Operation Write Home

Operation Write Home allows me to show my gratitude to our heroes who are serving me and our country. Our military are sacrificing their time and their lives to protect our freedom. Their families are also sacrificing having them at home. The cards I make for Operation Write Home help our heroes stay in touch with family and friends.

I am a volunteer for Operation Write Home and it is very rewarding. The cards that are made from volunteers around the USA are sent to our troops so they can write a note and send them home. Any Hero mail is also sent to the troops and distributed to those who don't receive a lot of mail while they are deployed. This is a great organization and I wish I could do more!

Operation Write Home, founded by Sandy Allnock, received it's non-profit status with the IRS on September 12, 2009. I started making and sending blank greeting cards to OWH to send to deployed service members to use to write home to their loved ones. Also wrote AnyHero letters of support and encouragement to boost morale. I helped start a card making group in my church and invited all crafters and card makers to write AnyHero letters and make cards. OWH has sent more than 2 million cards overseas. The notes of appreciation sent back keeps me motivated to make more cards and write more letters. A huge percent of the donated funds is used for shipping boxes and all that it takes to get them filled and packed. In the almost three years I have been a volunteer through my church, more than 20,000 cards have been sent to OWH. All the card makers are so special. Each one understands the mission of OWH: to send blank, handmade greeting cards and AnyHero letters of appreciation to our deployed heroes. Envelopes are included so our heroes can write to their special people and send them home. We feel we are part of wonderful outreach, even though we are on the homefront.

"What can I do?"... it's a question asked often. We *want* to help our Heroes, but we're not sure how.
Operation Write Home has found the answer to this question: CARDS!
You can make cards, for our Heroes to write home in- a way for them to keep in contact with loved ones back home. You can write letters, to let our Heroes know we are thinking of them. You can donate money towards shipping the over TWO MILLION CARDS sent by OWH. You can get the kids involved, having them draw pictures for deployed Heroes.
This is a great way to show some love for the deployed and their families. A wonderful way to give thanks for those who give so much.
Their website has a lot of great FREE tutorials, to give you ideas... most important, their site has messages of thanks from the brave men and women who receive these cards. The best inspiration is hearing from those you have helped.

Operation Write Home is a great way to support our troops, by making and donating cards, by donating money to defray shipping costs, and by sending any hero cards to soldiers so they know we are thinking about them and we appreciate their sacrifice.

It is also a chance to spend time with your crafty friends, getting together to make cards!
~Suzy in Springfield, MO

While I do not have any family members serving in the military I felt strongly about giving back to those who serve us . Card making is my newest creative outlet and having a very small family so I am able to participate in my new hobby and give back at the same time. I can only imagine how it must feel to receive one of the cards from a loved one who is so very far from home.

When found myself able to retire at a relatively early age, SO many people asked "What will you do....how will you keep from going crazy?" For me the answer was simple - first, spend more time with family and friends and then find a way to give back and express my gratitude for the blessings I've received in my life.

For me, Operation Write Home (OWH) is the perfect fit. It allows me the opportunity to do something meaningful for those who offer themselves and their talents to protect the life and freedoms that I and many others have so often taken for granted here in the great U.S.A. I love many types of hand crafting but, several years before I retired, card making became my craft of choice. One day, while looking for card ideas I came across the OWH website and knew this was an organization with which I wanted to be associated. After describing the organization's efforts and my intent to participate, several of my family and friends also wanted to give back to our service men and women. Now, twice a month, I host an OWH day where any who are available are welcome to come over and we spend the day making cards for those serving overseas in the military to use to keep in touch with their family and loved ones back home.

And so, once again I have been blessed! This one effort has helped me to achieve, in part, both of my retirement goals.

I love this charity. From the weekly blogs, card sketches, card tutorials and time that is donated to ship cards overseas it is just amazing. I feel blessed just to be able to donate my card creations to a charity that supports and encourages our deployed military and their families.

I started using Copic Markers and was trying to find a way to practice and then wondered what to do with them when they are finished. I found this wonderful organization and was honored to be part of it. My husband is a Vietnam Vet and he was glad to help me support the organization. So he is the donor and I am the card maker.

One of the best parts about being part of this organization is that you get to hear what your contributions are doing. You hear weekly about how somone used the cards, honored a family member, kept in touch with family or some heart warming story to keep you motivated to keep making cards and sending much needed postage money.

I found Operation Write Home while looking for a way to share my card making talent. This organization is top-rate. I have made many new card making e-friends. The support is incredible. Expert and accomplished crafts people share their ideas, expertise and resources.

Operation Write Home is a great way to give back to those who are risking their lives for our Country on a daily basis. Encouraging and providing a way for our deployed service personnel to connect to their families in a such beautiful and heartfelt way (a hand written card), is one of the main goals. I am so happy to be a part of such a wonderful organization.

I love the look of my friend's handmade cards, but I am a terrible letter-writer, so I have not really been able to join in their hobby until I found this organization. Now I can make cards and know that they have an important purpose - providing quality cards for our servicemen and -women to use to write home on. I know several people serving overseas, and this is a way for me to do something for them to show my appreciation for their service and sacrifice for me and my country. Sandy does such a wonderful job with her website, Facebook page, and youTube tutorials, that this is something anyone can get involved in. I also love that she encourages us to write AnyHero cards TO the troops, which allows my children and their friends to get involved too.

The cards I make for our troops are made with love and it is an honor to have them sent back home to a loved one. It is a small gesture but has a huge impact. The people who organize allthe cards and ship them out are saints!

Operation Write Home has been a way for me to do a small something in honor and appreciation for our deployed troops and their families, who are doing and sacrificing so much for us. Making and donating my very best cards as well as writing notes from the "homefront", keeps my focus on caring for- and remembering- these heroes.

I love that OWH allows me to put my craft to good use. As a cardmaker I can never find enough personal need for all the cards I make and it is a wonderful feeling to share my cards with our Heroes knowing it will help connect them to their loved ones while they are away. As an added bonus, I love the tutorials, inspiration and fun times that OWH shares with their cardmakers. It is really a WIN/WIN deal all around!!

I was looking for a place to serve our military and yet one that fit with our busy schedule as a homeschool family. Operation Write Home fit the bill perfectly. They provide help for their donors (guidelines, tutorials, etc.) and they are transparent in all they do, from mailing packages, sharing encouragement/feedback and their financial end. It has been a blessing to share in bringing joy to military and their families through Operation Write Home. I like it so much that my craft group's service project for 2013 will be to get Any Hero cards created and sent in, as many as we can.

Making cards for our troops to write home to their loved ones on....it is such a very small thing to do in comparison to the sacrifice they & their families make for me. It is my honor & pleasure to do this simple thing as a small token of appreciation to them.

