[Blindvet-talk] Fwd: Support Our Troops for the Holidays
Leslie Bledsoe
lesliebledsoe at suddenlinkmail.com
Thu Nov 22 17:09:36 CST 2007
This is excellent. I have started a group called, INSIGHT CONNECTIONS, blind
people connecting in the College Station, Texas and Bryan, Texas area and we
will add to this group agenda doing a onsite visit to veterans hospital and
outreach clinic in the areas asap for more information on how we can assist
and work together. leslie bledsoe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirk Harmon" <kvh54 at cfl.rr.com>
To: "Info and discussion list for blind veterans."
<blindvet-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindvet-talk] Fwd: Support Our Troops for the Holidays
> Leslie, I feel the best way to have the ability to confront these issues
is
> by raising the funds we will need to keep up the struggle for these fine
> men and women. I am going to be working very hard on this issue after Dec.
> when the Constitution is approved to do so. I would hope we can get
several
> of our members to join me on this committee so we can raise the money we
> will need to champion the rights of our Blind Veteran's! Kirk Harmon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kirk Harmon" <kvh54 at cfl.rr.com>
> To: "Info and discussion list for blind veterans."
> <blindvet-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 1:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blindvet-talk] Fwd: Support Our Troops for the Holidays
>
>
> > Perhaps they could Leslie!
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Leslie Bledsoe" <lesliebledsoe at suddenlinkmail.com>
> > To: "Info and discussion list for blind veterans."
> > <blindvet-talk at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 10:05 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Blindvet-talk] Fwd: Support Our Troops for the Holidays
> >
> >
> >> perhaps people in the area could volunteer and deliver the cards. we
all
> >> know this hospital is in trouble, but we as veterans need to suggest
> >> solution and ways of implementation of the solutions. thank you for
> >> flaging
> >> this issues. leslie bledsoe
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: <NABlindVets at aol.com>
> >> To: <blindvet-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 2:16 PM
> >> Subject: [Blindvet-talk] Fwd: Support Our Troops for the Holidays
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Fax this to your representatives, call your congressman,raise hell
> >> because
> >> this is a travesty!
> >> Read on below.
> >> Dwight
> >>
> >> In a message dated 11/14/2007 3:03:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> >> BlindguysRus1 writes:
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 11/14/2007 3:01:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> >> BlindguysRus1 writes:
> >>
> >>
> >> Dear President Bush,
> >> This is pretty pittyful. The Walter Reed Army Medical Center is so
under
> >> staffed that our injured troops can't receive Christmas Cards from us
> >> there
> >> very
> >> appreciative citizens.
> >> Does this Say anything about the type of care they are receiving?
> >> Dwight Sayer
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 11/14/2007 11:09:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> >> Samme.Ripley at ocfl.net writes:
> >>
> >>
> >> To Disability Advisory Board Members and Advocates,
> >> This is a follow up to the holiday greeting card project mentioned at
> >> Tuesday
> >> ’s Disability Advisory Board Meeting. You will recall that I had
> >> mentioned in the ADA Report that you could send a holiday card to U.S.
> >> soldiers
> >> recovering at Walter Reed Medical Supply Hospital as had been
previously
> >> posted
> >> on the website, however, notice has been given that due to lack of
human
> >> resources staffing do not send greeting cards.
> >> The American Red Cross has announced that you can send small gifts to
> >> patients at Walter Reed via the Red Cross address below. Walter Reed
> >> announced
> >> that they will only accept phone cards, CDs, and individual small
> >> packets
> >> of
> >> candy that can be distributed among its inpatient and outpatient
> >> soldiers.
> >> You may send your individual packets to:
> >> American Red Cross
> >> Walter Reed Army Medical Center
> >> 6900 Georgia Ave., NW
> >> Washington, DC 20307-5000
> >> Or, if you prefer, you can drop off your phone cards, CDs, and small
> >> boxes
> >> of candy whenever you are in the area of the ADA program office
(Health
> >> &
> >> Family Services Department, 2100 E. Michigan Street, 2nd Floor, Mabel
> >> Butler
> >> Bldg) and your gifted item will be included in the Orange County
> >> Disability
> >> Advisory Board shipment that will arrive prior to Christmas Day. The
> >> last
> >> day
> >> for drop off for phone cards, CDs and small packets of boxed candy is
> >> December
> >> 14, at 3pm to be shipped from the Michigan Street location. If you
> >> email
> >> or
> >> phone ahead and advise when you are coming by, I will be available to
> >> assist
> >> you and thank you for honoring our troops recuperating from injuries
at
> >> Walter Reed.
