say thanks to our deployed
troops. With help from folks like you,
MarineParents.com, Inc. has been sending care
packages to Marines deployed to combat zones
around the world since January of 2005. The
commanding officers of combat-deployed units send
us names and addresses of Marines who aren’t
receiving letters or packages . We have over 1000
names to ship to at any one time. Each package
costs about $22 for content and shipping. We send
one package to each Marine every two months
during their 7-12 month deployment.
Over 6000 care packages were packed and shipped
in the first 16 months of the all-volunteer operation.
The volunteers work throughout the year collecting
and maintaining lists of names and addresses as well
as staying in contact with Marines in the field to
assure we are meeting current needs and requests of
the Marines.
Thank you from a Marine:
"We don't have much out here so to receive a
package, especially from someone who doesn't know
me, is really special. There is one Marine I know that
doesn't get much. If you have the resources, please
send him something even in place of mine." —
PFC Jack, 2d LAR Btn
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Bootcamp Challenge!
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Team Marine Parents™ Slide Show Online
Team Marine Parents™, five amazing women,
successfully participated in the 2006 Bootcamp
Challenge at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD)
in San Diego in early October this year. We've added
photos from the bootcamp challenge to the web site.
Please join us in congratulating these women in
meeting their goals of completing the challenge and
raising more than $2500 for The Care Package
Project™.
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Operation PAL™ Photos
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New Photos of Marines & Video of Kids
We've added photos of our Marines in the Operation
PAL™: Prayers and Letters program. Please
take a minute to stop by that area of the web site
to "meet" some of our Marines. Participation in the
program is easy; we ask that you write letters and
pray for our Marines recovering from combat injury
and illness. We've also added a video of some
children in Mississippi as they are making cards and
writing letters to send to the Marines.
Operation PAL™ will be adding a new service for
the family members who are at the bedsides of our
injured Marines. We'll be providing a meal one
Saturday each month to the Marine families at
Bethesda Naval Hospital. During a visit this past
weekend we learned that the area has very few
resources for quality meals for the families during the
weekend. We hope to extend this service to several
military hospitals over the next few months.
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Happy 231st Birthday Marine Corps!
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10 November, 2006 from the Commandant
Excepts From the Commandant's 231st Birthday
Greeting to the Marine Corps:
"This year's celebration again finds many from our
ranks serving with distinction in harm's way. As we
have for the past 231 years, our Corps is answering
the Nation's call. I can report first hand that our
Marines fighting on the front lines of the Long War on
Terror are performing brilliantly, acquitting
themselves with honor, dedication, and dignity in
difficult and dangerous environments.
"To all who have earned the title Marine, to the
superb Sailors who serve with us in every clime and
place, and to our precious families--I wish each one
of you a heartfelt Happy 231st Birthday."
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Marine Corps Museum Dedication
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President Bush to Deliver Keynote
MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND, QUANTICO,
Va. (Nov. 1, 2006) -- Nearly 15,000 invited
guests are expected to participate in the formal
dedication of the new National Museum of the Marine
Corps on Nov. 10, and Marine Corps Systems
Command (MARCORSYSCOM) is a major contributor
to the festivities. While the museum will serve as a
lasting tribute to U.S. Marines – past, present and
future – MARCORSYSCOM will give guests an
opportunity to see the operational equipment used
by today’s Marines and a glimpse of weapons,
vehicles and systems that may be available to
tomorrow’s Marines.
President George Bush is scheduled to deliver the
keynote speech at the ceremony...
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Shopping For Christmas Gifts
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If you're shopping early for Christmas gifts for your
favorite Marine Corps Fan, be sure to check out our
unique line of T-shirts, mugs, calendars, and more in
the MarineParents.com Cafe Press Store!
All proceeds from sale of items go to support the
MarineParents.com web site and projects.
MarineParents.com, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity.
Click here for gift ideas...
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We hope this week's edition of our email
newsletter has been useful for you and your family. If
there are topics you would like us to address, or if
you have other suggestions for the newsletter,
please contact us.
Top Photo courtesy of the USMC. Marine Corps
Systems Command’s Program Manager for Robotic
Systems will display the Gladiator at the dedication
of the National Museum of the Marine Corps on
Friday, Nov. 10. Photo by: PM RS.
MarineParents.com, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public
charity. MarineParents.com, Inc. was founded in
January, 2003 in response to parents' needs to find
information and to Connect & Share™ with one
another during deployments. Our free online services
and connections have expanded to support and
educate Marine moms & dads, spouses, families and
friends and we're now offering the Annual National
Conference in St. Louis, 2007. We've helped over
30,000 Marine and recruit families during bootcamp,
training, active duty and deployments. We've shipped
thousands of care packages overseas to our Marines
in Iraq and Afghanistan. You've found a Place to
Connect & Share™.
God Bless and Semper Fidelis,
Tracy Della Vecchia, Founder
MarineParents.com, Inc.
Phone:
573-449-2003
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