I was looking for a project for my Girl Scout troop to do. They made anyday hero cards, and I decided to use up some of my craft supplies and make cards for a good cause. I can make cards in my spare time and knowing they are going to the military makes it a win win situation

Am retired and found OperationWriteHome a couple of years ago. I send boxes to OWH about 3-4 times a year; it gives me such a good feeling to know that it will brighten the lives of someone waiting at home for their loved one to return, safe and sound. This org. is very well run and very active; love their live OWHTV show each Thursday eve.

I know of no other group that meets this need better than OWH. Having the opportunity to have something as simple as a card to send home to loved is such a blessing. I've received many messages back stating their thanks and enjoyment in being able to pick out that special card for that special someone. To put it simply... I think OWH is a blessing.

I started making greeting cards to send to shut-ins who are members of my church, but soon had more cards than I could ever use. Making scrapbook pages didn't interest me, so when I found out about Operation Write Home, I felt it would be a perfect fit. So many recipients of my cards have said they love getting hand crafted cards with hand written messages, and I think family members of overseas military personnel must feel the same. Making cards that our heroes can use when they write home to family and friends gives me a sense of sharing in a very small way in the efforts of our military around the world. I hope it assures our heroes that our country is behind them as they sacrifice home and family life as they serve. Doing something I love for someone else is very gratifying -- I am receiving at the same time I'm giving.

I can't tell you what OWH has done for me. Being retired, I was doing many things I wanted to do, but was just not totally satisfied with anything. I then found OWH which started me on the road to helping out, making cards for the wonderful hero's of our country. For the families left here at home and friends who keep in touch with them. This has been the most rewarding, fun, satisfying five years I have ever done and I don't miss a day that I'm not working on a set of cards.

I am a relatively new member of OWH. I have sent several boxes of cards and have gotten so much more in return. OWH is a great group of dedicated women (and some men too) that are so selfless on their giving. I have learned so much about card making from the tutorials and the Thursday night live sessions with Sandy are so funny as well as informative. The OWH website is very easy to navigate and easily outlines the guidelines that we cardmakers need to follow.

I think this is my 3rd year making cards for Operation Write Home (OWH). I love being able to enjoy my hobby and make something that a service member can send home to a friend or family member. It is so awesome to get an email from the sender (or receiver!) letting me know that they appreciate the time and effort that I put into my work. This is just one way that I can say THANK YOU too all the brave men and women that serve to protect my freedom.

I am a demonstrator with Stampin' Up. One of my clients sent me the information on Operation Write Home less than a year ago. We have turned our get togethers into Card making parties for OWH. I love that I can send something to the Men and Women that protect our freedom. It is just a small way of saying Thank You for all that they do for us!! My family has ties to just about every branch of the military and this is perfect.

I have enjoyed being involved with this organization for the past couple of years. Being able to enjoy my hobby (card making) and benefit a good cause is the best of both worlds.

I "enlisted" with the Operation Write Home team in Feb 2012. My son had recently joined the National Guard so I knew how precious those cards and letters that I received while he was away were. I didn't hesitate to join forces with Sandy Allnock, Kris Allan and the thousands of volunteer card makers. OWH strives for the very best by offering tons of tutorials, videos, challenges and daily motivation free of charge!! I look forward to the live webcast on YouTube every Thursday which allows me to chat with fellow OWHers and learn what's going on this week in the OWH world. Sandy is the executive director and never fails to bring us a giggle or 2 during the webcast. Sandy is very interactive (is that the right word?) meaning that she reads all of the comments and requests our input on certain things that help OWH grow. It's fun, informative and very rewarding knowing that we help bring smiles to our Heroes' family and friends back home.

I always loved to make cards ever since my daughter introduced me to my first rubber stamp. And, after retirement I went into the card making full force, but I found that I made a lot more than I sent out. So when I read about Operation Write Home I knew I found a place to send my cards for a great cause. I remembered how much a letter meant to me when my soldier sent me his when he was in the Air Force during the Vietnam era. So I know the family and friends who get those cards with messages from their soldiers will be so blessed as well. This is an organization that does a wonderful thing to make the deployment of our soldiers and their families less tough.

I love card making. Simple as that. But, I was making card after card and not using a lot of them. I then found Operation Write Home. Problem solved! And in such a wonderful way. I get to make all the cards I want and some wonderful people get to use them to write home to family and friends. I am happy to have found OWH and also soooo very grateful for our Troops and all they have done for our country.

This is a fabulous organization and giving community. The overhead is unspeakably low to non-existent. Everyone, including international volunteers, spread the honor, gratefulness, and appreciate our service personnel. Further, the connections made to our service personnel last forever through the handmade cards OWH volunteers made for them to write home to love ones, family and friends. These cards remain as a piece of the service person and a memory that will last forever in their lives. All donations made to this nonprofit go to shipping boxes to our military installations, regardless of branch in the military. Without contributions of cards or monetary contributions, we would not be able to fulfill the volume of requests that have been made by our service personnel,

To be able to make cards for deployed military personnel to send home to family and friends is my way of showing respect for and saying thank you to our Heroes who sacrifice for and serve this great nation. I cannot tell you how heartwarming it is to receive a letter from the Heroes themselves telling us how glad they are that we provide these cards and how beautifully done they are. Or to receive a note from someone who received one of these cards from their deployed loved one and tell us how much it means to them to have "something" to hold with his or her own handwriting inside. It is such a small thing for me to do, but a very large priceless and important thing to them. One thought that always stays with me is one of our cards may be the last thing a loved one might receive...and that is why OWH is so important.

When I heard about Operation Write Home I thought I would just make a few cards to send to them. However, when I found their website was so full of ways to support our military, I became committed to their cause. Operation Write Home constantly strives to meet the needs of our heroes while at the same time providing moral support and encouragement. I appreciate that my donations to them help cover the cost of shipping a box of cards overseas to our hero's.

I started making cards for OWH after my son was on his first deployment, it helped keep the stress level down. He is home safely, but I still contribute cards to help other military families.

I have enjoyed making cards for OWH! What they do is phenomenal! The returning vets I have talked with have nothing but high praise for this program!!!

I am so happy to be a part of Operation Write Home. Every card I make for the troops, makes me feel just a little closer to them and gives me the feeling that I am helping at least one soldier stay in contact with family at home. The women who take care of sorting and mailing the cards are the best. They are always there for questions, always helping with new ideas and techniques and do it all because they want to not because they have too.

I enjoy making cards and am so glad that OWH has the contacts and staff to get the ones I donate to the troops so they can be used.

Not only does OWH provide me with an outlet for my cards, but I know the cards are sent where they'll be used.

I was looking for a way to give a little back to the troops who sacrifice everything for our country when I found Operation Write Home. What a fabulous way to help troops keep in touch with their family! I am a card maker and am just ecstatic that I can use my God-given talents to brighten someone else's day!

making cards and writing letters to deployed servicemen/servicewomen is a terrific thing in and of itself, but the incredible volunteer support and guidance with OWH tutorials, vlog, and crafting network makes it even more attractive an organisation.

plus, look at their financials. they have little/no overhead. they put their funds into direct community benefit. they are ALL volunteers. the facts lead to the conclusion that this organisation is an excellent investment beyond the philanthropic aspects of it's mission.

i originally started making these greeting cards to help me cope with hubby’s calling, but it turns out that this organisation opened a whole new world to me. not only do i feel better about him going into harm’s way every day, but i’ve added one more thing that brings some fun and adventure into my life. . . and i’m so NOT a crafty-type . . .