> >> Also, in celebration of Thanksgiving and to support of our troops
> >> serving
> >> overseas,
> >> Beginning at 6am EST on Saturday, November 17, and ending at midnight,
> >> PDT
> >> on November 22, Thanksgiving Day, Americans can text a message of
thanks
> >> to
> >> 8-9-2-7-9 and within a matter of seconds, the sender will receive a
> >> reply
> >> on
> >> their cell phone from America Supports You. The reply message will
> >> come
> >> from
> >> a member of the Armed Forces who is currently serving, expressing
> >> his/her
> >> appreciation for the support, both personally and on behalf of others
> >> who
> >> are
> >> serving.
> >> All of the major mobile wireless providers—AT&T Wireless (Cingular),
> >> Verizon, Sprint (Nextel, Qwest), and T-Mobile are providing access to
> >> The
> >> America
> >> Supports You Text Message program. There will be no upcharge.
> >> Resource: _http://www.amillionthanks.org_
> >> (http://www.amillionthanks.org/)
> >>
> >> Support Our Troops video, _http://www.nmam.org/wesupportu.htm_
> >> (http://www.nmam.org/wesupportu.htm)
> >> Did you Know?
> >> • 25,830 troops wounded
> >> • 27,103 non-battle wounded
> >> • 20,000 flu, pain, back problems, depression, psychological
> >> problems, TBI, epilepsy, infections
> >> • 800 lost arm, leg, fingers from IEDs (improvised explosive
> >> device)
> >> • 100 have been blinded and many live on tubes and machines
> >> (http://www.picturehistory.com/find/p/12962/mcms.html)
> >> • 2,000 IED cases
> >> • 62% returning veterans have a brain injury
> >> The most complicated cases end up in the following cities: Tampa, FL,
> >> Richmond, VA, Palo Alto, CA, and Minneapolis, MN and at these
hospitals
> >> have an
> >> average of 6 major impairments and a minimum of 10 specialists
treating
> >> them
> >> Have a happy holiday season. The next DAB meeting is scheduled for
> >> January
> >> 14, 2008, 2010 E. Michigan Street. Interim ad hoc Committees will
meet
> >> in
> >> December and I will keep committee members apprised of noticed
meetings.
> >> Happy Thanksgiving,
> >> ….Samme Ripley
> >> Orange County ADA/
> >> Disability Advisory Board
> >> 407-836-6568
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ____________________________________
> >> See what's new at _AOL.com_
> >> (http://www.aol.com/?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170)
> >> and _Make AOL Your Homepage_
> >> (http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169) .
> >>
> >> -----------------
> >> Forwarded Message:
> >> Subj: Support Our Troops for the Holidays Date: 11/14/2007 11:09:54
> >> A.M.
> >> Eastern Standard Time From: _Samme.Ripley at ocfl.net_
> >> (mailto:Samme.Ripley at ocfl.net) Sent from the Internet _(Details)_
> >> (aolmsg://035bbfd8/inethdr/2)
> >>
> >>
> >> To Disability Advisory Board Members and Advocates,
> >> This is a follow up to the holiday greeting card project mentioned at
> >> Tuesday
> >> ’s Disability Advisory Board Meeting. You will recall that I had
> >> mentioned
> >> in the ADA Report that you could send a holiday card to U.S. soldiers
> >> recovering at Walter Reed Medical Supply Hospital as had been
previously
> >> posted on
> >> the website, however, notice has been given that due to lack of human
> >> resources staffing do not send greeting cards.
> >> The American Red Cross has announced that you can send small gifts to
> >> patients at Walter Reed via the Red Cross address below. Walter Reed
> >> announced
> >> that they will only accept phone cards, CDs, and individual small
> >> packets
> >> of
> >> candy that can be distributed among its inpatient and outpatient
> >> soldiers.
