What Are Blue Fridays?
Welcome to BlueFridays.Org - You are not alone in your interest about "Blue Fridays". Blue Fridays are an ever-growing American tradition to wear something blue on Fridays to show support for our troops, and keep it going until they all come home. Show your support and wear something blue this coming Friday! "Red Fridays" tend to be tradition in Canada. But it's not really about a color anyway. The term "Blue Fridays", is one you may have heard about through the Blue Friday email that's been going around. Let's continue to spread the word. These Blue Fridays are a great concept and a proud show of American spirit, it's time to watch it grow from sea to shining sea. PLEASE CONTINUE SCROLLING DOWN...
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- Read Original Blue Friday Email
- Watch US Troop Tribute Video
- Visit the America Supports You Website
- Write A Letter To Our Troops
- Find Ways To Support Our Troops
- OPERATION: Birthday Cake
- Gathering Of Eagles RSS Feed
- Blue Friday Wearables
- Sign The Blue Friday Guestbook
- ATTN: Webmasters and Lensmasters
Read Original Blue Friday Email
This powerful email started it all. Have you read it yet?
Back To TopVery soon, you will see a great many people wearing blue every Friday. The reason? Americans who support our troops used to be called the 'silent majority' We are no longer silent, and are voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers. We are not organized, boisterous or overbearing.
Many Americans, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to recognize that the vast majority of America supports our troops. Our idea of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity and respect starts this Friday -- and continues each and every Friday until the troops all come home, sending a deafening message that ... every red-blooded American who supports our men and women afar, will wear something blue.
By word of mouth, press, TV -- let's make the United States on every Friday a sea of blue much like a homecoming football game in the bleachers. If every one of us who loves this country will share this with acquaintances, coworkers, friends, and family, it will not be long before the USA is covered in BLUE and it will let our troops know the once 'silent' majority is on their side more than ever, certainly more than the media lets on.
The first thing a soldier says when asked 'What can we do to make things better for you?' is ...'We need your support and your prayers.' Let's get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example, and wear something BLUE every Friday.
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Visit the America Supports You Website
*America Supports You is a Department of Defense program that provides opportunities for citizens to show their support for the US Armed Forces. The program was launched in 2004 in an effort to highlight citizen support for our military men and women and communicate that support to the members of our Armed Forces at home and abroad.*America Supports You connects individuals, organizations and companies to hundreds of homefront groups offering a variety of support to the military community.
*The program also connects military service members and their families to homefront groups that provide assistance.
*The America Supports You website, www.AmericaSupportsYou.mil, provides a one-stop location for citizens and service members to connect with hundreds organizations eager to help.
*America Supports You homefront groups show support in many ways including writing letters and e-mails, sending care packages, offering scholarships and helping the wounded when they return home. Dozens of corporations, recognized on the website, are also America Supports You supporters.
Click To Visit Now
Write A Letter To Our Troops
- A Million Thanks: Letters To Our U.S. Military Men and Women
- A Million Thanks is a year-round campaign to show our U.S. Military Men and Women, past and present, our appreciation for their sacrifices, dedication, and service to our country through our letters, emails, cards, prayers, and thoughts.
- Letters Supporting the Troops, Kids Letters to Marines
- Each care package includes a card or letter addressed to "Dear Marine". We need cards and letters from you, the American people that support our troops.
- How To Write Our Troops
- Here's how you can write a letter to "any service member".
- S.K.I.P - Special Kindness In Packages
- Special Kindness in Packages, Inc. ("SKIP") was established as a Massachusetts non-profit corporation August 25, 2006 in order to provide care packages and correspondences to individuals serving in the United States Armed Forces (including the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Army Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Marine Reserve, Coast Guard Reserve, National Guard, Air National Guard, Army National Guard, and Merchant Marines). SKIP's officers, directors, and volunteers provide care packages and write letters and cards to show their support and appreciation of U.S. military personnel.
Find Ways To Support Our Troops
- 101 Ways To Support The Troops
- A free e-book with lots of unique ways to supports our troops.
- SoldierSoaps!
- Handpainted Soldier Soaps, Send a Soldier a Soap, Support the Troops, Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines, Coast Guard, Care Packages, Soaps for the Troops!
- Laptops for the Wounded
- We are non-profit organization with a goal to provide laptop computers WITH WEBCAMS for the wounded military personnel in hospitals, so they can have access to family and friends when they cannot be there with them. Unlike the other organizations that do similar work, our laptops will stay at the participating hospitals so they can continue to be used by the next wounded soldiers in those hospitals.
- Operation Komando: Support Our Troops Web Site
- Show your support for the troops working to protect our freedoms. They need everyday items that are difficult to come by in the war zone. Every donation makes a difference!