I am a scrap-booker gone card-maker. When I first started making cards for OWH I'm sure they weren't very good. The more I watched OWH TV and read their blogs the more ideas I got for making my cards much better. I appreciate all the time that OWH goes into helping us volunteers keep our minds reeling with ideas and inspiration. When my husband was stationed in Spain (1990) it would've been so great to receive these cards instead of notes on yellow notebook paper ( which I still have).

I love to give back or "pay it forward". I cut and donate fleece scarves to the Salvation Army every year but that is only a winter time type of thing. OWH has given me the opportunity to give back year round! I had to retire 6 months ago to care for my husband and was finding myself at loose ends. My daughter got me into card making even though I told her I hated to make cards unless I had a reason for one. I now have a reason for each and every card I make!!!! I spend hours working on the cards and find so much joy in it! Not only does it give me something to keep my busy, it gives me a purpose and to be able to share that with our heros and their families means so much! Our troops give up big blocks of their lives away from their families. OWH cards gives them a chance to keep in touch with more than a plan piece of paper! Love making the cards, love knowing they have a purpose and love OWH!

Operation Write Home is such a wonderful organization. How fantastic to help the members of our armed services stay in touch with their loved ones. Surely, this helps them to ease their minds and know that they are receiving the support that is due them. Sometimes little things like cards can make a big difference. Great job, Operation Write Home!

I found this organization through a crafting challenge online. They are top notch and bring a lot of smiles to a lot of people. I get to paper craft, which I love. I'm learning new skills. My retired friends are enjoying card making parties with an activity they love. The cards that we make are going to deployed military and I think we put a smile on their face. They can then write home on our cards and bring special memories of them to their families. This is definitely a win, win, win, win.

I have found no better way to combine my love of paper crafting with a way to support the men & women stationed overseas. I can't imagine what they and their families go through, but am so thankful for the opportunity to make life even just a little bit nicer for them!
Operation Write Home supports its volunteers as much as we do deployed military with sketches, challenges, and camaraderie. They are a win-win for everyone involved!

When I retired, I wanted to volunteer my time and talent to a worthwhile organization. I actually located Operation Write Home in a paper crafting magazine, checked out the web site, and immediately went to work on making cards.
This nonprofit is exceptional in every way. Our leader, Sandy Allnock, keeps an awesome web site with guidelines, card ideas and tutorials, messages of thanks from the troops, challenges, and more. Her weekly live OWHtv presentation keeps all of us informed and inspired. What I particularly appreciate is Sandy's emphasis on QUALITY cards. Rather than throwing together 20 cards at one sitting, she encourages us to take our time, use quality products, and make beautiful, unique, special cards for our brave troops throughout the world. They deserve our best effort.
Sandy's the greatest and I am proud to be a small part of this great organization.

When my husband's son was deployed in Iraq, I would send his unit homemade cards from my rubber stamp group. When they returned, we didn't have anybody we knew to send cards to. With Operation Write Home, we don't have to know the "somebody"......We can make cards to our hearts' delight and know that there is someone appreciate of what we do. This gives us an outlet for our creativity, a deployed Hero the opportunity to send a card, and the recipient to receive something more tangible than an e-mail!

A very high percentage of donations is used to directly benefit our deployed military.

The organization provides a way for the general public to personally impact both military personnel and their families.

I receive far more than I give to OWH. The group is truly worthy of your time and talents.

I have been volunteering with Operation Write Home for nearly 4 years now. It is a wonderful way to serve our hero's who serve our country and also use my craft of card making. Our troops enjoy getting our cards to send to their family and loved ones, and we enjoy making them. It is a total volunteer organization. All funds for shipping the cards overseas are donated. I have met many wonderful people through this organization.

OWH has provided my busy life an outlet to stop the hectic life for a little while and do something that is truly rewarding. I love making cards for my family and have learned to love it even more when I started making them for our deployed troops and their families! And thanks to OWH I have learned so much and continue learning and getting better with each card made. Thank OWH for all your hard work!!

Absolutely one of the finest organizations supporting our military who are deployed. Many awesome folks from the President through the shippers, cardmakers and board members. It is an honor to know these people.

I like to make cards but my family only has so many birthdays, right. Once I heard about Operation Write Home, I knew it was a perfect match. My skills as a card maker have improved so much with all the help OWH provides through blogs, tutorials, videos and newsletters. The president is so fun and enthusiastic, you can't help but want to get involved. I could go on and on but it stops me from making cards!

I have been a volunteer cardmaker for Operation Write Home since June 2010. I first read about it in a national magazine and immediately visited the website, where I was impressed with the enthusiastic, informative and welcoming spirit of OWH! Dedicated leader Sandy Allnock has guided and grown this nonprofit into a national team and community of cardmakers. I am so proud to do my own small part for this fantastic organization, which enables our troops to stay in personal touch with their loved ones through beautifully crafted cards. And I mean BEAUTIFUL. I had no idea the extent of the world of cardmaking and the beauty that is created. It has changed my life and given me a new purpose and creative outlet to support this most worthy cause, where every single lovingly crafted card makes a difference!

I found OWH through a crafting blog - I've already sent over 200 cards to my shipper that will be sent from an American hero back home to his /her family. it's an honor to be a small part of this phenomenal project- I'm amazed by all the hard work all the volunteers do to help our soldiers send their love back home -

I started a new hobby this past summer of making cards. (I am a school teacher, so I had the summer off. ) Before long, I was making more cards than one person could possibly use. I learned of Operation Write Home from a card making blog and thought it was the perfect solution. I can make cards and they would be put to could use. Operation Write Home allows me to feed my card addiction and make me feel good in the process. And even though the amount of cards I send is minimal I always enjoy the way OWH shares the sentiments of gratitude from both the soldiers and the persons receiving the handmade cards. OWH is a win-win.

We are blessed to have such brave men and women serve in our military. Making handmade greeting cards is one way I can show my gratitude for their service. Operation Write Home provides a way to coordinate our efforts. The commitment that each volunteer has for this organization should be commended and recognized with this award!

