August 26th, 2003, a very simple web page hit the Internet which was an attempt to help a few soldiers. A history of this site is here. In our 5 years, this site has had over 160 million hits and our supporters have proudly helped over 1.1 million Troops!
Thanks, very much, for your support!
RAFFLE FOR THE SUPPORT OF OUR COAST GUARDSMEN
In the works since March, we proudly present:
Now is your opportunity for a chance at owning a beautiful home for only $100.00!
Any Soldier Inc. is run entirely on donations. This house raffle is a tremendous opportunity for everyone; the winner of the raffle, Any Soldier Inc., and the troops we all support. PLEASE, send this link to everyone in your address book, help spread the word to make this raffle a success, and we all win.
At all blood drives and branches in their 15 county service area, three counties in IN and 12 in OH.
PBS FRONTLINE WANTS YOUR HOME VIDEOS
PBS FRONTLINE is looking for video shot by US or NATO soldiers on the front lines in Afghanistan. Especially interested in footage of contact between US troops and insurgent forces.
Please contact Aaron Ernst at aernst@rainmedia.net for more information.
The footage will be used in a one hour documentary "The War Briefing." The producers of this film have a long track record, including "Hunting bin Laden," (1999), "Saudi Time Bomb?" (2001); "In Search of Al Qaeda," (2002); "Truth, War & Consequences" (2003); "Beyond Baghdad" (2004); "Private Warriors" (2005); "Return of the Taliban," (2006) and "Gangs of Iraq" (2007); Many of these films are available for viewing at www.frontline.org.
12 August: "I just met Gen Petraeus and gave him one of our coins. He gave me his coin back plus one for my dad and thanked me over and over for it. I didn't have time to pitch anything to him but wow…talk about making my night.
LtCol John "Mitch" (Taco) Bell"
Some guys are SO lucky!!!
Remember CW5 Layne Pace, the Apache helicopter expert and founder of "The Afghanistan Orphanage Project (TAO Project)"? Well, when he was in Afghanistan he had this amazing medic working in his unit, Jill Stevens. An Army Medic, marathon runner and VERY popular pageant participant.
Well, she has done even more...
"Hey there,
Much to my own surprise, I have written a book entitled "It's All Good" that shares my experiences as a military medic, marathon runner and pageant participant. It is filled with fun stories and includes lots of photos.
(Some flattering, some not so much!)
Some of the chapters in the book focus on my experience serving in Afghanistan and how I became a part of the Afghanistan Orphanage Project. I personally saw the struggles the children there face each day.
My publisher, Spring Creek Books, has offered to donate $1 directly to the orphanage for each copy of my book that is sold through their website. The book will come off the press in August, but you can pre-order it now.
I will be autographing each copy sent out through the website, so if you are interested in reading the book, as well as helping out a great cause, click on the following link below to order it.
If you aren't interested, I understand, but if you are aware of other people who might be, please let them know about it. Hopefully my little writing project will serve as a great blessing to the children in Afghanistan.
Lock 'n Load!
No more do you have to enter all your information every time you want to order something, linked to the list of troops on AnySoldier.com so you don't have to remember any addresses, and much more.
Give it a try and let us know what you think! Thanks!!!
19 July: Email:
"To AnySoldier.Com,
I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity of supplying the American fighting men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan with care packages. I know what it is like to wait day after day for a package from home, and none comes. My tour of duty was during WWII, arriving in the Philippines only ten days before war broke out and then fighting on Bataan for four months. Then came the fall of Bataan and for three and a half years as a POW, all this time never receiving a care package or a Red Cross box.
After much anguish while struggling to understand the war in Iraq, I finally decided that being for or against the war, or for or against our President made no difference to the young men and women fighting for our freedom. There were 154,000 brave men and women over there who needed our support. With this in mind my wife and I decided that we had to put our money where our mouth was, talking about support didn't cut the mustard, we had to do something. That's where AnySoldier.com came in. Your WEB SITE provided us with the wherewithal to do something, and so we decided to use a part of my Veterans disability check and start sending care packages to our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
What we have given to our troops is nothing compared with what our giving has given us. We have many of our friends here in our retirement home helping us pack boxes, shop for items the soldiers want and taking these boxes to the post office. We have given a new meaning to "We Care."
3 July: From the IRS:
"Good Afternoon.
The Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 barred stimulus payments to individuals whose tax returns did not include valid social security numbers for the individual filer, spouse, and any children. The Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 (HEART) removes that bar for joint returns where at least one spouse was a member of the armed forces at any time during the year.
