Soldiers’ Angels
Dear Angel,
I have a question for you:
Will you sponsor one or more of the 50,000 pre-paid phone cards we urgently need to send to our brave troops serving in Afghanistan or Iraq this year?
Phone cards may be largely a thing of the past here in the states, but they are precious in war zones for our Marines, soldiers, airmen and sailors.
It’s the only way they can talk to family and loved ones. And for our troops, thousands of miles from home with their lives on the line, contact with home is crucial for morale.
You see, our troops get a small amount of phone time from the military. After that’s gone, they have to pay astronomical international rates.
For many of our troops - - especially those raising families - - those rates are out of the question. And so they have very limited contact with loved ones at home.
Won’t you help one of our troops say “Happy Birthday” to his son, who he hasn’t seen for many long months? Or help a serviceman or woman talk to their spouse on their anniversary, or to their family at Christmas, their mother on Mother’s Day . . .. . . or just to talk to their sweetheart before heading out on patrol?
Our troops love these cards. I constantly receive requests for them.
And because I hear the need for these almost every day, Soldiers’ Angels plans to send 50,000 of these phone cards in just the next few months.
But we can’t carry out this monumental task without your help and the help of many good people like you.
Just $16 will sponsor a pre-paid 60-minute phone card, which also ships with snacks and hygiene items, for one of our servicemen or women in Afghanistan or Iraq. And you’ll also be helping to support over 30 other projects that Soldiers’ Angels conducts to support our troops.
Perhaps you can sponsor more than one card by giving $32, or $48, or even more.
I started Soldiers’ Angels so that we would never have to say “No” to a soldier in need.
I fervently believe that we can never show too much love or support for those who are sacrificing so much for us.
As a loyal Soldiers’ Angel, I’m sure you agree. So I hope you’ll join this monumental project to send 50,000 pre-paid phone cards in just the next few months.
Soldiers’ Angels doesn’t receive government grants or support. We can only be successful with the generous help of good people like you.
And this is just one small way we can make their service a little easier.
I need to put the final sign-off on this massive Phone Card Campaign in the next few weeks, so I need to hear soon if we’ll have the funds to send out these 50,000 pre-paid phone cards.
Please do your very best right now, before you put my letter aside and go on to something else. I’ll be waiting to hear from you in the next few days.
Gratefully,
Patti Patton Bader
Founder and Chairman
Soldiers’ Angels
P.S. Sending 50,000 pre-paid phone cards to our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq is a massive undertaking, and a very expensive one.
I need to know in just the next few weeks if we’ll have the funds necessary to send the full 50,000, or if we need to cut back or even eliminate this program.
Please let me hear from you today. Thank you so much!