- Homes For Our Troops: Specially Adapted Homes for Wounded Soldiers
- Homes for Our Troops is a non-partisan, non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization that provides specially adapted homes for our severely injured service members. Through our growing network of monetary contributions, donations from building contractors, suppliers, corporate supporters and local volunteers, we are able to provide our assistance at no cost to the veterans that we serve.
OPERATION: Birthday Cake
from Bake Me A Wish
Order a delicious gourment cake for your soldier plus 5% of your order will be contributed to Bake Me A Wish!'s Operation: Birthday Cake, which, with our partners the Armed Forces Foundation and Soldiers' Angels who donate birthday cakes each month to soldiers overseas.
Click Here to Send a Gourmet Birthday Cake to Your Soldier Overseas.
Gathering Of Eagles RSS Feed
Eagles do not flock; you have to find them one at a time. -- H. Ross Perot
From the Gathering Of Eagles Official Website
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Sign The Blue Friday Guestbook
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You Can Always Email Us - people@bluefridays.org
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bdkz
Congratulations on becoming a Giant Squid! Posted July 09, 2008 |
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CyndiC
Great lens. There are so many ways to support our troops! We all owe it to them to do so in some way. Five Stars! Posted July 08, 2008 |
Since first reading about blue fridays a couple weeks ago I haven't and won't miss one. I have a brother in Iraq as we speak. I just wrote about it on my organic consumers association website (oca.org) blog 'from where I sit', too. BIG thanks to whoever started blue fridays, here's a hug a handshake and a pat on the back also.
9-11=insidejob
Posted July 03, 2008
| Euryale
Congrats! You are a Best of Squidoo pick for July! Posted July 02, 2008 |
Only problem with blue is that many people wear blue ANYWAY - jeans if nothing else. If you want a visible statement, you'd pick a more inconvenient color - fuchsia, say, or chartruese.
This isn't to belittle what you're trying to do -- I opposed the invasion from the start, but I agree that our troops need and deserve all the support they can get. I just hope that folks who participate in this campaign also take time to write Congress and insist that our soldiers, veterans, and their families and communities get the resources that they need to rebuild their lives and undo the damage caused by the war.
Pray:
Pray that they come home soon
Pray that they come home safe
Pray that they come home sane
Pray that people who sent them to war under false pretenses are held accountable
Pray that their families can get what they need
Pray that the long-suffering Iraqis can rebuild their country
Pray that the people who profit from war find a way to profit from peace instead
Posted June 03, 2008
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stargazer00
Thanks for educating me on Blue Friday. I had not heard of it. 5 stars and a lensroll on behalf of my U.S. Navy Sailor son. Posted May 18, 2008 |
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Forgiven
Another good one!Thanks for your heart! 5* Posted May 10, 2008 |
| trevty180
Love your lens. What a great idea! Posted May 08, 2008 |
this is a great idea. i heard it through an occupational therapist where my daughter goes and i am now gonna start wearing my blue and passing it on. my family and i are great supporters of the men and women in iraq (especially the marines, no offense to anyone), but my nephew was a marine and was killed this past june 2007. no matter what our men and women know what they are up against just like my nephew and im honored to have known him and the many others we met since his passing. gotta love all who are unknown and keep them all in prayer, they are all heros forever and im grateful for their protection and courage.
Posted April 26, 2008
It is a great privilege to be an American. I am grateful to the men and women who serve our country. I pray the war will end soon so our troops can come home to their families and enjoy the way of life that they were willing to risk all to protect.
Posted April 26, 2008
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boredofeducation
Can I support the troops while opposing the war? Posted April 16, 2008 |
| AmyP
Great lens. Five Stars! Keep up the good work! Posted April 14, 2008 |
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KimGiancaterino
I just placed banners on my MySpace and Squid Angel Diary sites. Posted April 11, 2008 |
| carrieokier
Excellent lens- I'm in! 5 stars to you!Carrie Posted April 10, 2008 |
thanks for what you are doing my husband is in iraq right now and he left a week efter we got married. its really hard. just pray for the charlie company 167th infantry out of cullman, alabama
Posted April 05, 2008
| iqbal615
Thank for sharing about blue friday.I learn something.5* Posted April 04, 2008 |
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bdkz
Awesome lens. 5 Star and a Squid Angel Blessing! Posted April 02, 2008 |
Thank you for this opportunity to show our support for the troops and our pride in the USA!
Posted March 21, 2008
| poddys
Very nice idea for a lens. We all ought to support the troops more, they do a great job. I have a friend with 3 sons - 1 in the Marines (out in the sandbox for his 2nd term), 1 in the Army (also in the sandbox) and 1 in the Navy. 5 ***** Posted March 21, 2008 |
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Susan52
On behalf of my Marine son (soon to be a civilian again) and my Army National Guard son (just arrived in Kuwait this week for his second tour in Iraq), a 5-star salute for your effort in support of all of our troops! Posted March 20, 2008 |
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