There are lots of things associated with our military and government that I may not agree with, but there is one thing that I know for sure! There are men and women all over this world that are giving their lives so that I can be safe. Honestly I do not know how I feel about war because it is a very complicated thing to "choose" a side. So I have decided that instead of choosing a side I will just support the soldiers who are risking their lives everyday. I went to http://adoptaplatoon.org/new/index.htm which allowed me to sign up to adopt four soldiers. From what I can tell that means that I send care packages and letters to them. I think it will be a great experience for my students during the school year, and I know that my family will help me out with it during the summer. During the school year I plan to have the kids help get the care packages together, write letters, make crafts, and hopefully learn something about the war in the process. During the summer I will enlist the support of anyone I can get my hands on to keep up the care packages and I will write letters on my own! So once I get things rolling I may ask you (all four of you that read this that is) to help me out!
So needless to say I am VERY excited about this new project. I hope they do not take too long to accept my application. It is probably a good thing that I am starting it now for next school year. If I am lucky I should have everything organized by the time I get back to school and the kids can dive in!
2 comments:
They don't have a limit on the number of soldiers you can adopt?? I don't think I can handle more than one at this point. Four- that's very brave!
My hubby and I have been AAP parents since 2001...it's one of the coolest things we've ever done. We've become quite close to some of our soldiers and consider many of them to be family.
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