Any Soldier

If you would like to encourage, support, help in some small way any of our troops who are in harms way here is an organization for you to consider. It is called Any Soldier. It was started in 2003 by Sergeant Brian Horn from LaPlata, Maryland, an Army Infantry Soldier with the 173rd Airborne Brigade was in the Kirkuk area of Iraq when he started the idea of Any Soldier® to help care for his soldiers. He agreed to distribute packages that came to him with "Attn: Any Soldier" in his address to soldiers who didn't get mail. He is since home, but the organization has continued to grow as has the need. The website has complete information on Where To Send, What To Send, How to Send, etc.

Here’s how it works. The website has Soldier contacts on the "Where to Send" page. Click through the names and select the one(s) you wish to support. They list what the folks they represent want and need. The website even has a search capability so you can easily identify what the troops need most.

All the Soldiers involved in this effort are military volunteers stationed in areas that are in harm's way. You send your support (letters and/or packages) addressed to them and when they see the "Attn: Any Soldier" line in their address they put your letters and packages into the hands of Soldiers who don't get much or any mail first. Everything is shared.

Go to this website for complete information: http://www.anysoldier.com/index.cfm