> >> You may send your individual packets to:
> >> American Red Cross
> >> Walter Reed Army Medical Center
> >> 6900 Georgia Ave., NW
> >> Washington, DC 20307-5000
> >> Or, if you prefer, you can drop off your phone cards, CDs, and small
> >> boxes
> >> of candy whenever you are in the area of the ADA program office
(Health
> >> &
> >> Family Services Department, 2100 E. Michigan Street, 2nd Floor, Mabel
> >> Butler
> >> Bldg) and your gifted item will be included in the Orange County
> >> Disability
> >> Advisory Board shipment that will arrive prior to Christmas Day. The
> >> last
> >> day
> >> for drop off for phone cards, CDs and small packets of boxed candy is
> >> December
> >> 14, at 3pm to be shipped from the Michigan Street location. If you
> >> email
> >> or
> >> phone ahead and advise when you are coming by, I will be available to
> >> assist
> >> you and thank you for honoring our troops recuperating from injuries
at
> >> Walter Reed.
> >> Also, in celebration of Thanksgiving and to support of our troops
> >> serving
> >> overseas,
> >> Beginning at 6am EST on Saturday, November 17, and ending at midnight,
> >> PDT
> >> on November 22, Thanksgiving Day, Americans can text a message of
thanks
> >> to
> >> 8-9-2-7-9 and within a matter of seconds, the sender will receive a
> >> reply
> >> on
> >> their cell phone from America Supports You. The reply message will
> >> come
> >> from
> >> a member of the Armed Forces who is currently serving, expressing
> >> his/her
> >> appreciation for the support, both personally and on behalf of others
> >> who
> >> are
> >> serving.
> >> All of the major mobile wireless providers—AT&T Wireless (Cingular),
> >> Verizon, Sprint (Nextel, Qwest), and T-Mobile are providing access to
> >> The
> >> America
> >> Supports You Text Message program. There will be no upcharge.
> >> Resource: _http://www.amillionthanks.org_
> >> (http://www.amillionthanks.org/)
> >>
> >> Support Our Troops video, _http://www.nmam.org/wesupportu.htm_ (http://
> >> www.nmam.org/wesupportu.htm)
> >> Did you Know?
> >> • 25,830 troops wounded
> >> • 27,103 non-battle wounded
> >> • 20,000 flu, pain, back problems, depression, psychological
> >> problems, TBI, epilepsy, infections
> >> • 800 lost arm, leg, fingers from IEDs (improvised explosive
> >> device)
> >> • 100 have been blinded and many live on tubes and machines
> >> (http://www.picturehistory.com/find/p/12962/mcms.html)
> >> • 2,000 IED cases
> >> • 62% returning veterans have a brain injury
> >> The most complicated cases end up in the following cities: Tampa, FL,
> >> Richmond, VA, Palo Alto, CA, and Minneapolis, MN and at these
hospitals
> >> have an
> >> average of 6 major impairments and a minimum of 10 specialists
treating
> >> them
> >> Have a happy holiday season. The next DAB meeting is scheduled for
> >> January
> >> 14, 2008, 2010 E. Michigan Street. Interim ad hoc Committees will
meet
> >> in
> >> December and I will keep committee members apprised of noticed
meetings.
> >> Happy Thanksgiving,
> >> ….Samme Ripley
> >> Orange County ADA/
> >> Disability Advisory Board
> >> 407-836-6568
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ____________________________________
> >> See what's new at _AOL.com_
> >> (http://www.aol.com/?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170)
> >> and _Make AOL Your Homepage_
> >> (http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169) .
> >>
> >> -----------------
> >> Forwarded Message:
> >> Subj: Fwd: Support Our Troops for the Holidays Date: 11/14/2007
3:01:59
> >> P.M. Eastern Standard Time From: _BlindguysRus1_
(mailto:BlindguysRus1)
> >> To:
> >> _President at whitehouse.gov_ (mailto:President at whitehouse.gov) CC:
> >> _news at abc.com_ (mailto:news at abc.com) , _news at cbs.com_
> >> (mailto:news at cbs.com)
> >> ,
> >> _news at nbc.com_ (mailto:news at nbc.com) , _news at msnbc.com_
> >> (mailto:news at msnbc.com) ,
> >> _news at cnn.com_ (mailto:news at cnn.com)
> >>
> >>
> >> Dear President Bush,
> >> This is pretty pittyful. The Walter Reed Army Medical Center is so
under
> >> staffed that our injured troops can't receive Christmas Cards from us
> >> there
> >> very
> >> appreciative citizens.
> >> Does this Say anything about the type of care they are receiving?
