Support Letters Archive

Messages of thanks from our heroes and supporters.

Thank You from Deployed Hero-February 2023

My name is P. B. I received two care packages from the bluestar group of Dayton. The guys and gals greatly appreciate everythingthat came in the care package. Thank you for taking the time to preparethe care package and support troops deployed abroad. We have about 25...

Thank You from Afghanistan January 2021

Dear Friends and Family of Blue Star Mothers of Dayton Ohio, I wanted to write to share the immense gratitude from myself and the members of my Team for all of the support you have provided us for over the past six months.  We are soon drawing our deployment to a...

2020 Thank You from Overseas

2020 Thank You from Overseas U.S.O. Message Body: Hello Sandy,  I hope that you all are doing very well and are having a really good Christmas time.  I hope all of you are safe and sound too.  We all wanted to thank you all sooo very much for sending...

Thank You From Recently Rapidly Deployed Hero

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED Blue Star Mothers, My name is Charlie (last name redacted for privacy) and I'm currently deployed with the 82nd Airborne Division as part of the recent no-notice deployment on New Year's Eve. I recently received three packages filled to...

Special Thank You, Christmas 2019

Hello Blue Star Mothers, Greetings from Ramstein USO and I hope you all had a really wonderful Christmas and New Year's too.  I am so very, very sorry to be so terribly late to email and thank you for all the AMAZING support you have given us throughout the year...

Holiday Thank You 2019

Blue Star Mothers, I received care packages from you and it is very much appreciated. I have shared it with the rest of my unit and we are all very thankful for what you guys are doing for us. It gets tough sometimes being so far away from home but the kindness from...

Thank You From A Deployed Hero, December 2019

Hello BSMD, I wanted to write you guys and thank you one last time for all the hard work and dedication you have put into these packages for my soldiers and I. We appreciate your love and support to the troops still fighting the good fight. (portion redacted due to...

Thank You from Ramstein USO, Nov 2019

Hello Blue Star Mothers, I want to thank you all so very much for the wonderful goodie boxes you sent us recently.  I opened them up today and was thrilled!!!  The snack items are truly wonderful and sooo needed.  The guys were taking things before I...

Thank You from Ramstein USO, October 2019

Hello Blue Star Mothers, I hope you all are doing really well and we all surely were so excited to receive ya'll's wonderful box of goodies!!!  Thank you all ever so much for thinking of us over here.  I get so excited opening the boxes you all send to...

Our Deployed Heroes Love Packages

CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED Blue Star Mothers of Miami Valley, This is 1LT D. H. I am contacting you and letting you know that we have received your wonderful packages! We appreciate the packages and time you all put into them. There are two females on our deployment...

Thank You from Ramstein USO

Hello Blue Star Mothers of Dayton, Ohio, I just sent a message with photos and this is the second message.  We all at Ramstein USO really enjoyed and appreciated all of the cards and adorable puppy/kitty calendar you all sent to us for the troops.  We set...

Heartfelt Thanks from CDR of The USS CHIEF, Sept 2019

Blue Star Mothers of Ohio, On behalf of the CHIEF Team, I wanted to take time to thank each of you for your commitment and support in ensuring the efforts of Military Service Members are recognized. More so, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank-you for your...

Greetings to you all from Ramstein USO!!

I don't know how to begin to thank you all for all of the wonderful and so useful goodies you all sent to us for the troops.  I am sorry it has taken me until now to email you all too.  I was in the States for about 6 weeks to help my Mother and I didn't get to unbox...

Letter from EN2 August 2019

Good Morning Ma'am Just wanted to say thanks for the care packages that you guys send. It really means a lot to the crew when we receive the notes and candy that comes with them. V/r EN2 Logan

Thank You from a Lt.JAGC, USN August 2019

Good Afternoon from Rota, Spain, Blue Star Mothers! My mother, J. W., is in your group. She tells me how hard you all work to ensure we are supported overseas. Thank you. It's been quite the transition since I arrived here from San Diego, California in June. One of...

Thank you from USS Chief

The Blue Star Mothers of Ohio, Thank you for your wonderful kind gesture of sending us the boxes of treats and post cards. If, possible mint girl scout cookies, gummie worms, m&m, tootsie rolls and possibly skittles. Hopefully that isn't too much. Thank you very...

It helps to know people back home still care about us

Hello, My name is T. H. and your group has been sending me and my guys boxes to Afghanistan the past few weeks. I wanted to reach out and say THANK YOU!!!! My platoon sends their best to you all. We really appreciate everything you send to us, it helps out in the...

