REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOMEONE

The No. 1 request of the wounded at Walter Reed is for phone cards, so soldiers can stay in touch with their loved ones during their long rehabilitations. Many of them are from poor families, so it would be a great thing to help. Send phone cards of any amount to:

Medical Family Assistance Center
Walter Reed Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20307-5001

Someone at Kos called to verify:

I called the Walter Reed Medical Center Family Assistance Center this morning to find out if there was anything else they needed. The very nice Staff Sergeant confirmed that the soldiers do indeed need phone cards and advised that just last month, the patients went through 55,000 minutes of phone card time last month!!

I asked if they needed anything else. He said they have plenty of stuff like sweat suits and sundries, and that what they could really use for the wounded patients in addition to phone cards are breakaway pants and small pillows (he described them as polystyrene filled pillows in elastic type covers, which the patients, particularly the amputees, find helpful for comfort).

Here's also a link for Books for Soldiers, another fine venture. Remember, it's only $1.47 to ship a book via Media Mail.
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