> >> Dwight Sayer
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 11/14/2007 11:09:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> >> Samme.Ripley at ocfl.net writes:
> >>
> >>
> >> To Disability Advisory Board Members and Advocates,
> >> This is a follow up to the holiday greeting card project mentioned at
> >> Tuesday
> >> ’s Disability Advisory Board Meeting. You will recall that I had
> >> mentioned
> >> in the ADA Report that you could send a holiday card to U.S. soldiers
> >> recovering at Walter Reed Medical Supply Hospital as had been
previously
> >> posted on
> >> the website, however, notice has been given that due to lack of human
> >> resources staffing do not send greeting cards.
> >> The American Red Cross has announced that you can send small gifts to
> >> patients at Walter Reed via the Red Cross address below. Walter Reed
> >> announced
> >> that they will only accept phone cards, CDs, and individual small
> >> packets
> >> of
> >> candy that can be distributed among its inpatient and outpatient
> >> soldiers.
> >> You may send your individual packets to:
> >> American Red Cross
> >> Walter Reed Army Medical Center
> >> 6900 Georgia Ave., NW
> >> Washington, DC 20307-5000
> >> Or, if you prefer, you can drop off your phone cards, CDs, and small
> >> boxes
> >> of candy whenever you are in the area of the ADA program office
(Health
> >> &
> >> Family Services Department, 2100 E. Michigan Street, 2nd Floor, Mabel
> >> Butler
> >> Bldg) and your gifted item will be included in the Orange County
> >> Disability
> >> Advisory Board shipment that will arrive prior to Christmas Day. The
> >> last
> >> day
> >> for drop off for phone cards, CDs and small packets of boxed candy is
> >> December
> >> 14, at 3pm to be shipped from the Michigan Street location. If you
> >> email
> >> or
> >> phone ahead and advise when you are coming by, I will be available to
> >> assist
> >> you and thank you for honoring our troops recuperating from injuries
at
> >> Walter Reed.
> >> Also, in celebration of Thanksgiving and to support of our troops
> >> serving
> >> overseas,
> >> Beginning at 6am EST on Saturday, November 17, and ending at midnight,
> >> PDT
> >> on November 22, Thanksgiving Day, Americans can text a message of
thanks
> >> to
> >> 8-9-2-7-9 and within a matter of seconds, the sender will receive a
> >> reply
> >> on
> >> their cell phone from America Supports You. The reply message will
> >> come
> >> from
> >> a member of the Armed Forces who is currently serving, expressing
> >> his/her
> >> appreciation for the support, both personally and on behalf of others
> >> who
> >> are
> >> serving.
> >> All of the major mobile wireless providers—AT&T Wireless (Cingular),
> >> Verizon, Sprint (Nextel, Qwest), and T-Mobile are providing access to
> >> The
> >> America
> >> Supports You Text Message program. There will be no upcharge.
> >> Resource: _http://www.amillionthanks.org_
> >> (http://www.amillionthanks.org/)
> >>
> >> Support Our Troops video, _http://www.nmam.org/wesupportu.htm_
> >> (http://www.nmam.org/wesupportu.htm)
> >> Did you Know?
> >> • 25,830 troops wounded
> >> • 27,103 non-battle wounded
> >> • 20,000 flu, pain, back problems, depression, psychological
> >> problems, TBI, epilepsy, infections
> >> • 800 lost arm, leg, fingers from IEDs (improvised explosive
> >> device)
> >> • 100 have been blinded and many live on tubes and machines
> >> (http://www.picturehistory.com/find/p/12962/mcms.html)
> >> • 2,000 IED cases
> >> • 62% returning veterans have a brain injury
> >> The most complicated cases end up in the following cities: Tampa, FL,
> >> Richmond, VA, Palo Alto, CA, and Minneapolis, MN and at these
hospitals
> >> have an
> >> average of 6 major impairments and a minimum of 10 specialists
treating
> >> them
> >> Have a happy holiday season. The next DAB meeting is scheduled for
> >> January
> >> 14, 2008, 2010 E. Michigan Street. Interim ad hoc Committees will
meet
> >> in
> >> December and I will keep committee members apprised of noticed
meetings.
> >> Happy Thanksgiving,
> >> ….Samme Ripley
> >> Orange County ADA/
> >> Disability Advisory Board
> >> 407-836-6568
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ____________________________________
> >> See what's new at _AOL.com_
> >> (http://www.aol.com/?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170)
> >> and _Make AOL Your Homepage_
> >> (http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169) .
> >>
> >> -----------------
> >> Forwarded Message:
> >> Subj: Support Our Troops for the Holidays Date: 11/14/2007 11:09:54
> >> A.M.