Operation Write Home changes the lives of our Service Men and Women in combat. The lovingly made, beautifully crafted greeting cards made by volunteers come into the hands of the soldiers who want something special to write home on. The "Heros" still want to wish their Mothers a Happy Mother's Day and their children a Happy Birthday. They deserve a special card that will brighten the day of their loved ones. They normally have little to nothing to select in the way of greeting cards to send home so Operation Write Home is a Godsend. Their families are so grateful for the beautiful cards that are hand selected by their "Heros". The organization continually strives to improve the quality of the greeting cards sent by the volunteers by way of instructional videos and weekly vlogs. Volunteers also send letters of gratitude to ensure our Heros know they are thought of and appreciated. Volunteers send money for shipping. Volunteers "triage" cards that fall apart before reaching their destination and lovingly put them together again. Operation Write Home receives fund for envelopes to use on cards of volunteers who cannot afford to supply envelopes with their donated cards. Volunteers match up cards with envelopes when needed before shipping them overseas. The President of the company, Sandy Allnock is generous, committed and dedicated to providing the highest quality greeting cards for our Heros. Our Heros only deserve the best.

I've been making cards for Operation Write Home since 2009. We make cards for troops to write in to send home to their friends and loved ones. We also send "Hero Mail," cards, letters and kids' pictures thanking our Heroes for their service. These letters are given to troops who don't get much mail, or who are going through a particularly bad time. The driving force behind this organization is a group of dedicated people lead by Sandy Allnock. The tone is set by this group - there's no politics, no negativity - it's all about helping our troops. They work tirelessly, shipping, creating samples, tutorials, sketches, post to Facebook and Twitter, film videos, weekly tv shows, blogs and vlogs. In most organizations, it would take a small army to accomplish so much.

The volunteers of this non-profit work tirelessly day in and day out to carry out their mission. There is a mountain of work involved to keep this program running smoothly and they do it gladly. I've known about this organization for a couple of years, but have recently hopped on the bandwagon as a supporter and card-maker for our troops and their loved ones. Anyone can support this worthwhile organizaion - even non-crafters. Donations help to cover shipping costs. Every dollar and every card make a difference!

I feel honored to be a part of OWH. We make cards for deployed soldiers to send home to their loved ones. OWH gets a FIVE STAR rating!!! :)

Although I don't support the wars we are currently fighting abroad, I do support the heroes who are there to keep us safe. Making cards for them makes me feel that in some small way I can let them know that their sacrifices are appreciated.

Through Operation Write Home I can touch the lives of our heroes and their families in a meaningful way. I have a niece whose husband has been deployed multiple times and that is so hard on her and their three children. One card that I make will encourage a hero to write to his loved ones and the homemade card may be kept as a reminder of that connection. This is also a reliable organization that is upfront with what they do and there is constant connection with the volunteers through Facebook, blogs, and OWHtv.

Servicemen and women have enough stuff to worry about. Keeping in touch with their families/friends needs to be a welcome release, not another effort. Having cards readily available helps. Thanks OWH!

I'm deployed to Afghanistan and continue to see the impact made by Operation Write Home. We don't have a lot of time to write, so these cards with a message on the front or images that convey feelings to family, with just enough space inside to remind a wife, kids, mother/father, or others that we're doing okay and a quick update is perfect. I try to use one at least every two weeks to let my wife and baby girl know that they're on my mind all the time and are the motivation for sucess, so I can be reunited with them after a year spent in this war zone. THANK YOU OPERATION WRITE HOME!

I have been making cards for this organization for just a few months but it is such a wonderful feeling to be able to help our service men and women who are deployed overseas. They don't always have access to cards to write home to loved ones and this organization provides beautiful cards to those service people. Their loved ones get cards that they will cherish all their lives. My mother, who is now 95, saved all the letters that my dad had written to her while serving in WW II and what a wonderful thing that is for her children and grandchildren. This is the same that these families will have for years to come, the wonderful aspect of the written word in your loved ones handwriting. I'm proud to be able to help.

I have been making cards for Operation Write Home for almost a year now. It is a blessing to me to be able to serve and honor our deployed troops by making cards for them to write home on. There is a positive impact on everyone involved; those of us who make cards, the troops that can write a hand written card to their family and friends, as well as the people here in the US that receive cards from their loved one so far away. Thanks to the team at OWH for all their hard work!

Making cards for the men and women who are keeping our country safe will be one of my greatest pleasures. These people do not have access to cards and this wonderful organization makes it possible for them to pick and send a homemade card to their loved ones, be it a holiday, seasonal, birthday, or thinking of you cards. Just thinking of the loved ones getting these cards from their son or daughter, Mom or Dad, or special others makes me want to try and make the best cards I can. I am new at this but will improve. Operation Write Home is a wonderful non profit where good will is spread throughout our country.

I have found the love of making cards but I don't have enough family and freinds so donating them to Operation Write Home is a wonderful way to make someone else smile. They take hand made cards and send them to people, military and non military, who are deployed over seas so they have something nice to write home on. it is a small thing we do to bring a smile to somone who has made a big sacrifice for us. OWH gives tips and ideas to help keep the cards coming.

There just a aren't enough words to describe what a wonderful organization this is ... and how they inspire me. I LOVE making cards for our deployed military personnel to send home. Great to be able to give them a "helping hand" to keep in touch with the folks back home.

I recently learned how to make greeting cards and because there are only so many cards you can make to send to family and friends, I came across Operation Write Home on the internet. This organization supplies handmade greeting cards, made by volunteers, to service men and women across the branches of military to send home to their family and loved ones. For me this is a win/win situation. I get to exercise my creativity and help military men and women. When OWH shares thank you letters written by the recipients of the cards, I know that I'm doing a wonderful thing. OWH guides us through the process with tutorials and the service members also look forward to receiving our cards. This a very worthwhile organization and I'm very proud to be part of it.

This group inspires people to make cards to send to troops overseas so they can have handmade cards to mail home to their loved ones. The thank you letters from the heroes and their families are so heart warming. Operation Write Home also provides lots of tips for making sure our heroes get the best cards to send to their families and friends. I have enjoyed volunteering with this group and hope that you will try it too.

Operation Write Home provides home made greeting cards for the deployed troops to send home to their families and friends. As a volunteer card maker I can be an active part of supporting the troops around the world. I provide a way to link them to their families every day, as well as expressing my creativity. Many letters come to OWH from service members saying what an important link these cards are to those back home. From it's inception in 2007 we have furnished 1.8 million cards to the troops.

This organization is so important to the troops & their families. It lifts morale, brings a smile not only to the troops but to their friends & family as well when they recieve a hanmade card from their loved one. Given everything that our service men & women do for our country, this is one small way of giving back, of saying thanks & letting them know they're thought of & so appreciated.

Operation Write Home provides a wonderful service to our deployed men and women by supplying beautiful handmade cards to write home to their families with. These cards are cherished by the family members who are back at home missing their dad, mom, son, daughter or friend. At the same time, it is also the best resource to learn how to make great cards! I know my own skills have improved greatly since I started making cards for OWH.

Operation Write Home is an outstanding organization. Not only does it help our military keep in touch with their loved ones, it lets them know that even from our craft room table, scrapbook stores, over crowded side of the kitchen table..that we at home are thinking of them, appreciating them and in our own way we have their backs. It also reminds our military families know that we acknowledge and appreciate their sacrifices. Its an honor to make even one card for this organization...its a privilege to be able to make hundreds of them.

