Military Mail Call project collects 23,000 cards and interest from Smithsonian Institution

Posted October 23rd, 2009 @ 09:10am by: Heritage Square

The project's initial objective was to encourage citizens of all ages to write a supportive note or letter to United States Armed Forces troops stationed overseas. Martin's Super Markets, headquartered in South Bend, Indiana, acted as coordinating partner of the Military Mail Call project, an initiative of two area organizations: Camouflage Kids and Blue Star Mothers. Camouflage Kids, founded by Jeff Nix, is dedicated to supporting the children of our service men and women. Blue Star Mothers is an organization whose membership has a son or daughter serving in one of the armed forces branches.

Martin's donated thousands of cards to the effort, and its 20 area stores acted as public collection points. In addition, many local schools, churches and social organizations contributed to the card-writing effort.

A showing and farewell event will be held on Tuesday, October 27 at the Martin's Super Market located at 7355 Heritage Square in Mishawaka. The public is invited to stop by between the hours of noon and 8pm to see a representative sample of the over 23,000 messages that will be soon sent to Iraq and Afghanistan by the Blue Star Mothers organization. Mayfield and Nix will be on hand from noon until 2 p.m. to answer questions and discuss the project.

Here is a sample of a card that was received:

For the full press release click here.

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