> >> Eastern Standard Time From: _Samme.Ripley at ocfl.net_
> >> (mailto:Samme.Ripley at ocfl.net) Sent from the Internet _(Details)_
> >> (aolmsg://01d38560/inethdr/3)
> >>
> >>
> >> To Disability Advisory Board Members and Advocates,
> >> This is a follow up to the holiday greeting card project mentioned at
> >> Tuesday
> >> ’s Disability Advisory Board Meeting. You will recall that I had
> >> mentioned
> >> in the ADA Report that you could send a holiday card to U.S. soldiers
> >> recovering at Walter Reed Medical Supply Hospital as had been
previously
> >> posted on
> >> the website, however, notice has been given that due to lack of human
> >> resources staffing do not send greeting cards.
> >> The American Red Cross has announced that you can send small gifts to
> >> patients at Walter Reed via the Red Cross address below. Walter Reed
> >> announced
> >> that they will only accept phone cards, CDs, and individual small
> >> packets
> >> of
> >> candy that can be distributed among its inpatient and outpatient
> >> soldiers.
> >> You may send your individual packets to:
> >> American Red Cross
> >> Walter Reed Army Medical Center
> >> 6900 Georgia Ave., NW
> >> Washington, DC 20307-5000
> >> Or, if you prefer, you can drop off your phone cards, CDs, and small
> >> boxes
> >> of candy whenever you are in the area of the ADA program office
(Health
> >> &
> >> Family Services Department, 2100 E. Michigan Street, 2nd Floor, Mabel
> >> Butler
> >> Bldg) and your gifted item will be included in the Orange County
> >> Disability
> >> Advisory Board shipment that will arrive prior to Christmas Day. The
> >> last
> >> day
> >> for drop off for phone cards, CDs and small packets of boxed candy is
> >> December
> >> 14, at 3pm to be shipped from the Michigan Street location. If you
> >> email
> >> or
> >> phone ahead and advise when you are coming by, I will be available to
> >> assist
> >> you and thank you for honoring our troops recuperating from injuries
at
> >> Walter Reed.
> >> Also, in celebration of Thanksgiving and to support of our troops
> >> serving
> >> overseas,
> >> Beginning at 6am EST on Saturday, November 17, and ending at midnight,
> >> PDT
> >> on November 22, Thanksgiving Day, Americans can text a message of
thanks
> >> to
> >> 8-9-2-7-9 and within a matter of seconds, the sender will receive a
> >> reply
> >> on
> >> their cell phone from America Supports You. The reply message will
> >> come
> >> from
> >> a member of the Armed Forces who is currently serving, expressing
> >> his/her
> >> appreciation for the support, both personally and on behalf of others
> >> who
> >> are
> >> serving.
> >> All of the major mobile wireless providers—AT&T Wireless (Cingular),
> >> Verizon, Sprint (Nextel, Qwest), and T-Mobile are providing access to
> >> The
> >> America
> >> Supports You Text Message program. There will be no upcharge.
> >> Resource: _http://www.amillionthanks.org_
> >> (http://www.amillionthanks.org/)
> >>
> >> Support Our Troops video, _http://www.nmam.org/wesupportu.htm_
> >> (http://www.nmam.org/wesupportu.htm)
> >> Did you Know?
> >> • 25,830 troops wounded
> >> • 27,103 non-battle wounded
> >> • 20,000 flu, pain, back problems, depression, psychological
> >> problems, TBI, epilepsy, infections
> >> • 800 lost arm, leg, fingers from IEDs (improvised explosive
> >> device)
> >> • 100 have been blinded and many live on tubes and machines
> >> (http://www.picturehistory.com/find/p/12962/mcms.html)
> >> • 2,000 IED cases
> >> • 62% returning veterans have a brain injury
> >> The most complicated cases end up in the following cities: Tampa, FL,
> >> Richmond, VA, Palo Alto, CA, and Minneapolis, MN and at these
hospitals
> >> have an
> >> average of 6 major impairments and a minimum of 10 specialists
treating
> >> them
> >> Have a happy holiday season. The next DAB meeting is scheduled for
> >> January
> >> 14, 2008, 2010 E. Michigan Street. Interim ad hoc Committees will
meet
> >> in
> >> December and I will keep committee members apprised of noticed
meetings.
> >> Happy Thanksgiving,
> >> ….Samme Ripley
> >> Orange County ADA/
> >> Disability Advisory Board
> >> 407-836-6568
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ************************************** See what's new at
> >> http://www.aol.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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