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Join us today to thank all our troops and veterans and their loved ones without conditions. This organization is in urgent need of help to complete its missions and all donations are tax deductible - please consider helping even with a small sacrifice so that we can send our care packages for our wounded and deployed heroes out this holiday season and acquire the needed items to fill them . Thank you.
HOW CAN I HELP? CHOOSE FROM 3 EASY WAYS TO VOTE FOR OUR TROOPS, THANKING THEM BY DONATING TO HOMEFRONT HUGS USA SO WE CAN CONTINUE Our troops,veterans and families will not be forgotten because of you. 
At Homefront Hugs, we salute all our veterans, troops and families every day.
Our children sleep safe at night because of your sacrifices.
SPECIAL WELCOME HOME TO MITCH ROLLINS OF GULF BREEZE,FLORIDA....
who came home after his 6th tour from Afghanistan this past Saturday !
God bless you and thank you for your incredible sacrifices and give that
Mom of yours a huge hug for all her unwavering support ! This country
owes you a huge debt of gratitude !
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You, our heroes, have already earned the honor and respect as have your fallen
and wounded brothers and sisters .
You can rest assured that everyone who claims to support our
heroes, from the right, from the left, from the oceans to the shore,
without condition, knows and believes :
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Freedom Endures. Honor is Yours.
We are here to thank those who serve you !
Our wounded can be reached through directly through us
through Operation Healing Angel...despite the media reports .
and they would love to hear from you.
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November 12, 2008 It is time to VOTE FOR OUR TROOPS now that elections are over - it is because of their sacrifices that we were able to vote at all. We really could use everyone's help this early winter in all parts of our great country. Your president of this organization just underwent huge surgeries to help me walk again and they unfortunately were not as successful as I hoped. I am still in recovery mode. The needs of our troops have just catapulted. Only together we can see that our missions succeed and continue. With our current recession, donations are at an all time low practically zero. We need urgent help. I am asking every American who reads this to pick something they can do to help our missions. Help so our troops are not forgotten- monetary donations, and volunteers to adopt over 382 troops please- many from Eglin AFB in Florida but from all over the USA.
Your country needs you. Let us remember our generations from World War II and let us emulate them. They knew the support needed to be there on the homefront as well- without wavering. We are a public charity you can trust. No one receives a salary here. This is a time our country must heal from our divisions and join together in service to those who matter including our most incredible troops and veterans who come from all walks of life and politics. As Senator McCain said, it is time to support our new President Elect Obama and work together -(as we do at Homefront Hugs USA) to reflect the best of America and heal. Let us be the first to congratulate the Obama family wishing them all the best and thanking the McCain family for their sacrifices. The best is yet to come as our country heeds their call to service. Freedom Endures. United we stand.
Right now we have 61 care packages which need to be sent for the holidays and more in December...
Stand united by supporting our troops without conditions. Many military families cannot send care packages easily anymore with their own financial burdens with 4th and 5th deployments ! Six years ago , Homefront Hugs was founded as a small group of volunteers in tribute to our troops being deployed to Afghanistan to make sure 9-11 never happened again, that the dismal Vietnam homecomings never happened again.... with the help and support of many 9-11 families. We hoped one day we might close our doors, the war would end, and we could just have one huge homecoming celebration for our heroes just like in World War II. Yet as you well know, our work continues and the biggest work with our wounded coming home and offering comfort and support to our veterans and families of the fallen... We are a legitimate 501-3c non-profit organization with integrity-incorporated as of July 2007 which was generously arranged by a wonderful local law firm dedicated to our veterans and families run by Attorney Bryan Aylstock of Gulf Breeze.Florida. . Our work has never stopped as more troops were deployed all over the world including Iraq and still and most important Afghanistan where the toll seems heavier daily. We give tribute to those who served without question in every war - with honor and courage . We must never forget the sacrifices. Please vote for our troops today by helping.
** ***How can you help say thanks to those who serve ? Join us at Homefront Hugs USA. You can do as little or as much as you want from the comfort of your own home. Share this webpage with those you know who could help in big or small ways.
You can easily donate to us for postage ( 9.80 for each box we send no matter how heavy) or
for necessary items ( we'll do the shopping) through any Regions Bank
or Paypal (click here) or sending a check to our address below.
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Bottom line, YOU CHOOSE what works for you but please join us. We are a public charity and
we welcome prayers too...everything helps. God bless you all.
Sign up for our monthly newsletter too-just email/contact us with subject "news" and we'll make sure you receive our newsletter full of ideas, projects we have completed, and letters or news from the families and troops serving us with honor.
Click here: United in Tears at Homefront Hugs USA
    
Homefront Holiday Hugs is our heartfelt program for military children and homemakers dealing with deployments or hardship during the holidays. We collect and wrap gifts for these homefront heroes every year and disperse them to various bases and families who have been designated as in need of support. You can ask for a list of items or send or deliver gifts of your choosing for children ages 0-18 and destress gifts for Moms or Dads to us. Deadline is December 15th and we wish you all a blessed Christmas
Hannukah, or Kwaanza. If you are a military family in need of help this holiday- please tell us.
