An Ignoble Experiment: Regional Support Groups for Families of Marines

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In This Issue

Deployment Learning Center
Luminaries Displayed Across America
Donate Clean T-shirts for Deployed Marines
Warm Wishes for Our Warriors
Unit-Specific Homecoming T-shirts
Regional Marine Family Support Groups
Meet Purple Heart Marine Neil
EGA Store Supporter Spotlight

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Support for You:
a Place to
Connect & Share(TM)

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an online community for Marine parents, recruit parents and What's After Boot parents

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Learning Center:

Operational Security

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NOTE: When communicating online, your Marine's privacy is as important as Operational
Security. Please respect YOUR Marine's privacy!
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Learning Center:
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Learning Center:
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Tip: While in our EGA store, check in your Marine's unit store for more homecoming
shirts!
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Unit Chat Nights

Unit Chat Night Schedule:

Monday: 3/4
Wednesday: 1/5

Friday: 3/6

Sunday: 1/6

For additional information about the Chat Room and Unit Chat Nights for your Marine's
Unit, please see:

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Local Support Groups in Your Area

For a list of all support groups in our database or to find one in your area, see:

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If you are interested in starting a local support group in your area, please visit
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Support Our Marines!

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October 3, 2011
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Greetings Marine Families!

If this is the first edition of the MarineParents.com Newsletter you have received,
WELCOME! If you are a returning reader we are glad you have joined us.
In This Newsletter

You'll find unit-specific homecoming shirts available from our EGA Store, where
100% of the proceeds benefit the outreach programs that support you and your Marine.

Learn about regional Marine family support groups in your area, or learn how you
can start your own with advice and tips from us!

Get Connected
View photos of beautiful luminary displays from individuals across the country who
participated in our Luminary Initiative on September 25 in honor of Gold Star mothers.
See article below.

As always, thank you for continuing to support Marine Parents and our troops!
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Gold Star Mother's Day Success

Thanks to All Who Participated!

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Sunday, September 25, 2011, marked the third year Marine Parents encouraged individuals
and communities across the country to participate in the Luminary Initiative on
the last Sunday of September in honor of Gold Star mothers.

It was an even bigger success this year, and we thank all who participated by lighting
luminaries outside of their homes and holding local ceremonies.

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to keep reading and view photos.
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We Need Olive Drab T-shirts!

Marine Corps Birthday Box Campaign

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have received some very generous contributions to our Birthday Box Campaign, and
we'd like to thank you for helping us ensure that our deployed Marines have a very
happy birthday!

We are 3/4 of the way to reaching our goal of collecting 1200 Hormel Turkey Dinners
the Marines can enjoy on Thanksgiving, and we are 1/4 of the way to collecting 1200
Olive Drab T-shirts.

Let's get these Marines some clean T-shirts! Many times some Marines in Forward
Operating Bases can go without a shower or a place to launder their clothes for
several days or weeks at a time.

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to donate T-shirts for deployed Marines.

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to learn more about the Birthday Box Campaign.
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Warm Wishes for Our Warriors

"Happy Birthday" to All Marines November 10

Wish a Marine [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=qovdcsbab&et=1107666245730&s=60280&e=001XUgYP37fjKK8ngGLDxK5a6KSIviBKdgwjvCHLGe6QzPPadJEWcaXmlTGN0YXhHKT68wa3ddgKnB43OuK1M7AeiJof-Pzc-iVjDmjYxkHMKJxBEtkZYmeDk-1AjcyC5T7CVWWsiSVHJdFpqT1fhchtqMsqCFlXMNSPdsFSoRQEQs=]Few
celebrations are more important to a Marine than the Marine Corps Birthday on November
10th each year. Help us send them warm wishes by writing a "Happy Birthday" card
or letter to a deployed Marine.

It takes only a few minutes, but it means so much to these guys. Send your cards
and letters to:

MarineParents.com, Inc.

