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• Thursday, September 09, 2010

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Stampin' for the Troops!

Truckee/North Lake Tahoe

Our nation’s armed forces deployed in the Middle East can’t just stop into a drug store to buy a greeting card to send to their family. So we’re going to make 600 handmade cards for them!

Auntie Joan Stamping is hosting a community event to make handmade cards for U.S. military service members serving overseas. We’ve organized and assembled all the necessary supplies to make 300 Mother’s Day and 300 Father’s Day cards. Everyone is invited to help and show their support of our troops in this very personal way.

Date: Saturday, March 20th, 2010
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Place: Cedar House Sports Hotel

"It’s wonderful to think that cards made by hand here in Truckee will travel across the globe, to places like Kabul and Baghdad, where a soldier will add his own words and love before sending it back to his family in the U.S.," remarked Veronica Cannon of Auntie Joan Stamping.

No crafting experience is necessary to help. It’s fun and easy to make cards by hand. Children over age 5 are welcome. Folks are encouraged to spend an hour or an afternoon, coming by between 10am and 4pm