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Issue #11, DECEMBER 2006 Issue Date: December 4th, 2006 Total Active Subscribers: 42 From: Tom Ruley, President, NROTC Dear Readers, Welcome to our monthly newsletter. This newsletter is viewed by the general public entering from our website and is emailed directly to our subscribers. If you haven't subscribed yet, please do so. As a subscriber, you will be informed monthly on our charitable activity. Its easy, just look for the sign up area on the left margin of our website. I apologize for not publishing a newsletter in November. Quite honestly I had no good news to report. For all of October and most of November 2006, there were no donations received and 76 people were still on our waiting list to receive Blue Star Service Banners. I had reported in October that we were early in negotiations with a professional fundraising firm to conduct our fundraising. Well today I must report that the negotiations fizzled out and we are back to square one again. Recently I have changed our fundraising strategy somewhat. Instead of looking for telemarketers only to conduct our fundraising, we are now looking for telemarketers AND outside sales representatives. Hopefully one day soon, we will have a successful fundraising model established. Last month we did manage to send one Gold Star Service Banner to the mother of Sergeant Andrew Joseph Baddick of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Sergeant Baddick served in the Army with the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. His death is reported by the DoD as hostile/vehicle accident, location, Baghdad, near Abu Ghuraib Prison and occurred on September 30th, 2003. Rest in eternal peace Sergeant Andrew Joseph Baddick. I hope that the family members of Sergeant Baddick may be comforted in knowing that countless Americans share the grief of their loss and would offer their personal condolences if they could. On a more positive note, I am very pleased to report that our Vice President, Tom Conlan, came through for NROTC on November 25th with a $500.00 donation from his home improvement business. I dug a little deeper into my mostly empty pockets and with Tom Conlan's help, we were able to recently mail out service banners to 73 people who were on our waiting list. The reason for the number being 73 instead of 76 is because some people who I had emailed last month, telling them they were put on our waiting list, replied saying they had purchased their banners elsewhere. Of the Blue Star Service Banners we have just sent, 63 had single stars, 9 had two stars and one had FOUR STARS! Most of our readers know that as a matter of military secrecy, respect for privacy, and to protect all of our service banner donees from anyone, including domestic terrorists who may want to do them harm, we do not publish actual names or street addresses. To that family in Camp Hill, Alabama with four family members serving in our armed forces, we applaud your patriotism! That's what I call a real family effort! I cannot tell you how relieved I am to have mailed out those banners to the families on our waiting list. It made me very uncomfortable to think that 76 people might be questioning the sincerity of our efforts and the credibility of our organization. We are not out of the woods yet because our organization is once again broke and today we are still not taking any new service banner applications on our website because we lack the funds to fulfill the requests. From now on unless we change it down the road, NROTC is no longer going to put people on a waiting list. We will only open our website to taking service banner requests, to only when we have the donation dollars in our business checking to fulfill those requests. If at any given time we do not have the dollars to send out any banners, we will state plainly on the banner request pages of our website, that we are temporarily not taking banner requests. We will ask the people who want to submit a banner request to check back with us later. Hopefully this way at least, we will not have people submitting banner requests, and then getting upset with us after being told they will have to wait indefinitely to receive their much deserved service banner. We continue to touch people in a special way every time we deliver a service banner. Here are some of the most recent comments we have received: Sep 08 2006 - Clemmons, NC - Thank you from the military family. Sep 08 2006 - Jonesboro, AR - You are doing a wonderful thing. Sep 09 2006 - Laurel, MS - Thank you for this honor of having a flag to place in our home's window to show our love and support for our son's service and for our nation. Kathy XXXXXXXXXX, mother of Mark XXXXX, and Jeremy XXXXXX, Proud Army MOM! Sep 09 2006 - Simpsonville, SC - Thank you so much for this honor. Our son is so proud to serve his country, and we are so proud of him and our troops. We have raised our children to love God and their country. They are now