(If you surfed to this page, came through a link on a different Web site, or from a Web Ring, please be sure to check out the photo album and its linked pages for a visual overview of how the Fan Mail campaign functions. Our Children- and Youth-related Web Rings are at the bottom of this page.)
While many classes, campus groups and schools around the country participate annually, the "Fan Mail for the Troops" campaign is also an excellent activity for youth groups which are ordinarily outside the school setting: Boys & Girls Clubs, Camp Fire, 4-H, Junior Grange, Scouts, etc. Thanks are extended to the veterans groups/auxiliaries, churches, etc. which sponsor the participation of various youth groups.
Special thanks to all who joined in the most recent campaign, in view of the atmosphere which existed during that period.
The top youth groups around the nation last year (Christmas 2003/Valentine 2004) were:
1. ( 6,859) Boone County 4-H (Donna Manring) - Belvidere, IL
2. ( 6,352) Army JROTC (William D. Wilgus, LTC, USA, Ret.), Pine Grove Area High School - Pine Grove, PA
3. ( 5,928) Orleans County 4-H Clubs (Margo A. Bowerman) - Albion, NY
4. (5,000) Navy JROTC (William Welp Jr., CDR, USN, Ret.), G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School - Miami, FL
5. ( 4,522) Covington County 4-H (Carolyn Conger) - Collins, MS
6. ( 3,489) Jackson County 4-H (Angie Kuehl) - Murphysboro, IL
7. ( 3,462) Army JROTC (COL James C. Staubach, AUS, Ret.), Riverview High School - Sarasota, FL
8. ( 3,320) Beta Club (Barbara Beyke), McEachern High School - Powder Springs, GA
9. ( 3,010) Air Force JROTC (Raleigh E. Cooper III, MAJ, USAF, Ret.), Bonnabel High School - Kenner, LA
10. ( 3,000) Country Bums 4-H & Cloverbuds (Linda Mason) - Proctor, WV
11. ( 2,884) Army JROTC (Danny S. Smith, MAJ, AUS, Ret.), Sarasota Military Academy - Sarasota, FL
12. ( 2,812) Henderson County 4-H (Janet Newton) - Lexington, TN
13. ( 2,800) Beta Club (Annette Bewley), Pottsville High School - Pottsville, AR
13. ( 2,800) Amerikids (Maria Yohe & Sara Jackson) - West Chester, PA
15. ( 2,462) Boy Scout Troop 98 (David Weinman) - Broadheadsville, PA
16. ( 2,434) Senior Beta Club (Arthur V. Price), Barr-Reeve High School - Montgomery, IN
17. ( 2,368) Boy Scout Troop 328 (Philip Koehler) - Twin Lakes, WI
18. ( 2,249) Air Force JROTC (James C. Wagner, MAJ, USAF, Ret.), Lynde & Harry Bradley Technology & Trade School -
Milwaukee, WI
19. ( 2,165) Navy JROTC (Charles R. Leo, CDR, USN, Ret.), Felix Varela High School - Miami, FL
20. ( 1,856) Air Force JROTC (MAJ Olsen), Wayne County High School - Jesup, GA
21. ( 1,500) Girl Scout Troop 234 (Lisa Miller) - Edgewood, KY
21. ( 1,500) Arlington Harvesters 4-H Club (Anne Fuller) - Lawrence, MI
23. ( 1,380) Navy JROTC (Ed Hardiman, CAPT, USN), Centennial High School - Las Vegas, NV
24. ( 1,321) Erie Shores Girl Scouts - Sandusky, OH
25. ( 1,275) West Side 4-H Club (Carolyn West) - Greers Ferry, AR
26. ( 1,160) Girl Scout Troops 907 & 1129 (Deb Jury) - Gap, PA
27. ( 1,154) Harford County 4-H Clubs - Forest Hill, MD
28. ( 1,150) Army JROTC (LTC John S. Wargo, USA, Ret.), Hubbard High School - Chicago, IL
29. ( 1,092) Navy JROTC (Kent Cooper, LCDR, USN) - Chaparral High School - Las Vegas, NV
30. ( 1,044) Beta Club (Linda Smith), Morrilton High School - Morrilton, AR
Sincere thanks to them as well as the many others from every part of the country who have faithfully participated in the Fan Mail for the Troops campaign over the years.
(See links to various youth groups and Web Rings at bottom of page.)
Information on how to join the Fan Mail campaign is not sent by email. Please click here.
Also, the Friends of Our Troops office is not able to locate individuals.
In real life, Sarge would have received a package stuffed with fan mail (cards and letters)
to share with his buddies--and even with Beetle!
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