I am very proud to be a daughter of a WWII Navy veteran. I am humbled that I can actually help the currently deployed service men and women stay in touch with their family and friends with handmade cards. Operation Write Home efficiently collects all the handmade cards from the many volunteers and sends them back out to deployed units all over the world that have requested them. This service is proving to be a great perk to the honor of serving. These cards happily find their way back to the families and friends keeping these relationships "strong and resiliant" as one recipient described. This service makes staying in touch so easy!

As the wife of a retired serviceman, I can attest to the need for contact while they are away. OWH volunteers make beautiful cards so where there is no where to buy them, they are available. We know by the thanks we get from recipents of the cards, they are extremely welcome. So, this organization helps support our service people and their families and friends. On top of that, I have never met such caring people, the other cardmakers, as I have since beginning to make the cards.

I am proud to be able make handmade cards for our service people. These wonderfully crafted cards are shipped to our service people in war areas and on ships so that they have a chance to mail home birthday, miss you & love you cards to their family and friends. You just can't shop in these places for a card to mail home. Please help support our troops.

I am a proud mother of a active duty Army Officer who has many friends deployed overseas. She will be deployed in Janurary. This organization helps to keep the troops morale up by sending beautiful greeting cards (home-made) to send home to their families. The families love recieving them, what a nice thing for these volunteers to do, donating their time and talent to our heroes!!

This group does a fantastic job creating and distributing beautiful handmade cards of all sorts for service members to send home. They enable families and friends to stay in touch without having to spend a fortune on expensive cards. They encourage crafters to join in the fun and give regular tutorials to help people along the way. The positive energy here is wonderful.

I am a crafter and a mom with a son in an online school -As a great project for school -My son and I make cards to send to this worth while group. My father is a veteran and we try to give back something in his honor every year! Keep up the good work -Lisa Jung

I'm a compulsively crafty person. I like to do all kinds of stuff, from jewelry to knitting. I also like paper and all the fun things you can do with it. Operation Write Home allows me to create handmade greeting cards that they in turn send to deployed troops. I get to play with paper, troops get to send messages to loved ones. It's a win win situation.

They help our deployed troops in touch with their families by sending blank handmade cards to our deployed heroes. I have learned so much about card making from the President, Sandy, and I really enjoy the friendships with other card makers.

I have been making cards with OWH for about 3 years...I am not a prolific cardmaker but I make cards because I know they are going to help our service members deal with deployment and help friends and family members receive small pieces of art containing words from their loved ones. The most fun I have had since hooking up with OWH was organizing 600 students K-4 to make Anyhero letters and cards to send the troops. OWH and its volunteer shippers are doing a National Service and it is good.

I am a cardmaker for OWH. This is more than a non profit organization we are a family. All the other cardmakers are just the best people on the planet. I volunteer because it is an honor to give back to our deployed military in this small way for all the sacrficies they make for us.

I just found Ooperation Write Home on Facebook yesterday and then read all about the organization on their site today. I am thrilled there is an organization like this supporting out troops. My husband is a veteran and I remember the hardships and lonliness faced by families as they hold down the homefront. I know from past experience how important mail from loved ones is. I could hardly wait for the mailman hoping there would be some contact from my husband. I love papercrafts and I am definitely going to be making cards to send for our trooops to send back home and I will support this great organization, supporting our troops.

I knew about OWH about a year ago through a chat room dedicated to crafts. I've been doing cards for sometime now, and its great to know that I can send my art to someone in need. My husband is a veteran, but this is my way to help a little to those who sacrifice so much for our country.

I love Operation Write Home!

I discovered OWH about two years ago when I was looking for a means of putting my handmade cards to good use. I was instantly and deeply impressed by the video they had on their front page, showing the soldiers who received cards. I showed it to several of my friends, and shortly thereafter we began organizing "card parties", and shipping boxes of cards to this organization. I love that they take the time to share feedback and other messages from recipients with volunteers. It's a wonderful feeling, and my thanks goes out to the folks who keep this organization going, giving all of us this opportunity to creatively express our appreciation for our troops.

You really need to go to OWH's website, or blogs, or Facebook page, and READ the responses from our service members and Their families. There is no card store they can run to, but we pour our hearts into making cards for them to send home. Why is a handmade card so special? It's my way of letting our troops know, letting their families know, that their service, their sacrifice, is appreciated and supported
A note to say hello - in a beautiful hand made card; a birthday wish, holiday card, or love note... These are precious (and sometimes priceless) handwitten messages from our troops to their families at home, and it will bring tears to your eyes to read some of the thank yous they offer this organization.
I am proud to support them!

I create cards for Operation Write Home every month in honor of the veterans in my family: my dad, my grandfather, and my father-in-law.

I used to make homemade cards just for my friends and family until I discovered Operation Write Home. I love that my homemade cards are sent to our deployed heros so that they can keep in touch with their loved ones back home. It is an honor to be able to share my creativity with such wonderful people who dedicate their lives to our freedom.

Operation Write home is very well organized and communicates through blogs, facebook, vlogs, and email to make sure the volunteers get the most up to date information. There are also wonderful challenges and giveaways to keep us motivated.

I love making cards for OWH! As a spouse to an Army soldier, who has been deployed twice, I fully appreciate what OWH does.

I have been making cards for Operation Write Home for about a year. It is an honor to create home-made for our deployed troops to send to loved ones back here in the states. It is a small way to pay forward for the blessings bestowed upon our own family members who served in World War II and Vietnam. And, a recent thank you e-mail from a soldier who had just sent one of my cards to his wife brought tears to my eyes.

The Operation Write Home Web site has all the inspiration and information a card-maker could need -- everything from card-making guidelines and shipping tips; to challenges, tutorials, and blog hops filled with card-making ideas; to inspirational messages from troops serving overseas.

However, what most impresses me about the organization is the passion and dedication of its founder and president, Sandy Allnock. She is amazing -- simply amazing! There have been so many times that I have e-mailed Sandy with a question or request for information. And, I am always astounded at how quickly I receive a reply -- often times within minutes. And, to think that she is that responsive when I am just one of hundreds, if not thousands, of card makers.... As I said, she is just amazing. An amazing woman and an amazing organization.

If you are a crafter, scrapbooker, or card maker and want to share your talents with the men and women who serve a country, check our Operation Write Home.

I am another card-maker for Operation Write Home and think this is a wonderful, kind and caring group. I love that the cards are sent to our Troops and it's a joy to do my little part to help support those who are protecting and serving our Country.

OWH is a very well run organization and does something wonderful for so many. I'm honored to create for them and so happy that I found the group!

I've been making cards for OWH for a little less than a year. Cardmakers from around the country come together in support of our nation's heroes and make the most beautiful handmade cards! These cards are then shipped to our heroes so they can then send them home to their loved ones. We are told often by the heroes and their families how much it means to them to send and receive these cards.

