Greeting Room

Re: Introduce yourself!!

kathy cunningham — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:06:55 GMT

Welcome all you newcomers to the AS family. Hope you have as much fun as we all do...I am sure you will find it rewarding.

Niki I am not sure where in California you are as compared to where packages ship out, but you may be fairly close to the point where the FPO AP packages are shipped. If so, it may be cost effective to ship regular boxes there as opposed to the FRBs. When you look at the contacts info, it tells you at the top if they are AE or AP. The AP addresses ship out of California and the AE ones go through NY. I live in upstate NY and rarely use FRBS when shipping to AE addresses since that is close to me. If I pick a contact with the AP address, I always find FRBs to be cheaper. But I prefer to ship to AE addresses to get more bang for the buck. So this is something you may want to check out. Regardless, have great fun shipping to our heroes!

Kathy

Re: Introduce yourself!!

aurelia75 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:14:56 GMT

Greetings from the Midwest! Recently moved back here from Hawaii. I am a newbie to this, but have had a bit of experience mailing stuff. My sis lived in japan for a year and a half, and I sell online. I am so glad to have found a real community that wants to help the soldiers! I posted on another site, but quickly became discouraged when it looked more and more like an online bar.

I know it's not much, but I want to help. I will be lurking for a while till i get the hang of all this. :P

Thanks for this online community and the opportunity to help!

Beck

Re: Introduce yourself!!

aptosgrandma — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:06:13 GMT

Hi, my name is Niki and I live in Santa Cruz, CA. I rediscovered this site a few months ago. I had sent a package a few years ago, but the postage was extremely high, so I didn't continue. But with all that is going on, I just had to do something. Thank goodness, I checked out the site again, and with the flat-rate boxes, I can again participate. I belong to a group of 12 women who meet once a month, so I got them to contribute. We just sent off two boxes. I was amazed at how much I could get in the large box.

My family is going to contribute at our Thanksgiving dinner, so I should be sending more boxes. My husband and I retired 12 years ago and moved to the "beach." We have three grown children and three grandchildren.

I will definitely continue to contribute to our amazing service personnel.

Re: Introduce yourself!!

Renee from Texas — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:20:50 GMT

Hey ya'll!

My name is Renee and I heard about this site from my coworker, Wanette, a few months back. Wanette had been talking about the soldiers she has kept in touch with for years and how they sometimes feel forgotten about and need to be encouraged. I am now working on my 5th box and I have to say I am addicted! Everytime I go shopping I am always looking for things a soldier might like and each box is getting better! This is my first time to make Christmas boxes and it is so fun to encourage and support our troops in this way.

2 Corinthians 9:7 "....God loves a cheerful giver."

Re: Introduce yourself!!

Ms.Jenn — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:05:56 GMT

Hello hello .. I am just a CA girl .. I've heard about this site from my fellow offroad racing familia. Figured it was time to check it out, and get serious and send some packages of "thanks" to our soldiers overseas. While I may be a n00b to this forum, I am not new to forums in general.I am well aware of forum etiquette, the search function, bandwith, etc. haha!

So far I have read a lot of great insightful information and received some great ideas just from browsing the site. My mom and I have already purchased some items for the unit we've selected to send a package to ... we're going to open it up to the offroad organization we are a large part of as well.. That way others will have a hand in it, we can get that much more items, and the offroad DVD's, magazine companies, etc. will step up. I am pretty excited!

Re: Introduce yourself!!

SoCalGirl — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:18:38 GMT

Hi! I'm still trying to get the hang of this forum, it might take me awhile. I'm not completely new to this forum (I was a forum lurker before, but just now decided to join and actually post)

Let's see, a little bit about myself: I was born and raised in California (as you can see), but currently in Seattle,WA for college. Um, well, I actually found this site my senior year in high school when we had to write a letter to a servicemember as part of a Civics assignment. I just recently "rediscovered" the site, and can't stay off it! I'm so proud of the men and women that are risking their lives over there, and love that there's a website completely dedicated to supporting them, go Marty!!

Re: Introduce yourself!!

Brooklyn Born — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:35:48 GMT

Welcome to the forum all newbies

Re: Introduce yourself!!

chris47 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:04:45 GMT

Hello All,

I am new to this forum so thought to be first introduce myself, i am Briteny from United Kingdom and keen interested in Internet Surfing, Forum Posting & Shopping.

As i thought forum posting is one of the best way to enhance knowledge as well grab new things, that is the reason me joined this forum, it is really great to be a part of this forum, hope to learn a lot from here.

Thanks & Keep Sharing!

Re: Introduce yourself!!

Jennifer — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:17:18 GMT

Hello! My name is Jennifer and I'm new to Any Soldier. I am so impressed with everything this site represents and I'm completely addicted. I just made my first shopping trip, got my USPS customs forms and boxes and can't wait to get my first care packages sent off tomorrow morning. I'm a San Diego native. My father was was career Marine and served for 28years. I've never been involved with anything like this before and feel so compelled to be involved and help out those who do so much for us. To everyone taking part in this... you rock!

Re: Introduce yourself!!

4Kim — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:01:15 GMT

New to the forum but not to AnySoldiers. I've been doing mailings for about about 8 months now and decided join because I still often have questions about what and how to ship. Extra tips and info will be greatly appreciated.

It was an "off the cuff" comment by my mom that finally explained why I love doing letters and boxes almost to the point of obsession. "It's because she spent so much time in the hospital", thats the comment.

I was born with a birth defect which kept me in and out of the hospital most of the first 13 years of my life. I've had my 3rd hip replacement now and I'm probably going to have the knee replaced before Christmas. I REMEMBER how I loved getting cards, some with money (think care package) my mom used to buy me a toy or some candy etc. Back then visits could only be made on the weekends so they didn't interfere with "hosptial" things.

Guess it's easy now to see why I love doing this soooo much.

Re: Introduce yourself!!

PatrioticLady — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:33:56 GMT

Kimberly A:
Can you please tell me how do I upload a photo into that spot that shows a shadow head under my name?????

Click on the "Edit Profile" link beside your username (It's right under the AnySoldier tabs). There is a tab that says "Avatars" that you click on, and once you get there, you click "Browse" to upload a picture from your computer. If you get a message that your file is too big, you can resize it and try again.

Re: Introduce yourself!!

Kimberly A — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:28:25 GMT

You are right. Supporting our troops is addictive. I think this is something I'll continue as long as I can.

Can you please tell me how do I upload a photo into that spot that shows a shadow head under my name?????

Re: Introduce yourself!!

Adnai — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:22:25 GMT

Thanks, Lady. I'm already thinking that I'll find a home here pretty quick.

Re: Introduce yourself!!

PatrioticLady — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:41:23 GMT

Kimberly A:
Supporting our troops through this site has been therapy for me. It brings me so much joy. I know my brother Matt is smiling on me from heaven. I will continue to support the contacts I have picked until they no longer need me.

Welcome, Kimberly. This site is a wonderful resource for those who want to actively support our Warriors, as you have discovered! Sorry to hear of the loss of your brother Matt, but you are right, he's smiling on you and is proud of what you're doing for his brothers & sisters in arms. As for supporting the contacts you have picked until they no longer need you, that's the first step...I know you'll pick new contacts when the old ones come home!! It's what us Support Junkies do...LOL!

Re: Introduce yourself!!

PatrioticLady — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:35:29 GMT

Welcome, Adnai. You'll be an AnySoldier Support Junkie before you know it!