I'll Be Home for Christmas - Coping with the Holidays

If I were to pick a current artist to host a Virtual Concert for Charity, I would pick the very talented, and very giving Josh Groban to raise funds for his own remarkable charity, the Josh Groban Foundation, otherwise known as the Grobanites for Cha...

When faced with a loss, crisis or life-changing event, you are suddenly thrust into an unfamiliar world, one that can be frightening and unsettling. Knowing how to make it through the first few days or hours can help. This lens offers articles and re...

The Mission: To provide aid and comfort to any of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families.  I am a Regional Manager for Soldiers' Angels in the state of New York.  We have many programs to support our military and their families.  We...

The Soldiers' Angels was started by a self-described "ordinary mother" of an ordinary young man turned hero, Sgt. Brandon Varn. Brandon was deployed in Iraq and has since honorably completed his mission and has returned back to his proud an...

Many of our military troops will not be home with their families for the holidays this year. Our soldiers deserve to be in our thoughts and prayers this Christmas season. They fight for our freedom and we owe them so much. I received a tribute to ou...

It started with one lone woman in Iowa who decided to that she needed to do something to comfort soldiers wounded in Iraq and being treated in Walter Reed Medical Center. The idea? Make quilts from a jeans--something that's comforting to all. He...

One of the special projects of Soldiers' Angels is to sew, knit or crochet blankets that get sent to soldiers with hope, with belief and with gratitude. If you can sew, knit, crochet consider getting involved and making one of these special gifts fo...

Originally titled "Merry Christmas, My Friend" and written by Lance Corporal James M. Schmidt in 1987.  The audio recording was done by Father Ted Berndt and his daughter Ellen Stout in one take.  Father Berndt has since passed aw...

This group will serve as a meeting place for all lenses that have to do with the military. These lenses provide information about and for active military and veterans.

The troops were sent into the Iraq and Afghanistan wars with helmets designed to protect against bullets but not against blast forces from IED's and other new types of combat dangers. Without the necessary replacement pads, our soldiers are exposed...

Simply by making a lens on Squidoo, you can be helping protect the troops from traumatic brain injury and raise funds for Operation Helmet, a 100% volunteer, non-partisan, charitable organization. Operation Helmet currently provides needed helmet up...