�HOLIDAYS FOR HEROES� PROJECT WILL SEND THOUSANDS OF HOLIDAY GIFTS TO SOLDIERS STATIONED OVERSEAS

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(Free-Press-Release.com) September 18, 2006 -- Holidays for Heroes

�HOLIDAYS FOR HEROES� PROJECT WILL SEND THOUSANDS OF HOLIDAY GIFTS TO SOLDIERS STATIONED OVERSEAS

Pasadena, California � September 15, 2006 � This holiday season most of us will celebrate here at home with our loved ones. However, this will not be the case for tens of thousands of Americas� bravest men and women who are protecting our freedom overseas. Many of those who guard our freedom will be doing so from across the world and will not be able to share the holiday season with their families and friends. Fellow service members of many of these same deployed soldiers will be spending the holidays in hospital rooms recuperating from injuries earned in defense of our nation. While the warmth of the holiday season may remind many soldiers of the reasons they serve, it is also the time in which the absence from their families and friends is felt the most.
In an effort to let the soldiers know their sacrifices are appreciated and to lift them into the holiday spirit, many organizations support holiday projects aimed at giving gifts to the deployed and wounded soldiers. Soldiers� Angels is at the very top of this list. Our mission is to provide aid and comfort to the thousands of American service members stationed wherever the United States raises its flag.

�No project could be better suited to our goal of letting our soldiers know that they are loved and appreciated,� said Patti Patton-Bader, founder of Soldiers� Angels. �Our �Holidays for Heroes� project strives to make sure that every soldier deployed in a combat area receives a gift of small but welcome items and a card with holiday greetings and encouragement.� The gift, which contains items such a coffee mug bearing the Soldiers� Angels logo, AT&T calling cards, hot chocolate and cider mix, candy, and even socks, are mailed to soldiers in combat areas and delivered personally by individual Soldiers� Angels in our hospitals. While most soldiers receive tremendous support from home, Soldiers� Angels strives to ensure that those who need the most attention receive it. To succeed in our mission, Soldiers� Angels works closely with military clergy and non-commissioned officers who are in the best position to know the personal needs of each soldier.
�The goal is to get items to every soldier, but first, we want to take care of those who need it the most,� says Debby Frerichs, Lees Summit, Missouri the Central Region Director for Soldiers� Angels. Frerichs says �Collecting donations to support �Holidays for Heroes� has been a wonderful project for churches, schools, businesses, and even fam