Let’s all join together and support troops
I have never in my life written a letter to any faction of the news media. But today I have a burden for our troops fighting overseas and I am hoping you and your co-workers will be able to take some ideas I have and get a fire started in Warren County.
No matter if you believe in this war or not, we HAVE to believe in our young people who are over there risking their lives for each of us. I would love to see our community come together and support these brave men and women like the world has never seen.
I hope each church in Warren County, each business and each government office would get the name of just one service person from our area who has been deployed and “adopt” him or her. Send them thank you cards and letters of support and small care packages. They need little things like calling cards so they can keep in touch with loved ones at home. They need lip balm, baby wipes, chips, canned dips, beef sticks and just small comforts we take for granted every day.
None of these things would cost much. Yet would mean SO much to them. The TV said you cannot send big packages to just “The Troops” but small packages to individual servicemen are fine. There are a lot of good people in this county.
Maybe Three Star Mall could put up a “Wall of Honor” where people could hang pictures of loved ones in the service. Just anything this county could do to show these servicemen we support and care about them.
I don’t have anyone fighting in this war, but my son was there for the last one and I know how much support from home means, first hand. So please let’s see what this county is really made of! Thank you so much for taking the time to read this.
Judie Mifflin
Bluff Springs Road