Free Books for Soldiers!

I recently adopted a soldier who is stationed in Afghanistan. I adopted my soldier, after hearing about the Adopt a US Soldier Organization (http://www.adoptaussoldier.org/) from a co-worker, who has already adopted 2 soldiers! A friend of mine, who reads my blog, read my story about adopting Dylan, and has adopted a US Soldier, too! It's amazing how just word of mouth can achieve wonderful things.


Today, I learned from my neighbor, a local bookstore in Phoenix, Dog Eared Pages Used Books, is boxing up used books and sending them to soldiers stationed abroad! All they need is a name & address of a soldier and they'll take care of the rest. Or, if you're interested, you can make a donation to help their cause.

Check out their website: http://www.dogearedpagesusedbooks.com/?page=shop/disp&pid=page_event&CLSN_2929=127808875029293b431247e1a83a2ebb

I come from a family of readers and know what joy a good book can bring. It makes great sense to send books for those soldiers in stationed abroad who can't just pop into a local bookstore to pick up a great read. I plan on giving them the name & address for my adopted US Soldier! If you know of anyone who might be interested in sending books to a soldier serving this country, please pass this link along!



So, now it passes from me to you.... I hope you'll pass it along.

Adopt a US Soldier

Last week at work, a coworker mentioned she'd adopted a US soldier and was preparing to send her a care package. It sounded like such a do good, feel good thing and since I already love sending long-winded emails to family and friends - I figured it would be something I'd be good at! I applied to adopt a US Soldier of my own that very afternoon. Three days later, I received an email from the organization with the name and contact email for my adopted soldier, Dylan.

A week later, I've already corresponded back and forth a few times with Dylan - a 19 year old young man who is currently stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan. I enjoy hearing from him as much as I enjoy writing. His birthday is coming up soon, and I plan on sending him a little surprise package filled with things he likes. It makes me smile just thinking about it.

I'm not going to share too much about Dylan here out of respect for his privacy. After all, he may not want to be included in my not so private blog. But, if you think you'd like to do something good for a soldier serving our country and have a few minutes to spare out of your day something nice for someone you don't know, just because you can, I've got the website for you: www.adoptaussoldier.org

And who knows, the positive difference in someone's life may very well be your own.