Sandy Allnock, the President of OWH, is a tireless, generous soul who gives 150% of herself to this organization. She is an inspiration to all of us. She encourages and coaches us to make better quality cards, to use our best supplies, and prompts us to use new techniques, so that our cards stand out. She has received support and donations from some of the biggest crafting companies because they believe in her and her cause, and in the cardmakers who help make it happen. We could not ask for a better leader!

Operation Write Home collects handmade cards from volunteer crafters and sends them to troops serving overseas. They in turn use them to keep in touch with family and friends back home. I'm one of the volunteer cardmakers. I've been working with OWH almost from the beginning. They are a joy to work with! They promptly acknowledge receipt of your cards. You are never left wondering if they got them. They have a very professional series of websites offering lots of information. Some of it aimed at the cardmakers to help them create better cards and give them ideas. Then there are areas to post the thanks from the Heroes that get the boxes, and another area to post thanks from those who receive the cards from their loved one serving overseas. This area can require a large box of tissues when reading!
It is truly a wonderful organization and I support it wholeheartedly. I love to create and think of those who will be getting my creations. Yes, lots of the troops have access to email and even Skype. But you don't print out an email and save it in a box under your bed. A handwritten beautiful card is so much more personal!
Also ALL those involved with OWH, from the President, to the shippers, to all the crafters are volunteers. No one is paid, so all the money collected goes to those it's intended to support. In short OWH ROCKS!
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OWH is a pure form of support for our military. I am lucky enough to live in the same community as Sandy, president of OWH, and met her at a CARE package packaging party (tongue twister almost). OWH cards were in every box. I immediately went to the OWH website and started making cards. Sandy, and every other person who contributes in the organization, is very dedicated, hardworking (above and beyond), gives wonderful tutorials, keeps the website updated daily, and has a wonderful sense of humor and fun, too!

Operation Write Home is a great service to our men and women overseas. They have always promptly acknowledged any gift sent whether cash or cards to be sent to the troops to write in and send off to their loved ones. I've been working with them for a little over 2 years and have always ha any questions answered quickly. Wonderful organization!

I've been making cards for OWH for about 3 years. I was at a time in my life where I needed to do something for someone, but had no idea what that would be. I saw an article about OWH in a crafting magazine and was immediately drawn to it in a way that I can't imagine being without it for my outlet. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about the men and women who are sacrificing for us, and I strive to make a card a day. I have a relative who has recently joined the service, and it makes it all mean even more.

Sending off a care package for a deployed relative was a way to support our troops but it was just to one or two people at a time and just for a limited time. Making cards for OWH not only satisfies my papercrafting interests but also a benfefits a lot of people in a lot of places on an on-going basis or the last two years. OWH is terrific for acknowledging your contribution immediately plus we get wonderful feedback from the heroes. OWH's site offers help and inspiration for making the best possible cards for our heroes with galleries, vlogs, photo tutorials as well as OWH TV. Their Facebook pages also gives you hundreds of "friends" who provide tips and examples of great cards on a daily basis.

I've been making cards for about 9 years and have always made way too many to give to family and friends. So I had boxes of cards stashed away in my house just waiting. While looking around online for card ideas, I came across Operation Write Home's website. I have now been making cards for OWH for the past year and absolutely love this organization. The volunteers are completely dedicated to bringing our heroes a closeness to their loved ones back home. It is all done for the heroes.

I stumbled onto this org on a crafter's website and it has been a blessing. I love creating cards for our troops who are stationed around the world. The many, many notes of appreciations left on the OWH website and facebook pages often bring tears to my eyes and definitely motivate me to do more. It is amazing how such a small thing like a card can bring so much joy to families who are separated by long deployments. And the volunteers who run this organization are top notch. They give tirelessly of their time and I am sure of their funds as well. It is an honor to be counted part of this wonderful group.

I have been crafting for OWH for about 2 years. The service members really enjoy receiving the cards sent to them by OWH. I really enjoy making the cards for them. It gives me joy and happiness knowing that it is appreciated as much as we appreciate what they (service members) do for us!

I was deploy to Afghanistan in 2010 when I first heard of Operation Write Home. I went to the post office to help a fellow soldier with packages to mail back home when I saw the cards. I was stunned how beautiful the cards were, so I grabbed a few and sent them to my wife and daughters. My family was so amazed and they ask me if the base PX sold them, and I said nope. I told them of this wonderful organization, which has volunteers to make them and send them out to all who would ask. I enthusiastically requested a few boxes for my unit and since my job took me around to different camps, I made sure I took a few and the word was out. Some fellow service members ask me how they could get more cards. I told them to go to Operations Write Home website and see the beautiful magic evolve. Thank you for making my family smile with joy!!!!!
Operation Write Home Rocks!!!

I have been making cards for our troops to send home for over a year. I am so grateful that I can make a difference in a military's family life for all they do for us.....

I've been making cards for OWH for a little over a year. It's my small way to contribute to the military & hopefully brighten someone's day. I'm glad this group is here for us creative people. :)

I've been making cards for Operation Write Home for a couple of years. It is very rewarding to know my creative outlet has a place to go - many heroes overseas are receiving beautiful, original, hand-made cards to send notes to their loved ones back home. Let me tell you, it doesn't get any better than knowing that I can activity support these brave men and women who are defending our country.

It is a small contribution on my part - one done lovingly. But it is received in a big way.

I've been making handmade cards for over 10 years and you know, you just don't have THAT many friends and relatives to send them to, although I try! So I was looking for a way to support the troops that would involve my craft in some way and found Operation Write Home. This organization is wonderful and ALL volunteer. Hand made cards can be sent to any of 3 different shippers in the States (check out the Operation Write Home web site) where they are sorted and boxed and sent to units overseas for our brave servicemen and women to have wonderful blank cards to write home on. In this day and age of electronic mail, a hand written card or letter is so precious and will be kept as treasured keepsakes for years by many recipients. Snail mail has a way to touch our lives and hearts that e-mail does not.

I am proud to be a small part of this wonderful organization and thank my fellow card makers all across the world that contribute to this very worthwhile project. And especially I thank Sandy Allnock, the President of the organization, that thought this up and keeps it going tirelessly day in and day out. (Well, I know she gets tired, but she keeps going!!)

Thank you Operation Write home for giving me an outlet for my creativity and supporting our Armed Forces.

I received cards from OWH while I was deployed. It was awesome to take 5 minutes out to write a card and sent it home. My family got involved with the organization while I was deployed, and I joined in when I returned home! This Organization is awesome in helping out Troops!

I have been sending hand made cards to OWH for a couple of years now. They are dear to my heart because I have family members and friends, and even the Pastor from my church (who is also a Chaplain) that have served. I feel that it's the least I can do for those who are serving our great country. It's how I show my gratitude. Operation Write Home makes that easy. I share the craft I love, OWH sends the cards to the heroes overseas, and they in turn can write home to their family. It's a win-win all the way around!