reassuring our efforts. Sep 09 2006 - Aloha, OR - Thank you very much for doing this. I am member of the Blue Star Mothers of America and will display my banner proudly. Sep 09 2006 - Mesquite, TX - Thank you so much! Sep 10 2006 - Westport, IN - Thank you sooooooooooo much Sep 10 2006 - Vine Grove, KY - I really appreciate this. My husband left me with 2 children, one which has leukemia and has alot of special needs. It's been hard so far, but the support is fantastic! Sep 10 2006 - Crockett, CA - Thank You! Sep 10 2006 - Concord, CA - Thanks a bunch for donating these flags...I really appreciate it and all the Blue Star Moms appreciate your support of our children. Our Hearts are on the Line. Sep 10 2006 - Yukon, OK - Thank you so much. I have the silk Blue Star Flag my great-grandmother had in her window for my grandfather during WWI and the Blue Star Flag my grandmother had in her window for my father during WWII. This means a lot to me. Sep 11 2006 - Las Vegas, NV - Thank you for what your doing. This is the second time around for my son who is now just 21 years old. We are very proud of him. I belong to the so. Nevada chapter of the Blue Star Mothers. Thank you. Sep 11 2006 - San Ramon, CA - Thanks so much for the opportunity to get one of these beautiful flags. Sep 11 2006 - Easley, SC - My son is serving his second term in Iraq now. Sep 11 2006 - Saint Gabriel, LA - My son is now serving in Iraq. I think this is a wonderful thing you are doing. Thank you Sep 11 2006 - Camp HIll, AL - Thanks you so much for a wonderful service like this. It's truly an honor to have all 3 of my sons as well as my husband serving during these troubled times. I appreciate your site! Sep 11 2006 - Walnut Creek, CA - Thank you! Sep 14 2006 - Concord, CA - Thank you Sep 19 2006 - Milwaukie, OR - That is awesome you have this site..thanks Sep 20 2006 - Fort Knox, KY - Thank you so much for this service, it is greatly appreciated. Sep 20 2006 - Mount Morris, IL - Thank-you for the opportunity to receive this flag. This is our son's second tour in Iraq. He has been to Kosovo, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and the Netherlands. Thanks again, Sep 22 2006 - Fayetteville, NC - Thank you for the support. Sep 23 2006 - Ormond Beach, FL - God Bless you for offering this free banner to the family members of those in harms way. Although each and every day I am in fear for my son's safety, I am very proud that he has volunteered to fight the war on terrorism. Because of him and others like him America is a safer. I will hang the banner from my home to show my pride in him and in the United States. Thank you again. Sep 27 2006 - MOUNT CALM, TX - THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING Oct 6 2006 - Danville, CA - Thank you for all you do. Following is our list of December 2006 Service Banner Donees As a matter of military secrecy, respect for privacy, and to protect all of our service banner donees from anyone, including domestic terrorists who may want to do them harm, we do not publish actual names or street addresses. The following 63 homes are now proudly displaying Single Star Blue Star Service Banners: We pray that your loved ones return home safe, and soon.
XXXX Scotchwood
XXX Pink Dill Mill Rd.
XXXX SE 7th Ave.
XXXX East Chestnut St
XXXX McDaniel
XXXXX Silver Leaf Lane
XXX Kingsdale Court
XXX Dains Street
XXXXX NE Bradford Rd
XXXXX S.W. Blanton St.
XXXX N Galloway #1101
XXX W Sycamore St
XXXX Brunswick Way
XXXXX Toluca Drive
XXXX Campeche Ct.
XXXX Seven Hills Road
XXXX Dorchester Place
XXX La Copita Court
XXX Bewley Way
XXX Clark Street
XXXX Court Lane
XXXX Bonneycastle Lane
XXXX Bennett Dr
XXXX Camino De Jugar
XXX Jamestown Road
XXX Pecan Dr.
XXXX San Ramon Valley Blvd
XXX Peppertree Road
XXX N Main St B19
XXX 3rd Av. W.
XXXXX Old Willowbrook Road
XXXX-X Applecross Ave
XXXX Jeff Court
XXXX WAR PAINT DRIVE
XXXXX Via Lupine
XXX Hollyhock Court
XXXX 31st ST CT NE
XXX Pointers Ct Apt X
XXXX East Rancier Avenue #XXX
XXXX SE Jordan
XXXXX 5th Arm Div Rd
XXXX Pressler Grove #X
XXXX North Cedar Road
XXX NH Route 118
XXXX Cheek Road
XXX Troy Rankin Road
P.O. Box XXX
XXX Stonewall Ct
XXXX Duncastle Apt. XX
XXX Broadway
XXXX East Union Road
XX Wardell Ct.
XXXXX 8th St
XXX Leham Road
XXXX Chillingworth Drive
XXX E Park Dr
XXX Lindenwood Circle East
XXXX N 400 W
XXX North 8th St
XXX Maxton Lane
X General Lyon Road
XXXXX Collingwood Terrace The following 9 homes are now proudly displaying Blue Star Service Banners with two stars: We pray that your loved ones return home safe, and soon.
XXX Plum Creek Lane
XXXX Ammons Drive
XXXX Easy Street
XXX Wooten Dean Rd
XXXXX Cherwell Court
XXXX Mt. Diablo Blvd #XXX
XXXX Eisenhower Dr
XXXX N 400 W
XXXX HCR 3266 The following home is now proudly displaying a Blue Star Service Banner WITH FOUR STARS: We pray that your loved ones return home safe, and soon.
XXX Ward Circle Thank you for reading. That is all, Tom Ruley, President, NROTC
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