The Home Sweet Home Campaign Salutes - Blue Star Families and their newest program:  Books on Bases, Smiles on Faces.

Blue Star Families, along with program partner K.I.D.S in Distress will be launching their newest program Books on Bases, Smiles on Faces.  This program is turning a few heads in North Carolina and the military community.  With the help of North Carolina's  Governor, Bevery Perdue, they will be donating more than 4,000 children's books to 37 DODEA and military impacted schools on September 10th, at WT Brown Elementary school in Fayetteville NC.  

This state wide program is just the beginning of this literacy program.  Blue Star Families will be visiting other DODEA and military communities around the country with more books and smiles.  Stay tuned for where they will be going next...

A bit about The Blue Star Families (BSF):

Military family members live in both the military and civilianworlds, which gives BSF a unique perspective on military issues.Military families are an important element of America's readinessequation – strong military families allow service members to serveconfidently. By strengthening America's military families BSF is alsostrengthen our nation.

Blue Star Families wants to help military families by offeringsolutions that make military family life more sustainable. BSF also wantsto bridge the gap between military families and the country they serveby engaging in dialogue with America's leaders so that they willunderstand both the needs of our military families and the pride thatcomes with service.

If you are interested in learning more about or joining the Blue Star Family  Click Here

The Home Sweet Home Campaign Thanks  "A Marines Disquistion" Talk Radio Show for having Beth Ann VanHoose on your show this week. 

The best way to describe the Host of this show is to say he is spirited and 100% American.  Drew's shows are not only informative, but fun to listen to.  He really know how to get your mind thinking and your blood moving.   The show airs multiple times a per week - with new  and interesting topics for each show. 

 
Click Here to listen to the Show featuring Beth Ann VanHoose


A bit about Drew Malone; Raines and his Show
A decorated United States Marine 1967-1977; presents his Disquisition of Government, a Military perspective of Current Affairs, with Professional Guest's insights of Financial Investments, World News,Health & Pharmaceutical abuse & Evils of Immorality & Sodomy Exposed.

The Home Sweet Home Campaign is proud to announce TShirts 4 Soldiers new banner and logo. 


TShirts 4 Soldiers is a way for anyone to support our troops and help a post 9/11 war veteran back at home.  You can design your own or choose from a selection of preprinted designs. All the designs available are ones that were made just for this cause. 

If you have a website or a blog and want to help spread the word and support our mission to raise $1 million for USA Cares Warrior Treatment Today program.  Please email beth@oursoldiers.org and request a banner today.   We can size the banner to fit your site needs. 

I do not live close to a military facility or have a lovedone servicing our country, so it is blogs that I look to for insight andstories of what is really going on out there. I need to better understand what some of the things  our soldiers, their families and people aroundthem are going through during this time of war. I could spend hours reading blogs about this group of people, some makeme cry and some make me laugh.  That isthe beauty of the English language and this thing we call the world wideweb.  I read a blog a few days ago thathas been on my mind.. . I like those kind, the ones that make you think.  So I thought I would share this site with youin hopes that you too will enjoy the words and pictures of John Michael.  This particular entry is about the Charlie Company of the Old Army Guard’s Deployment Ceremony, August 25 2009.  In John’s closing sentence he asks all of usto keep these soldiers in our thoughts and pray for a Godspeed return home totheir family and friends.  

 I will do that John –thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts with your viewers. 

Click Here  To read John's blog - it's worth the click and the time. ENJOY!

There are a LOT of blogs out there these days.  The beauty is there is something for everyone, but sometimes hard to find one that fit you just right.  The Southern Domestic Goddess is a great little blog of a Navy wife with an adorable 1 year old son.  I can say adorable because I have seen his pictures - yes, he may be a little rambunctious, but how else should a little boy be??  Here is one of her recent posts - I think all of us Mothers out there can relate to this one  Not My Child!

You also need to check out her TMI Thursdays  - where you can join in in humiliating the crap out of yourself every Thursday by sharing some completely tasteless, wholly unclassy, "how many readers can I estrange THIS week??" TMI story about your life. Or hell, about someone else's!
How much fun is that!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and family with us - I look forward to catching your posts!

The Home Sweet Home Campaign Salutes Operation We Are Here

This site is packed with with some great resources and ideas for you to support your troops.  Conveniently broken down into different categories, it makes it easy for anyone to find the "right thing" that they can do to support our troops.  It doesn't have to cost a fortune or take hours a day to show our troops they are in our thoughts  - Check out the deployed soldiers category today and show a soldier how much you care.


Their Mission:

To create an awareness of the challenges of families/loved ones of deployed military personnel

To offer practical suggestions to churches, communities and individuals on how to support and encourage the military home front

To provide a comprehensive list of resources for families/loved ones of deployed military personnel

The Home Sweet Home Campaign Salutes Bob Calvert and his site ThankYouForYourService.us


Thank You For Your Service is a great one stop resource - lots of news, stories and updates on our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Bob is committed to our troops and honoring their dedication to protecting our country.  Thanks Bob.

