Holiday Care Packages for our Troops

This year as a special part of our Holiday Love Project, our partners at Beyond Bookmarks have created a special coupon code so you can send care packages, "Patriot Packs," to military services members at home and deployed this holiday season and get a 10% discount.

Whether you have a loved one serving or not, we've made it possible for you to send care packages to our troops with our Unknown Soldier Service. eMail Our Military has a confidential database of service members serving in places like Iraq and Afghanistan who could use a little love and some goodies from home.

Every care package you order gives back to the troops! You get a great discount, your service members get great packages and a portion of the proceeds come back to eMail Our Military so we can continue to support our troops. What could be better than that?

Just order the package you want to send use COUPON CODE: EMOM and Beyond Bookmarks and eMOM will take care of the rest.

Here's how:

Order your Patriot Pack by calling Beyond Bookmarks toll free at 1-866-746-5133. They're happy to take your order over the phone Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CST. (Don't forget to use COUPON CODE: EMOM to get your 10% discount)

OR if you prefer to do it yourself online:

1. Add the Patriot Pack you'd like to send to your shopping cart and select soldier service from the drop down menu.

2. Add any add on items you'd like to include to your shopping cart.

3. Click checkout and add your gift tag message using the button to the right of your Patriot Pack that reads add gift tag message. (Don't forget to use COUPON CODE: EMOM to get your 10% discount)

4. Continue checkout as normal, but enter your address as the shipping address. Beyond will change this to the APO/FPO address of a soldier provided by eMail Our Military.

5. Choose USPS as your shipping carrier then select Priority Mail as your shipping method

If you get stuck of need a little help along the way just give the good folks at Beyond Bookmarks a call toll free at: 1-866-746-5133

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Contest Winners Need to Come Forward

Guess what? We announced our contest winners on Monday the 26th and asked them all to come forward so we could start giving away their goodies. We haven't heard from them all yet and we want to make sure everyone claims their prizes. Please help us spread the word. If you know one of the winners, send them our way.

Winners

Drop a comment on our blog with your email address so we can get in touch with you ASAP.

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Happy Thanksgiving

From all of us at eMail Our Military to all of you stateside and across the globe, Happy Thanksgiving!

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Sweet Grabs Giveaway Winners

We've got winners!

Huge thanks to everyone who participated in our Veteran's Day Sweet Grabs Giveaway. We had a great time reading all your comments and we hope you had a chance to connect with others in our military community.

We kindly ask that winners come forward and leave a comment with their email address so we can contact you about your Sweet Grabs gift certificates.

Drumroll please... and the winners are:

1. Eve of Are we There Yet
2. Shawn Kirsch (@ThatTallDude)
   
3. Cheryl Doty Whittier

Happy Shopping!

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Military Purse Winner Announced

Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter our Military Purse Giveaway Contest! We hope you had as much fun as we did and connected with other military friends and family members.

Indaway Designs and eMail Our Military would like to congratulate Sharon Jordon (@Nanna_J), the winner of our military purse contest! Sharon can pick the style and design she likes from Indaway's website.

As a special thank you to all those who entered and all those who serve and support our troops, each Military Monday Indaway Designs will discount their military themed purses by $10! Be sure to surf on over to their site and place your order on Military Monday between now and Christmas.

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Book Giveaway Contest Winners Announced

Thank you all for entering the eMail Our Military & Joe Gillan "Just Before the Dawn" book giveaway contest.

We've picked 5 lucky winners to receive an autographed copy of Joe's novel "Just Before the Dawn" and the winners are as follows:

Karen Henderson (@SnoopyVet)
Catherine Bridges (@MomOf2Soldiers)
Amanda (x1fallenstar1)
Tanya
Graham

Please leave a comment on our blog with your email address so we can contact you regarding the shipping of your autographed copy.

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We've Got Giveaways for our Military Community

We've got goodies! Did you miss it? We kicked off 3 great giveaways in honor of Veterans Day last week and today is the very last day to get your entries in. Check them out below:

• 1 Military Purse Giveaway
• 3 $50 SweetGrabs Gift Certificate Giveaways
• 5 Book Giveaways

Be sure to click the links, follow the directions and spread the word! Good luck!

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Veterans Day Sweet Grabs Giveaway

It's been a great week so far with all kinds of fun giveaways for our military community in honor of Veterans Day.

We kicked off Monday with a Military Purse giveaway and on Tuesday we launched a book giveaway from a Veteran author. Today we're pleased to bring you yet another great giveaway...

We've got THREE $50.00 gift certificates to give away thanks to the great folks over at SweetGrabs.com! At SweetGrabs you'll find something for everyone and all at a great value.