I have been involved with OWH since 2008. As a cardmaker, it gives me great pleasure giving something back to our military members who serve our country. My daughter is currently active duty in the USMC. She just returned in June from a 7 month deployment in Afghanistan. I can't tell you how much my daughter and her unit appreciated the home made cards that OWH sent to them so that they could keep in touch with their loved ones back home.

Being a recipient of these beautiful hand made cards was such a blessing! Hand written letters and cards are few and far between nowadays. These cards are something I will keep and cherish forever!

I am so proud to be President of an organization like OWH. We get to serve the bravest of the brave - the strongest of the strong. We may only be making cards for them, but it's one way we can help them by doing what we know how to do.

I've never been so glad to be part of any group of people as I have of our cardmakers who come together to support those serving in harm's way. It's astonishing the lengths people go to in making really beautiful cards - spending small fortunes on beautiful papers and cardstock, embellishments, stamps, markers, ribbon....and they do this out of such kindness. They don't need a thank you. They just want to give back. And that really touches my heart.

I can't say enough about OWH, and what they have done for me personally. It's all good to throw some change into the bucket during a "season" of giving. But, to be able to do something that you know first hand will be held by our troops and thier familes is just the most rewarding thing. I know 100% where my donations of handmade cards go to with OWH. I don't have to worry about if half goes to this or that. I love that about them. I also love the hard work they put into packing them. They don't just throw them in a box. They work hard to put all the little touches into each box. It's a ton of work. I'm so happy to donate to this cause. Keep up the great work...OWH.

I am the Programs Manager for the USO at FOB Fenty in Afghanistan. I researched a way to get more greeting cards for the Troops to send home and found Operation Write Home's Website. I can only say that the Troops absolutely love these cards! The personal touch makes these cards sooo much better than anything they could ever get out there. The ONLY problem is that they go sooo quick! :) We love the care put into each card and I'd like to send a big THANK YOU to Sandy Allnock and the Operation Write Home Team!!

I joined Operation Write Home in their mission to keep our Heroes and their families connected by something more than just e-mail. I'm a Veteran and feel forever connected to those currently serving our great country. This is a way I can share my time and heart with our military. The organization is First Class! And the volunteers are dedicated and amazing! I will be making cards till they all come home. Thank you, Sandy, for letting me participate in your vision!

I found out about this Organization thru a lady who came to my Scrapbooking Yard Sale. She told me all about OWH and said the supplies she was purchasing was going to be used for cards. I, of course gave her a super good deal! I started making cards for OWH about 6 months ago. I love that I can use my crafty-ness to put smiles on other peoples faces. I love what OWH does for the troops,helping our Heroes keep in touch with their family and friends by sending cards for them to write notes to send home. What a wonderful thing to do!

I recently began making cards for this cause and I'm so impressed with the dedication of the ladies in charge...and I love seeing the feedback from our 'heroes'. Glad to be a small part of this great organization! The website is always updated with current needs and shipping deadlines.

OWH is a wonderful organization that helps to support our troops. I have been making cards for them for a year now and love every minute! The shippers are amazing, donating countless hours to their cause, sorting cards, adding any extras the cards need, shipping, answering emails, etc. I love OWH!

What a wonderful organization! My daughter and I make cards for Operation Write Home. We are new and have received so much support and encouragement from the other card makers. All of our questions have been answered, but they give such detailed instructions that it is very easy to get started. The tutorials and videos are great! I am very honored to be a small part of OWH. Sandy, the president of OWH, and her shippers work tirelessly to make sure the cards are shipped properly and on time. Please check out OWH and get to know the people behind this great organization; make some cards and you will want to do this full time.The cards mean so much to the troops and their families so far away from home. Our heroes deserve only the best, so check out Operation Write Home and you will find the best!

OWH is just awesome for deployed military and their loved ones back home. It has allowed me to participate, learn and grow my own creativity. Feeling connected to such a great cause has been such a bright spot in my heart.

I love to make cards and what a worthwhile organization to make them for. What better way to support our troops is to make a hand made card so they can write home on. Operation Write home in wonderful with all of their tutorials, pictures, tv shows, blogs etc. Sandy Allnock is a wonderful president and I commend her for all she and the volunteers do.

My friends at the Clerk's office wanted to learn how to make cards, so we made 200 of them for Operation Write Home. It was such a hit that the Clerk of Courts challenged all the County's elected officials to get involved, to pay for the supplies & a check to OWH for shipping. So now we have set up a class for the Board of County Commissioners and another for the Sheriff's Department. There is a lot of love for our troops in this County.

I became involved in Operation Write Home just a few months ago after seeing a button for it at a stamping or scrap booking web site. After reading all the information I could at OWH's site, I knew I'd found my niche. I've just returned to stamping and making cards after dabbling in other art forms for a few years and was so please to find an organization that benefits our folks who are deployed overseas. The thought of helping them keep in touch with their families and friends while I indulge in creating art.....well, how close to perfect can life get? I've volunteered to help those in the armed forces before but this time I get to satisfy two passions at the same time. And I love spreading the excitement of doing this to others as in helping to organize a stamping event at a local store so we could send 155 cards and inspiring my sister to become involved so that she's started making cards too. I'm grateful to our shippers who facilitate and organize the sending of these cards oversees and have "met" a great group of other volunteers who are also involved.

I have been making cards for OWH for a little over a year. It is a wonderful, outstanding organization. It allows me to use my creative skills for a worthwhile cause. Making the cards is the least I can do to for our troops.

I am new to Operation Write Home. I just sent my first box of cards. I am excited to get to do something that supports our troops. My husband was in the Marine Corp when we married so we know many military. Many of our friends have children who are active now. I think the people here are very friendly and encouraging which has become a rarity. Having limited funds it is nice to be able to do what I can when I can.

Operation write home is wonderful. I sent in my son in laws information and he had a box full of wonderful cards in just a few weeks. What a great organization to bring joy to our soliders and their families.

The OWH has brought together many people in different realms of life. I try to ask at each function I go to - scrapbooking, meeting people on vacation and etc. I have met several people who tell me they did hear of OWH but have not been involved. I about burst with smiles to tell them because it touches me so much that we can connect with a service person and who then connects with their family and friends. This is a goal of mine - that Americans can always keep our Family Ties Strong -- really is there a better way than this for our service-personal??

I have been making cards for Operation Write Home (formerly Cards For Heroes) since 2008 and have found it to be one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I truly love being able to use my artistic talents to make handmade-cards for our military to use to keep in touch with home and becoming part of such a great group of dedicated volunteers.

