How to Send a Soldier a Postcard and Say Thank You

Lisa Curcio
Let's Say Thanks is a website started by Xerox and is partnered with many others including Give2TheTroops, the Rochester Institute of Technology, and the Boys & Girls Club to name just a few. These companies make it easy for you to say Thank You to US Troops stationed overseas. Children from all over the country created postcards and the designs are available to you through the Let's Say Thanks website. In the past several years, millions of postcards have been sent to deployed US service men and women who love getting the thanks they deserve.

Sending a postcard is simple, just follow these steps and in a few short minutes your Thanks is on its way to a soldier.

1. Go to the Let's Say Thanks website at http://www.letssaythanks.com.

2. Follow the link that says "view all designs".

3. Scroll through the page until you find a postcard that you like.

4. Click on the link that says "send this card".

5. The next page has several fields to fill out. They will ask for your name, city and state. There are several messages already created for you to choose from. You can select one of those messages or click on other.

6. If you choose a message from the list, click on the "submit" button and you will get a confirmation that your card will be sent.

7. If you choose the "Other" option and then click "submit" another field pops up and you can create your own message. Don't forget it is a small postcard, so you will need to keep your message short.

8. Click on the "submit" button and you will get a confirmation that your card will be sent.

9. You are welcome to send as many cards as you wish everyday. The site recommends choosing a different card every time to get a good variety of designs that are sent out.

10. Bookmark this site and send another card tomorrow, it only takes a few minutes.

11. Look around the site to see messages from soldiers, photos, news about Let's Say Thanks and their other partners.

12. Tell your friends.

Published by Lisa Curcio

I am a SAHM to 4 great boys and a feisty baby girl. My youngest son was born May 2008 with a Congenital Heart Defect. Teacher to the Children, Finder of the Legos, Washer of the Laundry, Hoarder of the Nutel...  View profile

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  • TC Thorn2/2/2009

    A simple thing to do, but I'm sure it would mean a lot.

  • Mary E. Coe1/30/2009

    Fantastic article. wonderful ideas and instructions. Thanks for sharing.

  • Shannon Lausch1/7/2009

    Great instructions!

  • Maura Nicholson12/30/2008

    Wonderful idea!

  • Barbara Lee Norris12/22/2008

    Great info. Thanks!

  • Linda Ann Nickerson11/30/2008

    Cooooooooooool!

  • Brandi thornsberry11/18/2008

    Great Article! Thanks!

  • Linda M. McCloud11/12/2008

    Great job and idea. Thanks.

  • Lisa Copher11/6/2008

    Thanx. I am definately going to do this. I had never heard of anything like this before.
    :-)

  • memmay15111/5/2008

    Great idea...especially with the holidays approaching....

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