Everyone loves shopping and the holidays are right around the corner so we're so pleased to be able to partner with SweetGrabs to give out these gift certificates. What a great way to give back to our military community!

How to Enter:

To enter you must leave a comment letting us know your connection to the military. Are you a military mom or dad? A military spouse? A military service member or veteran? Drop us a comment and tell us.

Bonus Entry:

Once you've left a comment here on the blog, you can get some extra chances to win by doing the following:

1. Follow SweetGrabs on Twitter
2. Become a fan of SweetGrabs on Facebook
3. Retweet the link to this giveaway
4. Blog it and leave a comment here with the link to your blog post

Contest ends 11/16 and 3 winners will be selected at random and announced on 11/23. Good luck!

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Have You Hugged A Veteran Today?

Gary Varvel, Indiana -- The Indianapolis Star-News
Please contact your local newspaper editor if you want to see Gary Varvel's cartoons in your hometown paper.

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Veterans Day Book Giveaway

At eMail Our Military we support our troops but what you may not know is that we're quite passionate about supporting our veterans too, in many different ways. That's why when we met Joe Gillan, an author and Army Veteran from the Vietnam War era, we knew he was going to be an amazing person to learn more about.

The more we got to know Joe, the more we loved him. We thought one great way to show our support for a veteran who had just released his first novel was to share a little about him here and do a fun book giveaway, in honor of all our Veterans this Veterans Day.

"Joe is fascinating. He's one of those people you just know has been there and done that and has some great stories to tell. We wish him nothing but success." said eMail Our Military's President, Trish Forant.

Joe is a dad, a marathon runner, a retired business executive, a former sports writer and the vice-chairman of the Florida Advocacy Council for special needs citizens. He's a passionate patriot and we encourage you to show your support to him and all of America's Veterans on Veterans Day and always.

Joe's book, "Just Before the Dawn" is, in many ways, designed to be an elegy for lost chances. Though the book isn't military related it's a great read that 5 lucky winners will have the chance to enjoy. That's right we're giving away five (5) copies of Joe Gillian's "Just Before the Dawn" and you have a chance to win one!

You can read an excerpt from "Just Before the Dawn" here.


There are three ways to enter to win. You'll receive one entry for each action:

1. Follow @JoeGillan on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/JoeGillan (don't forget to send him an @ and say hello)
   
2. Become a fan on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JosephAGillan
3. Leave a comment on this blog post & let us know if you have a military connection. Are you a veteran, a spouse, etc. or a military supporter.
   

Contest ends on 11/16. One winner will be chosen by email Our Military and announced on 11/23. Have fun and good luck!

To learn more about Joe Gillan, visit his website or connect with him personally on Facebook as Joe A Gillan.

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Happy 234th Birthday U.S. Marines

Wishing all United States Marines a very happy 234th Birthday from your friends at eMail Our Military.

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Military Themed Purse Giveaway through Indaway Designs and eMail Our Military

In honor of Veterans Day, we're teaming up with Indaway Designs this week to give away your choice of either the PFC, SGT or CPT purse in the military fabric of your choice to one lucky winner. (See all of Indaway Designs' military fabrics.)

Show you military pride! Pick the style that best represents your favorite branch of the service and let everyone know wherever you go that you support our troops.

The contest is open to everyone so gentlemen, don't be shy. You can win this great purse for your lovely lady. Ladies, you know you deserve a great new, handmade purse.

There are three ways to enter to win. You'll receive one entry for each action:

1. Follow @IndawayDesigns on twitter (and @ them hello!)
   
2. Become a fan of Indaway Designs on Facebook & comment on their page with your favorite branch of the military
   
3. Leave a comment right here on this blog post. (We'd love to know how you're connected to the military)
   

You can view the PFC, SGT and CPT style purses here. Contest ends on 11/16. One winner will be chosen by Indaway Designs and announced on 11/23.

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Kicking Off Veterans Week with Giveaways

We thought we'd kick off this week with some great giveaways from some military friendly businesses, individuals and organizations all in honor of Veterans Day, November 11th. All you have to do is stay tuned to participate and get involved for a chance at winning!

If you've got something that our military community would love, let us know. You can reach us on Facebook or on Twitter or even connect with us via email.

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The Fall of the Berlin Wall - 20th Anniversary

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. I can recall President Reagan in 1987 saying with such conviction "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." I remember the day the wall came down, as many of us do. I was sitting on the edge of my chair with tears streaming down my face. Even then, in my youth, though incredibly moved I really couldn't grasp the enormity of that moment. For those of you who missed it 20 years ago, see it now.

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