Comments on: Giving Back this Holiday Season: Show them We Care

By: Valarie

Valarie — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:05:07 +0000

Thanks to your and yours for creating such wonderful cards to send to our troops! On behalf of Pitney Bowes and the Red Cross, I wanted to thank you personally for contributing to the success of the program. I hope you will view and share our thank you video. We could not have done this without your help! Holiday Mail for Heroes Thank You

By: MeghanO

MeghanO — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:32:41 +0000

Really? Insulted by a holiday card? These are no less impersonal than the corporate/business cards that are mailed each year, and I don’t think anyone is insulted by them.

No, holiday cards can’t heal the world or foster a meaningful relationship with a service member, but it is a small token of the season to let them know that you care.

By: Susy

Susy — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:37:10 +0000

They specify that you sign the cards not send them anonymously. I wrote a short note in each of mine thanking them for their service (and I really do appreciate their hard work and sacrifice) and signed my name so they would know who sent it. I am doing it to thank them not to to get rid of guilt, I have a brother who spent 10 years in the army and many years overseas and I have another family member in the service currently. I don’t think of it as a way to do something easy, but to do something else this season for those that work so hard to protect our freedoms.

This isn’t the only way I’ll be giving back this season but another way I can give back in addition to all the other things I’ll be doing.

By: EJ

EJ — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:26:50 +0000

As an ex-wife of a veteran I would be insulted if I got one of these. Too anonymous, too sentimental and yet void of genuine feeling. If people care, they can act in real life and make real human connections, not get rid of their guilt by sending cards.

By: Pine Pod Farm

Pine Pod Farm — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:46:18 +0000

How nice!