I came across the website link, Stamps For The Wounded (SFTW), when cleaning out my favorites list on my computer.
Collecting the stamps off of your own personal mail, asking your neighbors to save the stamps off their mail, perhaps even a church group or scout group, will help thousands upon thousands of our men and women veterans who are in VA hospitals and convalescent centers across America.
How will my sending stamps help them you might ask? Simple, they take the stamps, soak them free of the paper on which they are stuck, and then put them into albums or use them to decorate cards, boxes, etc.
The reason this is so important, is you are helping these men and women to set aside boredom, to get involved in an activity rather than just sitting around day after day.
The Lions Club started this program many, many years ago!
“SFTW, now a service of the Lions International Stamp Club. SFTW is 100% volunteer organization. Founded early in 1942 in response to an appeal from the Armed Services Hospitals, it was extended to nationwide scope in 1944 with the aid of the country's leading stamp societies. Its members are philatelists who voluntarily collect for and distribute to hospitalized servicemen and servicewoman the tools they need to engage in this vital therapy. None of them has ever been paid a single penny for his/her services.” http://35dlions.org/stamps.html
If you do decide to help out with the SFTW, please go to their websites and follow their directions carefully. They do NOT want you to remove the stamps; in fact, they only ask that you follow a few simple basic steps in removing the stamped area from the envelope. They are quite simple.
This is the site I am familiar with. However, if you search online using these words “Stamps For The Wounded+Lions Club”, you will find at least a half-dozen Lions Club sites. You also might look in your phone book for the Lions Club in your town and give them a call.
What a great way to recycle a bit of paper and some stamps, and along with that, you will be contributing to the well-being of veterans across the country. Remember, these are the same men and women who were protecting our country! So let’s help them out.
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