Affected married couples who have already filed a joint return do not need to take any further action. Those who have not yet filed should do so as soon as possible.
Married couples filing joint returns who are eligible for stimulus payments under the new law will receive a notice from the IRS telling them the amount of their payment and the date it will be issued.
Stimulus payments will be made in November for these qualifying military families. A specific time frame for the payments will be announced later this year.
See http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=184394,00.html for additional discussion and details. This information is publicly posted on IRS.gov, but was not issued as a news release. "
(Thanks to our Board Member, Kyle Roberts for sending this information.)
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Challenge Coins! Get them HERE.
NOTE: There was a temporary problem with this. Any Soldier Inc. was the first to be on the Kroger list, but whoever actually entered us in their system kant spel. We WERE listed as "Any Solider Inc." This was corrected and Any Soldier Inc. is now correctly listed. We had MANY supporters using this system and it really helped, we would love to have you join the program again. Sorry for all your trouble but THANK YOU for your support!!
Extreme Outfitters will donate $25,000 of the proceeds from the Garmont Alias and the Bridgedale Speed Demon Sock sales to AnySoldier.com and Hope For The Warriors Fund. By purchasing this special shoe at a special price you will be taking a giant STEP forward to help support and appreciate those who have sacrificed in the name of freedom. Extreme Outfitters sincerely appreciates all the support you can give. Please pass this special program and shoe on to everyone and lets all take a STEP forward to help those who support and defend our great nation worldwide.
THIS SHOE IS AN EXTREME OUTFITTERS EXCLUSIVE!
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Guardian® Bells!
Manufactured by the original Guardian® Bells Company,
made in the USA, available HERE.
HOT!!! Developed by Any Coast Guardsman®
supporters at MIT in cooperation with Yahoo!®, we present the Any Coast Guardsman®
Toolbar!
This toolbar runs on your browser, is completely free, and everytime you use the search bar on it Any Coast Guardsman®
gets a few cents. Learn more about it and get it now, FREE, HERE. Please use the search box in the toolbar as this generates revenue for this web site!!
Any Soldier® Quilt #3!
Story and pictures of this beautiful project is HERE.
The Poems and More Corner
HERE.
(Updated: 5 August 08)
If you want a poem listed here, email your express approval to post it, a title for the poem and your email address.
We reserve all rights to post or not post any poems sent to Any Soldier Inc.
Sent multi-fuel stoves to a remote unit in Afghanistan so they could heat or cook their food.
Purchased (so far) 3,605 high quality care packages (see results HERE) aimed at the contacts who report little or no response from supporters or have had a large loss of items (such as a fire on the base). These are from TreatAnySoldier.com, care packages designed by troops. We continue to add to this all the time.
Purchased complete computer stations for a unit so they can have a learning center.
Purchased and sent 100 American flags to a unit requesting them.
Purchased laptops with webcams for the patients to use in the 228th Combat Support Hospital so they can email home.
Purchased 50 hats for "Doc" Heath's 1/508 Medics.
Purchased a laptop for a Marine unit (3rd BN 6th MAR WPNS CO) so they can have access to email.
Another laptop (a full multimedia one) for a Marine unit (2nd Marines) so they can have access to email, watch DVDs, etc.
Sending a number of expensive Xboxes, PlayStations, Portable DVD Players and much more using our raffle system where the winners of the raffle pick one of our contacts to get the prize.
"Hidden Hero Project", a branch of Any Soldier Inc., provides support and items needed to wounded troops.
Sent over $1,600 worth of plumbing materials to an FOB in Iraq (HHB, 1-10 FA) so they can take hot showers.
Gifts for the Wounded Warrior Battalion at Camp Lejeune.
Thanks to the generosity of the supporters of Any Soldier Inc., particularly the folks of the "Land of the Free Foundation", Any Soldier Inc. delivered over $25,000 worth of entertainment equipment to the Wounded Warrior Battalion at Camp Lejeune.
Pictures HERE, and an article from the Marine Corps' "The Globe" HERE.
Purchased and sent over $2,300 worth of electric shavers requested by Marines in Iraq.
Purchased and sent $1,000 worth of LED helmet lights in cooperation with Extreme Outfitters requested by Marines in Iraq.
Purchased and sent digital cameras requested by Marines in Iraq.
On 15 April 2008, Any Soldier® donated $2,500 to Nicki Nash's Run For The Warriors effort on May 17th at Camp Lejeune NC. Nicki is the wife of Marine Colonel Robert Nash, once a contact with AnyMarine.com. The "Run For The Warriors" benefits the Wounded Warriors. Hope For The WarriorsTM is a civilian organization, with 501(c)(3) non-profit status.
