Broken Arrow Blue Star Mothers Chapter 5 ~ Until They All Come Home

Needs List

We send care packages monthly to our deployed troops

Our Needs

Fundraisers

Paint & Sip

Military Bears

PayPal

General donations for Troop support, postage, etc.

Thank-you for your support!

General Donations

Calling all left over Halloween candy...

our Troops would love the treats!!!!

Please drop off candy at the office or one of our drop off locations.

A Student Thank-You to Our Troops!

To be born free is an accident.

To live free is a privilege.

To die free is a responsibility.

I was asked to write an essay revealing why we salute our veterans.

These brave young men and women we entrust our lives to in the battlefield, below deck, or even behind a computer.

They gave up their life, their family, their home, to protect our family, our home, and our life.

Our veterans are selfless, putting other people’s needs before their own.

When a kindergartner thinks of a person in the military, a soldier is what automatically comes to mind.

But there is many other people that are helping our country graciously, even if they do not serve in the front lines.

My great grandfather served as a plane engineer, during World War II. He worked below deck, fixing the air forces planes.

He also worked on Liberty Ships, which carried cargo back and forth to Casablanca, Morocco.

My Great Great Grandfather worked as a soldier in World War I.

He was on the front lines, in a trench and received permanent, irreversible lung damage from the gas explosions.

Many soldiers were there with him, all trying to achieve the same goal; protect our nation.

Being a veteran is not a job for everyone. Not everybody can be selfless. Not everybody can look death in the eye, and keep going.

Thank you to our veterans, if you are here or not, for giving me the life I have today.

Kayla Bhagaloo,

Age 13 - 8th grade

Support Our Troops while shopping at Amazon

Your shopping matters. Help support our troops while you shop on Amazon. Please use smile.amazon.com/ch/71-0970194 and Amazon will donate to Blue Star Mothers of America Inc 5 Chapter Broken Arrow.

PLEASE NOTE.....

When we ship care packages we need to do it 4-6 weeks in advance of a holiday. Hard to think about Valentines Day in Dec or January but we need that lead time.

Example: Valentines care packages are mailed in January

Christmas packages are mailed late November

Broken Arrow Blue Star Mothers

2018 Events

October 25th, 2018 - BUNCO-RAMA at St. Anne's Catholic Church

November 3, 2018- DAV 5k at Guthrie Green

November 5, 2018- Send off for the Pride Tiger Memorial Stadium, 8:30pm

November 12, 2018- Paint & Sip 6:30pm- 9:30pm on Brookside

Please note change of date

December 1, 2018- Broken Arrow Christmas Parade 10am

New Drop Off Locations

Custom Heating and Air will have a box in their front lobby to collect items for us during their business hours. Monday- Friday 7:30am- 5pm

Custom Heating and Air- 901 S. 9th, 918-258-8686

If you have tattered flags with embroidred stars we would be happy to take those off your hands.

We use the stars for "Stars for Troops" we cut the stars out and hand them to Vets and Soldiers with a verse.

Our hours are Tues. 4-8pm and Saturday 9am-1pm. For any questions call Janet at 918-857-9751

Thank You!!

Looking for.....

APO / FPO addresses needed.....

If you know anyone that is deployed and would like for them to receive a care package from us, please send us their name, APO/FPO and their approximate return date. We would love to add them to our mailing list.