Any Soldier. By Roger Rioux

Kathi Hanscom, Business Support Analyst in Underwriting Services and Metrics came to our
February 9 lunch meeting to discuss the Any Soldier project which employees of Unum have
supported.  The board would like our members to support this cause with our own project. 
More information will come in May.  In the mean time please visit http://www.anysoldier.com)
for more information.

Any Soldier has a website where groups or individuals can support a group of soldiers.  All the
Soldiers involved in this effort are military volunteers stationed in areas that are in harm's way.
 You send your support (letters and/or packages) addressed to them and when they see the
"Attn: Any Soldier" line in their address they put your letters and packages into the hands of
Soldiers who don't get much or any mail first.  Everything is shared.

Any Soldier Inc. helps nearly 100,000 American soldiers in all branches of the military, both
active duty and reservists, and has become one of the leading efforts in making sure the men
and women who have been deployed for war are cared for, via letters and packages from “home.”

AnySoldier.com features emails from different military personnel regarding the type of support
needed in the field.  The support could be in the form of a simple letter or package, or it could be
toiletries, food or even newspapers and magazines.  Donors address their letters and packages to
the writer’s name, but also add the words “ATTN: Any Soldier” on the second line.  The writer
shares the mail with fellow servicemen and women.  As mentioned earlier, if there is “Any Soldier”
who is not receiving a lot of mail from home, that soldier will be the first person to receive the letter.

The organization grew through a network of family and friends.  When the website launched
in 2004, seven soldiers had been added to AnySoldier’s contact list.  One year later, the list had
ballooned to over 3,500 contacts, and the web site received over 4.5 million visitors from around
 the world.  In August of 2005, AnySoldier.com also took on the names AnyMarine.com,
AnyAirman.com,  AnySailor.com and AnyCoastguardsman.com.  As of February 12, 2010 the
organization has served over one and a half million troops!

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