Assisting the Wounded Warrior Battalion - East by purchasing evaluation units of automatic pill dispensers for the barracks.
Many more projects are in the works and happening all the time
HOT!!! Developed by Any Coast Guardsman®
supporters at MIT in cooperation with Yahoo!®, we present the Any Coast Guardsman®
Toolbar!
This toolbar runs on your browser, is completely free, and everytime you use the search bar on it Any Coast Guardsman®
gets a few cents. Learn more about it and get it now, FREE, HERE.
The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) has approved Any Soldier Inc. to participate in the 2009 campaign!!.
Anyone in the Federal Government and Military can contribute to the Any Soldier Inc.
Our catalog number: 11993 .
Please help spread the word on this. Thanks, very much, for your support!
The Independent Charities Seal of Excellence is awarded to the members of Independent Charities of America and Local Independent Charities of America that have, upon rigorous independent review, been able to certify, document, and demonstrate on an annual basis that they meet the highest standards of public accountability, program effectiveness, and cost effectiveness. These standards include those required by the US Government for inclusion in the Combined Federal Campaign, probably the most exclusive fund drive in the world. Of the 1,000,000 charities operating in the United States today, it is estimated that fewer than 50,000, or 5 percent, meet or exceed these standards, and, of those, fewer than 2,000 have been awarded this Seal. Any Soldier Inc. is proud to be one of them!
We have a Vehicle Donation Program with Car Program LLC!
You can donate any vehicle and help not only Any Soldier Inc. but also get a tax break for yourself!
Listen to THIS!
Car Program LLC does everything, all you do is fill out this form HERE, or you can use this PDF version HERE or Microsoft Word Document HERE and FAX them to Car Program LLC!
Tip: Want to help clean up your neighborhood AND help Any Soldier Inc?
Print THIS handout and drop off at your neighbors that have cars sitting in their yard...
Shop online at Amazon.comHERE.
(Using this link a percentage of your sales come to us.)
Use 'Whats Shakin' at Buy.com! HERE.
(Using this link a percentage of your sales come to us.)
NOTE: There was a temporary problem with this. Any Soldier Inc. was the first to be on the Kroger list, but whoever actually entered us in their system kant spel. We WERE listed as "Any Solider Inc." This was corrected and Any Soldier Inc. is now correctly listed. We had MANY supporters using this system and it really helped, we would love to have you join the program again. Sorry for all your trouble but THANK YOU for your support!!
Any Soldier Inc. is now participating in Pick'n Save's electronic "We Care" community dollar donation program. Any Soldier® benefits if you list Any Soldier's organization number on your Advantage Plus Savers Club Card application. Our Account Number is 029800.
Then, everytime you present your Pick'n Save Advantage Card at the checkout, a donation from that grocery purchase is added to Any Soldier's account. The more Pick'n Save customers with Any Soldier's account number assigned to your card, the larger your donation.
Register your Food Lion food card and help AnySoldier.com!
Do your food shopping at Food Lion? Now you can register your MVP card with AnySoldier.com and a portion of the sale will benefit us! Click HERE to register today. Dont have a card? No problem! You can apply there as well.
Food Lion Supermarkets are found in the following 11 states:
Delaware - Florida - Georgia - Kentucky - Maryland - North Carolina
Pennsylvania - South Carolina - Tennessee - Virginia - West Virginia (Do the search under "Waldorf" in Maryland, "MD")
We need your help! Please consider Any Soldier Inc. as the place for your tax-deductible donation, and tell your friends and family, your contacts, your employer and anyone else you know who supports our troops.
Donations TO Any Soldier Inc. ARE tax deductible, we are a 501(c)(3) organization. (Please note that you can not designate a donation for a specific use, sorry.)
Mail your donation to: Any Soldier Inc.
P.O. Box 715
Waldorf, MD 20604
(Yes, this is a new address. No worries if you sent something to the old address...)
(Please make payable to, "Any Soldier Inc.")
(Do NOT send care packages, care package material, or letters to Any Soldier Inc!!)
Or you can make donations and order items online with a credit card or check using this:
We accept or you can mail a .
(We've had enough trouble with PayPal and will not accept payment from them. Sorry.)
Receipts are sent for all donations of $250 or more, or for any amount less if requested.
Check out the new online catalog at TreatAnySoldier.com!
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Purchased 50 hats for "Doc" Heath's 1/508 Medics.
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