Claim: The web site LetsSayThanks.com allows the public to send free personalized postcards to
Examples: [Collected via e-mail, July 2006]
If you go to the web site at www.letssaythanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services. It is FREE and it only takes a second. I just did it...it's cool give it a try
If you go to the web site letssaythanks.com you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services. It is FREE and it only takes a second. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? I sent mine, now you can send one too!
I thought you might be interested in this new Web site that lets you send a free printed postcard to a U.S. soldier stationed overseas. All you do is pick your favorite card, enter your message and then Xerox does the rest! Visit www.LetsSayThanks.com and send the troops some mail today.
Origins: On 26 June 2006, the Xerox Corporation launched the web site www.LetsSayThanks.com, a free service
that allowed the public to send personal messages to
Senders could choose card designs and write personalized messages (of
Xerox has said it would continue to run the "Let's Say Thanks" program as long as there was a need for it:
"We're hoping," [Carl Langsenkamp, V.P. of public relations for Xerox] said. "We'd like to see it end tomorrow if all the men and women came home, but for now we're going to keep it going for the men and women overseas."
Xerox does not have plans to stop the program anytime soon.
Apparently that time came in the latter part of 2011, when Xerox shut down the card-sending option on the LetsSayThanks web site and replaced it with a notice stating that they would henceforth be focusing on donations for the troops:
Let's Say Thanks began more than five years ago as a public way to say "thank you" to the men and women serving our country. Since then, more than 30 million people have visited the website to share their appreciation with our troops through cards featuring children’s artwork from across the country. In working with our partner organization — Give2TheTroops, a non-profit organization formed to support the physical, moral, and spiritual health of America's armed Give 2 the Troopsforces in combat zones around the world through letters and packages prepared and shipped by volunteers — we've decided to shift the focus of the program to what the troops need most: donations. We will continue to support local cards drives and contests, and we encourage you to continue your support by sending mail, toiletry items or donations via www.give2thetroops.org.
We are no longer accepting cards through the website.
Last updated: 17 December 2011
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