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Laura, I love that idea!

That was soooooooo sweet!

I've loved reading the comments on this contest. What a great way to engage your readers and give them a little something nice for Valentine's Day.

I love how you've engaged people here! Fantastic. May the 5 most deserving win.

<abbr>Trish | eMail Our Militarys last blog post..Update: eMOM's Free Flowers to Honor our Troops</abbr>

WOW

Wanted to stop by and invite you to come on over!

We're offering our military community the opportunity to win FREE flowers just in time for Valentine's Day ♥ http://snurl.com/b55mb

eMail Our Military (eMOM) has 10 ways to win!

So cute!

Thanks so much for this wonderful blog post. I didn't catch it when you 1st wrote it and only came across it recently. Your support of our troops is greatly appreciated!

I want to be a rockstar too!

All great tools! Fantastic post.

Great posts! Great information.

Great post. We owe so much to those Americans who came before us who fought for all the freedoms we have. Thanks to them we're still free today.

Just stopping by to let our local blogging community know we're here on the scene.

Honor, Duty, eMail is local (Miami Lakes) and we're doing great things for the guys and gals serving our country.

eMail Our Military is a non-partisan, charitable organization supporting U.S. military service members through morale boosting email correspondence, letters and care packages. Troop supporters can take part in a number of support projects ranging from sending eMail to a service member on a one-on-one basis to year round support projects.

We'd love the support of our local community!

Tons of great tips in here for community building and connecting. Great job as always.

You're already ahead of the game!

Thanks for mentioning this fantastic pasrtnership for our troops! It a great use of technology to fill a need.

It's announced! Great news too.

This is too much fun!

I should have warned you about saying things like that on the internet. We've got a great bunch of troop supporters and you have a huge fan base that apparently wants to get a better look at your head! =)

Hats off you my friend! Thanks for all you're doing (and have done) to support our troops.

What nice responses! Thanks again.

insanity!

Thank you so much for spotlighting eMail Our Military's (http://www.eMailOurMilitary.com) collaboration with Babble Soft (http://www.BabbleSoft.com). Twitter has been such a great connector for us and we're so pleased to have been able to meet Aruni and work together with her to provide this great opportunity to military families with newborns. Memorial Day is a holiday close to our hearts. My husband is a military service member, my father served as well so today, we'll honor and remember those who paid the ultimate price for freedom.

In response to those leaving negative comments, I'll quote one of our guest writer's today:

"I’ve heard comments like “well they signed up for it.” Yes, they did, and that’s the point. They signed up for it knowing war was a possibility, some even signed up with the express purpose of going to war beside their brothers in arms. And if they’re on their fourth or fifth tour, they’ve had to make the choice to re-up, to sign themselves up for yet another round of deployments. They could’ve made the choice to say “no more”, but who would go in their place? Would you? Would you send your children instead? Your spouse? Your siblings? If they don’t go, who will?"

Who will indeed?

Hi Shawn! I hope you won't mind me sharing this with you but I thought you might be interested in what we've got going on to support our troops.
eMail Our Military's gearing up for another great support project for our troops, this time for Mother's Day. Since our troops are serving across the globe, I thought this would be a great way to help them connect with their moms back home in a really sweet, personal and fun way.
Our troops can write a note or make a simple card for mom and then snap a pic of it with their digital camera or mobile phone. Then just upload it to Qipit.com where it will be turned into a crisp, clear .PDF for sharing with mom.
What's I think is so cool about this is that it's free, and it cleans up the text so it doesn't look like a camera phone shot - Best of all it's an immediate way to send a personal note with a whole lot of love across the world.
This would also be a great way for kids who are separated from their military moms to say Happy Mother's Day with a homemade card right to mom's email address without the need for a scanner, etc.
I think it's a pretty neat little project and we're really excited about sharing it with our military and those who support them.
Trish
eMailOurMilitary.com
Supporting our military, one email at a time!

Very well written post. It's obvious this is something you are very passionate about. I wish more people took the time to talk to our troops and hear their stories good and bad about what they have experienced. Thank you for sharing their stories and your thoughts.

Thank you so much for tackling this information. Many of our service members really have a hard time finding comprehensive information on this topic. We sincerely appreciate it and will be sharing a link to your podcast in our newsletter. Keep up the great work.