I brought the nurses a few dozen Lamar's donuts for breakfast this morning. Good deed of the day accomplished again.

$#it like this pisses me off to no end.

There is absolutely no ****ing excuse why this site HAS to exist.

Our soldiers should not have to raise money to come home. If they do, those of us here in the states are not doing OUR duty...

Understood.

My anger is in the fact that there has to be one. The least we (or our government) could do is fly these guys and gals home. Seriously...

There's a family here on the island that each year I take a turkey I get from one of the contractors or home owners I deal with or do work for, along with a 10lb bag of spud’s, carrots etc (everything for x-mass dinner) along with a 12 pack of beer and drop it off to them Christmass eve morning.

bingo. My thoughts exactly.

<3 <3 <3 <3

Special kiss for you Delt.

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Uh....kay.

Anyway, my point was that I'm ashamed that our government doesn't take care of our military.

Nothing short of a ****ing crime...

Don't care.

We're talking about people 10 years younger than me who will fight and/or die to protect my right to be an asshole.

1/2 the country is going to disagree with anything they do.

At best, these guys and gals get spit on.

Worst, they lose a limb or die.

And our government can't ****ing afford to fly them back for Christmas?...

No those were hearts, dammit.

Anyways. Yay lbeh.

I don't intend to let this topic get stale yet.

I've made some local phone calls. What I'm finding, is if you call the counselor of a local elementary school, they have a mental list, off the top of their head(not that they'll share or that I ask) of kids in need, who are slipping through the cracks....not completely on the system, but in need.

This time of year in the midwest, I'm told there is a big need for shoes, boots and coats, but mostly....snow pants.

You can buy a gift card from your local chain store, and the counselor can take the children and their parents to the store and fit them for the needed items, and take the remaining funds on the card back to the school for use with another kid(s).

thought i'd share this. past couple of years the county has had a toy fund which collects donations for area families. families that applied received a $25 voucher for dollar general, who also knocks an additional 30% off prices. and a $25 food voucher at the local grocery. nice thing about it is people can pick, or let their kids pick out the toys at the dollar general. and pick the items themselves for a holiday meal.

That was very insightfull...i need to relax..finals are coming up, and im stressed as hell then theres buying everyone gifts. Talk about an empty wallet. I need a break

In 2003, I was alone in Kuwait during both Thanksgiving and Christmas and felt horrible. I was participating in a war I didn't believe in, was missing my family, and had broken off an engagement while I was away.

For three weeks, apathy ruled, until one day, I received a card (with a drawing) from a third grader in PA wishing support for us overseas. My mind flashed back to the first Gulf War, when my fourth grade class wrote these same letters...

Anyway, it was the best Christmas gift I have ever gotten, and if you have the ten minutes to write a card or send a letter, please take it.

You never know how much it means to the person who will receive it.

Thanks for sharing that story. Its an excellent example of how a low cost thing can do good.

One negative about doing things for people we don't know or can't see, is that you don't get to see how what you've done affects them.