Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Buddha

When doing your Christmas cards, take one and send it to this address: A Recovering American Soldier c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center 6900 Georgia Avenue NW; Washington, D.C. 20307. If we pass this on, think of how many cards these wonderful special people would get. PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS. (JUST COPY AND PASTE TO YOUR WALL IF YOU AGREE)

Target: Senator Kerry, Chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sponsored by: Care2.com

Help ensure the rights of women around the world by urging the U.S. Senate to ratify the Treaty for the Rights of Women.

Also known as CEDAW (the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women), this treaty is the most complete international agreement on basic rights for women. Yet the U.S. is one of only 8 countries (including Sudan, Iran, and Somalia) who have no… Continue

Target: President Obama
Sponsored by: Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

Although medicines exist to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, children are still born HIV-positive each year in the United States. Today, even one child growing up with HIV/AIDS is one too many.

Last year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that HIV/AIDS was the leading cause of death among young black women aged 25 to 34 in the United States, and approximately one in fou… Continue

When America's soldiers goes to war, so do their families. After all, the families are on the front lines of having to deal with the consequences of war. If their loved one is wounded or killed, there is a very real emotional, psychological, and financial toll.

So when considering your support for our military and its veterans, pledge to also keep in mind their families. Our warriors, when they fall, do not fall alone -- their families also go with them.

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To my Wonderful Family!!!


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