Please welcome Jessica Giles! She is a fabulous photographer and military wife, doing something very special to give back to the military community. I have been inspired by Oplove.org to begin my own photo shoot donation system for military families in need of a helping hand, called Smiles for Sacrifice. Families of service…
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Giles Smiles Photo reaches out to Military Families with Smiles for Sacrifice
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#MilitarySupportSpotlight – Join the KIND Mission and give our troops a homecoming they’ll never forget!
Please join us to Do the KIND Thing this month to support our troops! Each month, KIND challenges its community to carry out a specific KINDING Mission (an unexpected act of kindness) and if enough people accept the Mission, KIND carries out a BIG KIND Act for a group of people that truly deserves it…
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Military Support Spotlight – The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf’s 5th Annual ‘Support From Home’ Campaign
THE COFFEE BEAN & TEA LEAF® CONTINUES COMMITMENT TO OUR TROOPS WITH FIFTH ANNUAL ‘SUPPORT FROM HOME’ CAMPAIGN AND LAUNCH OF ‘SUPPORT FROM HOME’ TEA JUNE 27 TO SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 The Southern California-based specialty coffee and tea company aims to build on last year’s donation of $95,000 to The Fisher House™ Foundation and 65,336…
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Solemates
This is the front of the card I bought my husband for our 11th anniversary. On the inside it reads,‘Solemates from the beginning, Happy Anniversary!’ Cute, right? I thought so. I couldn’t resist it. Sure, sure, I could have bought one of those mushy gushy cards that says everything I’ve probably already said before in…
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Camp Pendleton has more guys than gals
Shocked?Me either. It makes total sense, actually. There are more enlisted men than woman in the Corps, and not ALL Marines are married. So naturally, the population of single Marines adds to this demographic. According to the Census, for every 100 women, there are 230 men. Have any thoughts you’d like to share on the…
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Guest Post: Ramblings of a Deployed Mind
ALMAR/ALFAM/ALFNDS, Everyone is going to get sick of hearing this, but this week WENT BY quick as hell. I’m not sure where it went, but it’s gone. It’s another very warm, very bright, and very dusty filled day here in Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Work was work and it kept me busy for the…
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Joining the #Pinterest Addicts
Heard of Pinterest? Until about a month ago I never had. A friend on twitter, , tweeted one of her latest pins on her super motivating board and from that moment on I was completely addicted. What is it? Well, you remember cork boards right? I loved those things. I’m actually not even sure I…
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Military Support Spotlight – ‘Salute Our Troops’ Campaign via ACTIVATE and Kangaroo Express #SOT
ACTIVATE Joins Kangaroo Express ‘Salute Our Troops’ Campaign to Honor Military Personnel and Families $1 million goal to support the USO, Wounded Warrior Project and National Guard family assistance programs ACTIVATE, the enhanced vitamin beverage for people with active lifestyles has joined the Pantry, Inc., the leading independently operated convenience store chain in the southeastern…
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Calling ALL #milbloggers, #milwives, #milspouse – LINK!
Have you linked up yet? I’m looking to build a LARGE linky list of all those who are Military Bloggers. Join in! **POST EDIT – This linky will also be posted on my SFM Frinds page so that it will ALWAYS have a home.
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PTSD, a Marine, and his Las Vegas Art Show
I’d like to tell you about a Motor T Marine who found a way to overcome PTSD through art, and use that outlet to follow his dreams and succeed. While serving with CLB-2, out of Camp Lejeune, in 2005 he was stationed in Al Asad, Iraq for 9 months. During this deployment he drove all…
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