Hi There!
Didja ever get one of them days? Didja ever get one of them days when looking at your meal on a white plate sitting on a cafeteria tray just didn't do anything for your appetite?
Marine Moms-Bethesda brings “comfort food” to the wounded, injured, and ill Warriors and their families through once a month luncheons on the combat surgical ward and every other month to the residents of Mercy Hall, a small out-patient transition barracks, at Walter Reed. When we're on the combat ward, ICU families and patients and families from the Traumatic Brain Injury Ward are also invited to enjoy a great lunch with us!
Our QUILT raffle supports these luncheons. 100 pennies, just 10 thin dimes will buy a raffle ticket to win this year's beautiful quilt!
Picture is here. Jo was helping out at the quilt table we had at Farmers Market.
Didja know there is no middle man? 100% of the funds raised from this raffle directly supports the Warriors and their families through the luncheons. You know exactly where your money is going – into the MM-B account. Reimbursement is made to hands-on luncheon volunteers for the amount on the store receipts for the items bought for a luncheon. Volunteers are not reimbursed for mileage, gas, phone calls, printing, postage, printers ink or any other administrative cost and none of us receive a salary.
Buying a raffle ticket is a way to support troops who have dedicated their lives to something larger than themselves -- our freedom. They don't ask for anything in return. Their gratefulness for the "real food" after living on institutional food or fast food or a feeding tube for weeks, or sometimes months, is beyond anything we can describe.
If you buy a raffle ticket you'll be cheering someone up. On what could be a really bad day. Didja ever get one of them days?
Elvis Presley from "GI Blues, Dija Ever".
Their day might be a little worse than "one of them days when there's no towel on the rack".
Tickets are: 1 ticket for $1.00 or 6 tickets for $5.00.
Checks or money orders (NO Cash Please!) can be mailed to:
Marine Moms Bethesda
P.O. Box 22
Cordova, MD 21625
Please note "quilt raffle" on your check and include your name, phone number, and if you want confirmation of receipt please include your email address. No worries! We won't share or sell your information.
Final postmark date is August 3, 2013.
To date $726.00 has been raised toward the luncheons. Can we top $1,000.00?
Grateful thanks to the following supporters who have their names in the pillowcase for the drawing on August 15 during our luncheon at Mercy Hall!
Joann, Julie, Darleen, Sue, Janice, J. Schmuckatelli, Martha, Judi, Nancy, Cheryl,Torina, Dina, and Barb.
Special thanks to the Bayside Quilters Trio Chris, Kris and Jo for setting up and manning 2 local raffles on behalf of Marine Mom-Bethesda - more names in the pillowcase!
Pillow case? Yes! The quilt comes with a matching pillow case!
10 thin dimes. I have that in the bottom of my purse...
Thank you for your consideration, and please feel free to share! Also Visit us on Facebook.
Love and Hugs,
-Jane
Jane@MarineMoms-Bethesda.org
"Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul." ~Michel de Montaigne/
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