Students Package Valentine's Day Gifts for Widows of Fallen Soldiers
Believe With Me, an organization dedicated to bringing Hope and Help to America's Families of Fallen Soldiers, gives students the opportunity to serve those who lost loved ones in the service of our nation's military this Valentine's Day.
NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Believe With Me remembers the widows of fallen soldiers on Valentine's Day with students sending them gifts through it's annual "An American Sweetheart" project. For many, Valentine's Day is a heart warming one when receiving a gift from their sweetheart, but for many of our widows of war, this day leaves them feeling lonely and forgotten. Believe With Me, an organization dedicated to bringing hope and help to America's families of fallen soldiers, takes the time each Valentine's Day to remember our Gold Star wives with a special token of affection through "An American Sweetheart." This year, the Florida based non-profit served nearly 400 Gold Star wives all across the country with students prepping and packaging American flag scarves to send to the widow in time for Valentine's Day.
Students gathered with veterans and other Gold Star family members for several hours as they looked through Believe With Me's massive notebooks filled with names and photos of the fallen and their families. They read off the names of the soldiers whose wives they were serving, and recognized the incredible costs of their freedoms and opportunities. Meticulously folding each scarf, placing proper stationary, closing the Valentine's envelope and carefully labeling each package with custom labels, students were excited to be sending the gifts as a surprise to many of the widows. Believe With Me has served each of these families with Christmas gifts this past December and the Valentine's Day gift will be the first one most of them have received since the death of their husband.
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