Thanks from AV F/-158 August 2019

Sorry I meant to write sooner as we have received a few packages from you all. Thank you so much for the support, my Soldiers love all the snacks and good stuff you have prepared for us! We are stationed in XXXX and XXXX with 40 Soldiers (5 Female), 2 of our locations...

Letter from SGT August 2019

Ladies, I have received the most recent package sent by your wonderful group! I now realize that my personal email does not work well over here so there have been no updates prior to this. I apologize. I do have a new Soldier over here that this is his first...

Coming Home Soon-Thank You for the Support, June 2018

Blue Star Mothers, Thank you so much for your support during our deployment.  We have really appreciated the care packages you have sent.  We have posted all the cards included on the wall in our office.  I'll see if I can get approval for a picture. We are in our...

Letter from a POC for Over 100 Heroes, June 2018

Dear Blue Star Mothers, I recently received two packages from you and I just wanted to express my gratitude. I gave both packages to the Soldiers in my company and they loved them! Thank you for taking the time out of your day to think about us and send us something...

2 More Letters From Our Deployed Cardiologist

Hi Ashley, Thank you for the big shipment of the caramel popcorn!  I distributed them among the hospital staff - lots of happy people!  🙂 We also enjoy the letters from the kids.  I have them hung on doors/bulletin boards for display. This is much appreciated. Thank...

From a deployed cardiologist, May 2018

Dear Guardian Angels, Thank you SO MUCH for your generosity.  I received your boxes yesterday (received 3 of 4, I'm sure the 4th is on the way).  Reading through the letters/cards and looking at all that you sent brought tears to my eyes.  We very much appreciate...

From a deployed female point of contact-February 2018

Forwarded message to Blue Star Mothers of Greater Dayton: 13 Feb 2018 So, I got like 6 boxes from the Blue Star Moms of America and WHOA NELLY did me and my det LOVE LOVE LOVE everything! It was great, so if you can send a message back.... tell them Combat Element 3...

Email communication with a deployed point of contact February 2018

Ashley, We got the coffee maker. It's been great!  We have also received the care packages as well.  I see that they are numbered 1-10.  We have got all but three. I'm keeping an eye out for the rest.  Mail can be slow sometimes. The team is loving all the snacks and...

Team Loves the Buffalo Wild Wings Sauces, February 2018

Blue Star Mothers, Thank you so much for the care packages.  The team is loving the Buffalo Wild Wing sauce and the treats.  Wednesdays the dining facility has wings and it's been real nice doctoring them up with the sauce. While my section has about XX Airmen from...

From A Deployed Chaplain in Oct 2017

16 October 2017 Blue Star Mothers, Hello, I'm Chaplain C.R., the Task Force G-------chaplain in Afghanistan.  We recently received a great shipment of care packages from you guys and I wanted to send a personal note of thanks.  Our paratroopers are working hard and...

Thank you from another deployed Chaplain 2017

Blue Star Months Miami Valley, Thank you very much for your care packages.  That was a great selection of items.  They will definitely be put to good use!  Since my last message to you, we have taken on another mission as well.  We are responsible for welcoming and...

From a deployed Chaplain on our support list 2017

Hello, Thank you very much for the care packages that we received from your organization. They are much appreciated. We share all of the care packages at our Resiliency Tent where Soldiers come in to relax, visit with the chaplain, etc. We have about 300 Soldiers in...

From a deployed Army point of contact 2017

To whom it may concern, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the 2 packages that I received from BSM. I was very surprised when I received them, but the snacks and toiletries were very welcomed. The PX we have here is umm.... bare necessities: basic...

Thank You From a Chaplain in Poland 2017

Thank You Thank You Thank You! There is so much that comes to mind when I think of all the support we have received and all of the love we've been shown. We have been absolutely blown away by the countless words of encouragement and numerous items sent our way. Our...

From a Marine 2016 in Japan

Dear Blue Star Mothers, This is LCpl.  J, AKA Mary Ellen's neighbor or Barbara's grandson. I'm not sure who exactly this e-mail will reach but I would like to thank all the volunteers the same. Also I would like to answer some of the questions I get asked in some of...

Thank you from a Chaplain 2016

Good Morning! We received your boxes today, and they could not have come at a more perfect time!  Our very small PX has been out of everything, and I do mean everything, except for junk food (and you cannot brush your teeth with Doritos and Gatorade), for almost 6...

From a Marine

I know that I have all of you being a mother to me and that raises my spirits…

From a Commander

Your support is instrumental to the morale of the Soldiers and Sailors…

From a Sergeant

I am writing to you today on behalf of my Soldiers to thank you…

From a PFC

I got your box! I got your box! I got your box!