UPDATE: The original post was an internet hoax. That's too bad.
However, you can go here to get information on how you can send a card to a soldier. I've replaced the hoax address with the correct one below.
Send one (or more) here:
A Recovering American Soldier
c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue,NW
Washington , D.C. 20307-5001
Holiday Mail for HeroesThere, that's better.
PO Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD 20791-5456
Hat tip to my anon commenter, and Snopes.
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4 comments:
Tried that last year and found out it was a hoax. Walter Reed will not accept mail not addressed to a specific individual. I found that out after sending 10 Xmas cards last year and having them all returned. I believe that there is a Red Cross address that you can send them to instead and they will hand deliver them to our troops.
Thanks!
You're welcome.
Gary W. Anthony
MSgt, USAF, Ret.
On behalf of my colleagues at Pitney Bowes ( http://www.pb.com ) and the American Red Cross ( http://www.redcross.org/ ), thank you for all of your support in helping to spread the word about the “Holiday Mail for Heroes” program.
We would like you to know that we’ve not only reached the goal of delivering one million cards to US service members, veterans and military families, but we surpassed it! And it’s all because people like you and your blog readers who got involved. View the following video for more details and a personal message of thanks from all of us: http://blip.tv/file/1643672/.
We could not have done it without you.
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