by Lisa Curcio

Created on: January 27, 2009

Let's Say Thanks is a website started by Xerox and is partnered with many others including Give2TheTroops, the Rochester Institute of Technology, and the Boys & Girls Club to name just a few. These companies make it easy for you to say Thank You to US Troops stationed overseas. Children from all over the country created postcards and the designs are available to you through the Let's Say Thanks website. In the past several years, millions of postcards have been sent to deployed US service men and women who love getting the thanks they deserve.

Let's Say Thanks makes sending a postcard simple, just follow these steps and in a few short minutes your Thanks is on its way to a soldier.

1. Go to the Let's Say Thanks website at http://www.letssaythanks.com.

2. Follow the link that says "view all designs".

3. Scroll through the page until you find a postcard that you like.

4. Click on the link that says "send this card".

5. The next page has several fields to fill out. They will ask for your name, city and state. There are several messages already created for you to choose from. You can select one of those messages or click on other.

6. If you choose a message from the list, click on the "submit" button and you will get a confirmation that your card will be sent.

7. If you choose the "Other" option and then click "submit" another field pops up and you can create your own message. Don't forget it is a small postcard, so you will need to keep your message short.

8. Click on the "submit" button and you will get a confirmation that your card will be sent.

9. You are welcome to send as many cards as you wish everyday. The site recommends choosing a different card every time to get a good variety of designs that are sent out.

10. Bookmark this site and send another card tomorrow, it only takes a few minutes.

11. Look around the site to see messages from soldiers, photos, news about Let's Say Thanks and their other partners.

12. Tell your friends.

Sending a Soldier a post card is not only a wonderful surprise for them, but it lets them know that they are not forgotten, that America is thinking about them. It is also a wonderful way to get children involved in helping others. The Let's Say Thanks website is easy enough to use that young children can help pick out which cards to send and which message to choose. It is a great way to spend time with your children.

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