A bit about Bob Calvert:
Bob Calvert is the Founder and Host of the TalkingwithHeroes.com Talk Show Program. Supporting our troops all started for Bob when his then 18 year old daughter surprised him by enlisting in the Army. Her then boyfriend and later husband had already enlisted.  They served together at Ft Riley. He later was deployed. After he returned from his first deployment he was transferred to Ft Carson where he was again deployed and recently returned after serving 15 months in Mosul, Iraq with the 1-8. Job well done!! A little over three years ago Bob started TalkingwithHeroes talk show. He has been to Iraq three times now embedding with our troops and Iraqis and bringing back to America their mostly untold progress stories. He has taken Talking with Heroes on the road across America interviewing our troops, veterans, military support groups, Gold Star Families, the wounded and a lot more. Go to www.talkingwithheroes.com for more info and to listen and watch programs.

The next time you are out in a public place- like the mall or the park, take a look around... Tie Dye is coming back stronger than ever.  It doesn't matter how old you are Tie Dye is still COOL! 

So the Home Sweet Home Campaign's  is proud to offer a "limited edition" tie dye shirt.  Beth Ann VanHoose and her family spent two days getting their hands dirty, no make that stained, to be able to offer you these shirts.  Each one was hand dyed and washed to ensure a unique look just for you.  For every TShirt purchase a portion of the proceeds will go directly to USA Cares Warrior Treatment Today Program.  Support the cause and help a wounded hero today!

Check out all our TShirts 4 Soldiers designs at www.OurSoldiers.org

                                  
                                        (Beth Ann VanHoose's girls - From the Left - Abbie and Gracie, with friend Stephanie)
                                                                               

The Home Sweet Home Campaign Thanks American Heroes Radio for having Beth Ann VanHoose on your show last night.

Thanks to this short interview the Home Sweet Home Campaign has seen in increase in support of the TShirts 4 Soldiers program.  This program is a unique and fun way to show our support for our warriors at war, while helping our wounded warriors at home.  Anyone can design and personalize their own TShirt or they can choose from one of the pre-printed design.  Either way, they will be helping the Home Sweet Home Campaign reach their MILLION DOLLAR pledge to USA Cares Warrior Treatment Today program. 

To find out more about TShirts 4 Soldiers click here.

To hear Beth Ann's interview  Click Here.


A bit about American Heroes Radio - on BlogTalkRadio   www.AmericanHeroesRadio.com
American Heroes Radio provides a platform for the lives, stories and accomplishments of our American Heroes.  Each week, a different member of our military, law enforcement, firefighting and emergency services are guests.  We invite you to browse the archives and listen to a World War II fighter pilot speaking about his experiences over Iwo Jima; a Navy captain tell his story of Cold War submarine hunting; an Iraq war veteran who was wounded in the head by an RPG; or, any of the large numbers of interviews of law enforcement officials around the country speaking about their expertise, careers and often hair-raising adventures.

PRLog (Press Release) – Aug 17, 2009 – Mesa AZ – The Home Sweet Home Campaign’s new program TShirts 4 Soldiers is helping people connect with their deployed loved ones.  This unique and fun way to send a piece of your heart and home to a Service Member you love, is making a big splash in the military world.  Spouses, children, mothers and more are designing “one of kind” TShirts and having them shipped directly to their loved one. In turn, Service Members are sending TShirts they have designed back home to their family and friends.  

The TShirts 4 Soldiers program touches three very important groups of people; Military families and friends living stateside, deployed Service Members and post 9/11 veterans who have returned from the war. Photina Haumschilt, wife of a deployed sailor stated, “TShirts 4 Soldiers is a wonderful program. It gave my girls and me something special and different to do together that we could send to my husband. We had a great time making the design together as a family. My oldest daughter saw a picture of the TShirt and is so excited that her daddy will be able to wear it soon. Thank you for this program! We loved doing it.”

Nearly any design can be printed on the TShirts.  The program has received hand drawn pictures, photographs, digital art and hand written messages. Beth Ann VanHoose, founder of the Home Sweet Home Campaign stated “The designs being submitted are incredible.  Every time I receive a new order my heart just skips a beat.  You can just tell how much love and thought has gone into the design”.

For every TShirt sold, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to USA Cares Warrior Treatment Today Program.  This USA Cares program seeks to remove the financial barrier that prohibits veterans who have been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and/or Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI), receive the treatment they need.  Deirdre, a wife of a deployed soldier and daughter of a Vietnam Vet who suffered from PTSD, was thrilled to support the cause and design a special TShirt for her husband. When asked about the program she said, “A soldier thousands and thousands of miles away in a foreign land will smile once again... upon receiving this TShirt!  The Happiness is PRICELESS!  I can’t thank the Home Sweet Home Campaign enough!”

About the Home Sweet Home Campaign
The Home Sweet Home Campaign was inspired by Tim Little; a US Army reservist who served two tours in the Middle East and currently suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).  Little and his family nearly lost their home while he was being evaluated by the VA, but thanks to USA Cares, they were able to stay in their home and focus on the future and healing.  

The Home Sweet Home Campaign has pledged to raise $1 million dollars for USA Cares Warrior Treatment Today Program.  Raising funds through the TShirts 4 Soldiers and Groups That Care programs, the Campaign will be helping wounded veterans and their families keep their homes while the veteran receives the treatment he or she needs and deserves.  For every product sold, a portion of the proceeds will be donated directly to USA Cares.  To learn more about the Campaign’s TShirts 4 Soldiers and USA Cares, go to www.OurSoldiers.org or contact Beth Ann VanHoose at 618-567-1384 or via e-mail at Beth@OurSoldiers.org

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