This year the Annual Meeting Planning Team worked diligently to provide a service opportunity to our members in Jacksonville. In 2006, many members gave back to our host city of New Orleans to help the rebuilding efforts there post Hurricane Katrina. In 2008, we invited members to join us at Project Angel Heart in Denver.
While I certainly do value the service opportunities in the streets of our host cities, I want to make the opportunity available to as many people as possible. This was challenging to do if extra fees, early arrival, etc. were involved. Thus, an idea was born to have the service event occur in the hotel so everyone who chooses can participate.
We are pleased to announce that this year's onsite service project is Operation Gratitude. Operation Gratitude provides care packages and letters to service men and women who are currently deployed. We will be hosting a letter writing campaign between 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 6, 2009. Please join us for a few minutes to stop in and write a letter. If you would like to write a letter beforehand you may drop it off in Jacksonville. You may also consider asking your students to write letters beforehand. Jacksonville has a strong military presence so we are proud to give back to our host city in this way.
Dan Kennedy, Onsite Arrangements committee member, is spearheading this service opportunity and may be contacted for more information.
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