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![Cathy Belton said her family was planning to leave Oct. 28 for Columbus, MO, where her son, Matthew, 23, would be beginning his Air Force pilot training. “I think it’s just a great community effort we’re doing, sending these cards to our troops,” Belton said. “It takes on a different meaning [thi s year, with her son’s pending departure]. “I’ve been doing cards and things for the military before but now it’s really personal.” As for her son, Belton said she is not surprised at his adulthood goals. “Since he was about 8, he’s been into planes and medals and uniforms and being a patriot,” she said. “He’s probably the most determined kid I’ve ever known. He’s had his eye on the target and he just went for it.”](http://www.mypapernow.com/Other/Cards-For-Troops-Stampin-Up/i-2jPpJXG/0/Ti/DSC_0682-Ti.jpg "Cathy Belton said her family was planning to leave Oct. 28 for Columbus, MO, where her son, Matthew, 23, would be beginning his Air Force pilot training. “I think it’s just a great community effort we’re doing, sending these cards to our troops,” Belton said. “It takes on a different meaning [thi s year, with her son’s pending departure]. “I’ve been doing cards and things for the military before but now it’s really personal.” As for her son, Belton said she is not surprised at his adulthood goals. “Since he was about 8, he’s been into planes and medals and uniforms and being a patriot,” she said. “He’s probably the most determined kid I’ve ever known. He’s had his eye on the target and he just went for it.”")
Jeri Fontana, Stampin' Up! demonstrator, left, and Jennifer Kovell, at the Second Annual Cards for the Troops event, held this year at the Campo Family YMCA. "Last year our goal was to stamp 1,500 cards for troops," Fontana said. "We ended up with 2,069. This year we were prepared to stamp 3,000 cards, but we're already prepping for about another 500."
"The hand-stamped cards will be sent to deployed service members so they can send a Christmas card home this season," reads the flyer for the event.
"It's been awesome," Fontana said about the October event, launched in 2008. "It's awesome for the troops. I've gotten certificates of appreciation and letters from commanders. They're totally amazed when they receive these boxes full of Christmas cards." (For coverage of last year's event, Click Here.)
Kovell noted that one man at the 2009 event, Michael Linger, with the 91st Air Refueling Squadron, left the event with 250 cards he planned to take with him on his impending deployment.
"The hand-stamped cards will be sent to deployed service members so they can send a Christmas card home this season," reads the flyer for the event.
"It's been awesome," Fontana said about the October event, launched in 2008. "It's awesome for the troops. I've gotten certificates of appreciation and letters from commanders. They're totally amazed when they receive these boxes full of Christmas cards." (For coverage of last year's event, Click Here.)
Kovell noted that one man at the 2009 event, Michael Linger, with the 91st Air Refueling Squadron, left the event with 250 cards he planned to take with him on his impending deployment.
For coverage of last year's event, Click Here.)
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Jeri Fontana, Stampin' Up! demonstrator, left, and Jennifer Kovell, at the Second Annual Cards for the Troops event, held this year at the Campo Family YMCA. "Last year our goal was to stamp 1,500 cards for troops," Fontana said. "We ended up with 2,069. This year we were prepared to stamp 3,000 cards, but we're already prepping for about another 500."
"The hand-stamped cards will be sent to deployed service members so they can send a Christmas card home this season," reads the flyer for the event.
"It's been awesome," Fontana said about the October event, launched in 2008. "It's awesome for the troops. I've gotten certificates of appreciation and letters from commanders. They're totally amazed when they receive these boxes full of Christmas cards." (For coverage of last year's event, Click Here.)
Kovell noted that one man at the 2009 event, Michael Linger, with the 91st Air Refueling Squadron, left the event with 250 cards he planned to take with him on his impending deployment.
"The hand-stamped cards will be sent to deployed service members so they can send a Christmas card home this season," reads the flyer for the event.
"It's been awesome," Fontana said about the October event, launched in 2008. "It's awesome for the troops. I've gotten certificates of appreciation and letters from commanders. They're totally amazed when they receive these boxes full of Christmas cards." (For coverage of last year's event, Click Here.)
Kovell noted that one man at the 2009 event, Michael Linger, with the 91st Air Refueling Squadron, left the event with 250 cards he planned to take with him on his impending deployment.
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