I have been making cards for Operation Write Home for several years. What a wonderful way to spread some cheer to so many people. I am happy to be able to make cards for OWH (use my supplies, buy more supplies, etc) knowing they will be sent overseas by our three great shippers - once they arrive on a base - the soldier pick cards to send to their family and friends - how many smiles does that one card bring - how much touching of the heart of so many - something personal for a child to carry around and sleep with - a card from Dad or Mom.
Our heroes and their families sacrifice so much to protect everyone's freedom - they deserve the best to send home.

I had a Marine family touch my life and I know how much they would have enjoyed sending and receiving these cards - they motivate me to keep doing this. It is such a little thing we can do for our heroes.

Barb Housner

I'm very passionate about encouraging others and helping them to enjoy their lives and achieve their dreams. One of the ways I love to do this is by making cards for people, and have wanted to find a way to impact others with this gift for years.

A friend introduced me to Operation Write Home through a card-making party that OWH hosted in Federal Way, WA in June 2011. I knew right away that this was the opportunity to serve others that had been on my heart for so long. I was very excited to find an organized, experienced group of people who were doing the very thing that I had longed to do (without any idea of how I could do it!).

I have been hosting card-making events to encourage others to help and share that same wonderful feeling of serving others that I have felt. It's been great to see the purpose of OWH touch the hearts of so many people and to see them experience the feeling of contributing to something bigger than themselves. I've seen it give people a sense of purpose, I've seen it touch the hearts of older vets and renew their faith in the American people, and I've heard so many stories of how this mission has kept families communicating in such a personal way.

The resources, tutorials, ideas, helpful tips, videos, up-to-date information, stories of how people and their families are being impacted, and all the volunteer opportunities that OWH provides are excellent. I'm very grateful for the hard work, dedication, and commitment to excellence that everyone puts into this organization. I'm honored and humbled to be able to be a small part of fulfilling the vision of OWH, which I support 100% and love sharing with others!

I love that Operation Write Home gives me the opportuniy to use my crafting supplies for such a great cause. I am working on some cards this week to send before the Christmas deadline.

What a wonderful organization! The volunteers that serve Operation Write Home - from the President to all the crafty card makers whole heartedly support the troops by providing beautiful cards for them to write home on. The women who sort - fix- and ship cards to the troops do so with humor and happy hearts. The organization holds weekly broadcasts to keep members up to date on the groups activities and provides information to assist in making each of us better. The community of supporters and crafters are positive and encouraging of each other, and we all look forward to hearing from a service member who has benefited from our work.

OWH allows me to combine my desire to support our troops with my passion to be creative. Being an at home mom with fibromyalgia making cards allows me a way to be active without being stressed.

The guidelines listed on the web site are important for the safety of our troops as well as being helpful for the shippers, who are also volunteers with limited time.

The Thursday evening video show as well as the Saturday vlog help me keep up with the changes that occur with the increase in donations and also are very entertaining.

The tutorials on the web site have helped me become a better card maker.

I voiced a concern on their facebook page and was helped not only by the OWH representatives but also helped by many of the volunteers, all of whom were very nice.

I have been making cards for Operation Write Home for nearly 2 years and have sent over 3000 cards during this time. I love having this opportunity to support our military families by helping them keep in touch and by encouraging their deployed loved ones. My experience has been 100% positive-their website has a wealth of information, there are new tutorials every week which have improved my cardmaking skills and I've enjoyed attending local cardmaking events with other OWH'ers. The shippers(all volunteer)work SO hard, especially during holiday season, and the information and chatter thru Facebook makes me feel connected to a nationwide group of paper artists working towards the same important goal.

Operation Write Home is a wonderful opportunity for those of us who want to do something to show our gratitude to the military. And it is beneficial to the the men and women of the military, encouraging their contact with family by hand selecting a card with a special message or theme that they relate to. There is no greater feeling than receiving a communication from someone far away - especially when you live in fear for their safety. The organization is extremely well organized with an excellent website.

Operation Write Home is an incredible organization that allows people to do something simple yet so important to help those serving in the military. People from multiple locations and different motivations all come together to supply beautiful handmade greeting cards to military personnel so that they may stay in touch with their loved ones at home. Run by dedicated volunteers and shippers, over 1.25 million cards have been sent overseas. Card makers can send one card or many, send them frequently or once in a while and still feel as if they have had a positive impact on a deployed hero. The feedback from the hero's speaks to how important this small act is to them and their families and how it provides a very special way for them to stay connected.

I have been involved with Operation Write Home for about 2 years.It is an organization made up of very talented and giving people. My daughter received cards from OWH while she was deployed and it meant a great deal to her and her unit to receive them. It meant just as much to me to receive a lettwer written in them. I am very grateful to OWH for giving me a way to help our heroes from here at home.

I found this organization through Facebook when my son first deployed to Iraq. It is a terrific organization in that it supports our military but it also strengthens the families as they wait for their loved ones return. One can donate as few or as many card as they wish and know that she is making a viable difference.

I have been involved for six months. OWH is highly organized, and the president is a master of social media! My cardmaking skills have improved as a result of OWH tutorials and other online posts. It is fun to be connected with other people who share my hobby. I love the ripple effect: I get pleasure from making the card, the shipper enjoys sending my card on to the troops, the serviceperson has the fun of picking out the right card for their use and knowing that people at home still care, and the recipient gets the joy of receiving a hand-crafted card from their loved one! My investment of time and money brings joy to several people. I participate because it is both fun and worthwhile. I may give money to other charities, but this one taps into my values and interests in a very personal way.

I use to make cards for Operation Write Home but my cards were not good enough. I still recommend they do a great job for the hero's but they could learn some kindness. I make cards for our hero's still in other ways. Operation write home needs to put what they really want on there website they say they don't want envelopes but they do. In this economy they also need to understand that not everyone can give a big donation, they ask for donations too much. They need to appreciate there volunteers and realize home much time they put into doing the cards. I wish i could give a better review They do send cards and they are nice to my hero.

I've been involved in Operation Write Home since December 2010. I've personally made and donated over 1000 blank greeting cards in the 10 months since I began volunteering. It's a great honor to know I am making cards that help families to stay in touch while a hero is deployed. We often hear from the heroes and their families about how much they appreciate the cards and enjoy choosing "just the right one" to send home to a loved one.

OWH is so well organized that it's easy to stay in touch and provide the help they need. The Facebook page and blogs are updated daily, with Facebook being updated throughout the day. These posts allow card makers to know which themes of cards are needed, to learn new techniques, and to network with others from around the world. I see great improvement in my cards thanks to the numerous tutorials, sketches, and other resources provided.

I would encourage anyone who is "crafty" to consider getting involved. There are no minimums or maximums, so you can give as much time as you want with no pressure to do more. If you're not crafty, please consider taking a few moments to write an "Any Hero" letter, which is a message from you to a hero expressing your gratitude for the hero's service to the country. Monetary donations cover the costs of shipping the cards overseas. A donation of $13 covers postage on a box of about 350 cards.

I've been making cards for Operation Write Home for about a year and a half now, I enjoy the camaraderie of all the card makers. It's a wonderful org to be associated with!