Our commitment to all volunteers: Every volunteer, young and old, receives a registered volunteer card and a certificate as well for your group or school or church or synagogue or business or....neighborhood, etc,etc,etc,...just join us and you will be joining some of the best volunteers and volunteer teams in the world where it comes from the heart with no conditions ! ASK ALI program Are you a veteran or deployed hero - or dependent keeping the home fires burning ? OPSEC and confidentiality are strictly adhered to as required by law. Ali is a crisis intervention counselor having worked in the military herself as a counselor and education specialist, and now sharing some of her time answering daily letters and providing referrals and resources when needed . Though you will not have daily sessions with her, she can help you to help yourself and make sure you and your family are in a safe place and know where the help is. We recognize the challenges you have as families and in coping with 3rd and 4th deployments and the marriages that are under a great deal of stress- and we are here to help. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. CALL OR WRITE. You are not alone.
Life is short...as my best friend Steve always said,
" savor" - no regrets. Listen to your angels. Be true to yourself
and know we are a grateful nation.
Read our latest freedom tribute to an amazing woman, mother of a veteran : We wish everyone a wonderful beginning to winter as fall slowly ends and hope you have a warm, and relaxing Thanksgiving season .
Sincerely in peace and hope,
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Alessandra Kellermann
President and Founder
Homefront Hugs USA,Inc.
And...University of Michigan/Ann Arbor Alumnus - Go Blue !
1449 Tiger Lake Drive
Gulf Breeze, Florida 32563
412-498-3855
* "be the change you wish to see in this world..."
( Ed Kellermann- Co-President with Mom above) THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS ! We are in the news....our first national award...thanks to all of our incredible volunteers: http://www.gulfbreezenews.com/news/2007/0628/Front_Page/004.html
Thanks so much to all the wonderful students at Oriole Beach Elementary
and Gulf Breeze Middle School who helped last holiday season to reach out to our families of
deployed heroes this holiday season. You are all heroes too...some of you have even adopted
a hero to send care packages to all year ! WOW !
Join us at the Mistletoe Market at Oriole Beach Elementary School on
December 6th and you can bring donations or just cards for the heroes
we want to keep smiling.....
Being a volunteer makes you very special Americans
and God is proud of you too !
We will be the first table you will see when you walk in
and we can't wait to see you ! Bring a beanie babie (new or used) for
our Homefront Holiday Hugs program for kids of deployed heroes....
and you will get a special treat in return !
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Our adopted largest combat hospital in Iraq is thrilled we have them hugged after 2 years still ! Join us in keeping their morale high. The poster behind them was made by all of the 2nd grade classes at Oriole Beach Elementary School of Gulf Breeze,Florida. Support them by adopting your own duck with a personalized message to send to a wounded hero ! Send a smile and a Homefront hug in style !
These ducks are anxiously waiting to be adopted. Go to the Healing Angels page for more info...
Despite the news reports, you can help and write our wounded...and here is how... You are needed. Read a super email we received and join us please !:
Homefront Hugs,
Thank you very much for sending all of the wonderful care packages filled with coffee, snacks, and supportive letters. I want you to know that the troops here really appreciate it. We have many wounded that come through the hospital and I want you to know they receive the cards you make and the goods you send. Your support is appreciated and needed. Alessandra always leaves a note that says, "Let us know if you need anything." One thing we could really use is a coffee grinder!! We receive all the wonderful Starbucks coffee beans, but have no way of grinding the beans. If we could get a coffee bean grinder that would be awesome!!!! Oh, and possibly some sort of basket or something to put all the candy in? Thank you!!!! Thank you Homefront Hugs!!!! Very Respectfully,
Kristina M. Decot, SrA, USAF
 You CAN write ANY WOUNDED HERO at: Operation Healing Angel Homefront Hugs USA 1449 Tiger Lake Drive Gulf Breeze, Florida 32563 We'll make sure it gets to our heroes and send it on...to our heroes and their healing angel caregivers...to American combat hospitals in the sandbox and medical centers worldwide which truly need your support. We cannot release our addresses of the medical hospitals in the war zone that have asked for our support due to security but we'll make sure your cards and help get to our heroes . Thanks for understanding...and caring. We have been entrusted with these assignments because we have supported our wounded now for a long time and with OPSEC intact. Just read all about it: Click here: Volunteers offer hand in healing to injured soldiers | Neighbors | pnj.com (news article)
Click here: Guardians of freedom get guardian angels (news article)
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Thank you to the Etheredge Family of Gulf Breeze ! Alex and his sister Ashley (below) just helped bring some beanie babies for our Homefront Holiday Hugs and troops this month ! They are dedicated volunteers with Mom since 2004 !
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Remembering Charlie- our friend and hero...
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Go Forward With Courage
Thanks to some wonderful fellow University of Michigan Alumni who help us out every time we need packages sent and more ! Go Blue ! A Thousand Thanks to our countless Michigan families and school kids who helped with our Homefront Hurricane Lunchbox Hugs and our smiles for our troops and WWII veteran Charlie ! Congralutions to Michigan this year ! GO WOLVERINES ! ****
Special Thanks to the Oriole Beach Elementary 2nd Graders who made some wonderful
posters on their Discover America day for our wounded and their doctors
and nurses : Operation Healing Angel !
We were also in the News....in the Eglin Air Force Base Newspaper...AIM HIGH ! EGLIN DISPATCH reports on Homefront Hugs for our Wounded To join the fun and bring a smile and support: 
Both mother and daughter above have been deployed and adopted by the same wonderful volunt |
AP Photo by S.Veder-1974
