Guest Author - Gary King

Soldiers do have angels and I came across some of them while surfing the Internet.

Soldiers' Angels was started by a self-described ordinary mother of an ordinary young man turned hero, Sgt. Brandon Varn. Brandon was deployed in Iraq and has since honorably completed his mission and has returned back to his proud and loving family.

In the summer of 2003, he wrote home expressing his concern that some soldiers did not receive any mail or support from home. Being a caring and loving mother, she decided not to allow a situation like that to continue. She contacted a few friends and extended family to ask if they would write to a soldier or two. Within a few short months, Soldiers' Angels went from a mother writing a few extra letters to an Internet Community with thousands of angels worldwide.

With more and more merchants donating services, money and items for packages, the Angels reorganized as a 501c3 non-profit so all donations would be tax deductible.

Soldiers' Angels currently supports thousands of American Service Members stationed wherever we raise our Country Flag and the number is growing daily. Soldiers' Angels are dedicated in supporting our military during and after their deployment.

In December of 2004 a worldwide support forum was created, in hopes of providing a place where needs of our heroes can be fulfilled. That forum is located at:

http://soldiersangelsforum.com

In July 2006 this ordinary mother's youngest son, Bretton Varn, started Boot Camp and is now serving his country.

Soldiers' Angels is an all-volunteer run organization, incorporated in the state of Nevada. Soldiers' Angels started in June of 2003. The Soldiers' Angels mission is to provide aide and comfort to any of the armed forces and their families.

More importantly, the slogan describes the motivation behind Soldiers' Angels. By working together and sharing a common vision of service, the volunteers of Soldiers' Angels send care to deployed soldiers and their loved ones at home.

To date they have accomplished to send thousands of care packages to deployed soldiers, helped the wounded at most military hospitals and aided military families in need.

From its inception, the focus of Soldiers' Angels has been:

Helping to bring home healthy soldiers.

"May No Soldier Go Unloved"

Soldiers' Angels has many opportunities available for you to get involved in supporting our troops. Here are a few suggestions to help get started....

Adopting a soldier through Soldiers' Angels is a great way to get personally involved in supporting our troops. Each day soldiers are submitted to Soldiers' Angels, hoping for an adoption. To learn more about the adoption process and what you need to do to get started today, go to:

http://soldiersangels.org/index.php?page=adopting-a-soldier

Soldiers' Angels has quite a few teams that specialize in fulfilling a specific need for our troops. By joining one or more of their teams, you too can get involved in sending handmade blankets to the wounded, supporting our military chaplains, helping our soldiers distribute toys and clothing to children in Iraq and Afghanistan, sending special cards to soldiers and much more. To learn more about their teams and how you can join one today, go to:

http://soldiersangels.org/index.php?page=joining-a-team

You can help Soldiers' Angels fulfill the goals of their many projects and operations with your donations. Each donation, no matter how large or small, will help provide comfort and aid to our troops. Along with financial donations you can also donate stock, your cell phone, air miles, care package items and much more. Visit the donations page at:

http://soldiersangels.org/index.php?page=donate

The teams they have include:

Cards Plus Team - Chaplain Support Team - Wounded TLC Team
Fisher Houses Support Team - Letter Writing Team - Living Legends
The Sewing Team - Operation OutReach/SOS:Kids

Soldiers' Angels is a volunteer organization dedicated to the support and morale of our brave men and women in uniform, in appreciation of their efforts in defense of our Nation, our freedoms, and our way of life. Soldiers will receive cards, letters, and care packages from individual volunteers who have signed up to be Angels. Angels are screened through address verification and given instructions not to share their Hero's address with anyone outside of Soldiers' Angels, nor to send mail that would be deemed suggestive, inappropriate, or hazardous. Their purpose is to support soldiers with snacks, comfort items, and words of support and caring.

A Soldiers' Angel is responsibility is to provide letters of encouragement and care packages, including snacks and hygiene items. Soldiers Angels are families that care and support; they do not provide ipod, laptops or expensive items. If anyone feels they need something like this, pleas email soldiersangels@gmail.com

Yes, soldiers DO have angels watching over them.