Attn: Happy Birthday Marine

PO Box 1115

Columbia, MO 65205

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if you'd like to purchase a special Marine Corps Birthday card to write in and send
back to us.
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Unit-Specific Homecoming T-shirts

Available from the Marine Parents EGA Store

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Our online EGA Store offers homecoming T-shirts complete with your Marine's unit
crest on them. The design to the right is an example of our 1/5 homecoming shirts.
All unit homecoming designs are available on T-shirts, polos, long sleeve shirts
and hoodies. You choose the color.

We also have unit homecoming garden flags and mugs.

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to browse our Marine homecoming shop.
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Face to Face Emotional Support

Join or Start a Support Group

Regional Support Groups for Marine families [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=qovdcsbab&et=1107666245730&s=60280&e=001XUgYP37fjKL6RbBUbBXb4c9oddvLOmboJOVykKLMKvgJL2PxAARiBhtjHBpmXfKHlasBbwaWBqgFUnPV-OKpjCFNNfmn4ThgMWTtV6VTvwZwa6IiYUEOrQ5EgTzue0PsG97Mli6PepgJHK6fN-G-ZLhz6JnI_dbOpT_AAQnHuUM=]For
some Marine family members, it may be easier to connect and share their thoughts
and emotions in person or in a relaxed group environment rather than in an online
forum. If you think you would benefit from face to face support, consider checking
our our Regional Support Group page on Marine Family Network.

On this page we list support groups across the nation whose coordinators have worked
with us to be added to the list, so we know they are legitimate. All you have to
do is visit the page, contact the group coordinator and check the page often for
more information on the group's next meeting.

The page also offers information for starting your own support group if there is
not a group in your area.

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to browse the support groups.
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Team Marine Parents Participant

Meet Neil Schalk, Purple Heart Marine

Purple Heart Marine Neil Schalk, has once again joined Team Marine Parents. He will
be running the Mankato Marathon on October 22nd. He won't be just running, but he'll
also be carrying a 5' x 3' American Flag on a pole for the full marathon. His efforts
are to raise money for Purple Heart Family Support.

"After increased combat effort in Afghanistan, it got me thinking about the 5th
floor at Bethesda," he says. "I know what it's like to be there [in the hospital]
and what great support Purple Heart Family Support offers. I do what I can now since
I can't go back."

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Neil poses with his flag and marathon bibs.

Let's help Neil reach his goal of raising $500 for Purple Heart Family Support!
He just started fundraising, but we know we can get him to the $500 by October 22nd!

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to donate to Neil's cause.
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EGA Store Supporter Spotlight

Send Us Your Photos!

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Marine mom Connie from Iowa posted this photo of her grandaughter Gracie on her
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page, and we thought it was adorable and wanted to share it with you. Connie took
photos of each of her grandkids holding the 1st battalion rally towel from our EGA
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in support of her son who recently graduated from Bravo company.

Thanks, Connie, for allowing us to share this photo! We love getting photos from
our readership, especially if they include any of our EGA Store gear, so send them
on over! Email your photos to store@marineparents.com [mailto:store@marineparents.com]
and we'll feature them in our newsletter as well as in our Semper Family photo gallery.
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We hope this week's edition of our email newsletter has been useful for you and
your family. If there are topics you would like us to address, or if you have other
suggestions for the newsletter, please contact us.

The banner used at the top of this newsletter is a September 2011 USMC Photo by
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Chandler of Marines with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine
Regiment verifying battle sight zeroes on their rifles at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand
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MarineParents.com, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity. MarineParents.com, Inc. was
founded in January, 2003 in response to parents' needs to find information and to
have a Place to Connect & Share(TM) with one another during deployments. Our free
online services and connections have expanded to support and educate Marine moms
& dads, spouses, families and friends. We've helped 400,000 Marine and recruit
families during bootcamp, training, active duty and deployments. We've shipped over
30,000 care packages overseas to our Marines in Iraq Afghanistan, sent 60,000 of
prayers and letters to injured Marines and served thousands of meals to Wounded
Warriors and their families on both the East and West coasts. You've found a Place
to Connect & Share(TM).

God Bless and Semper Fidelis,

Tracy Della Vecchia

Founder and Executive Director
MarineParents.com, Inc.

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of Defense has approved, endorsed, or authorized this service.

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