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There will be a few changes over the next few days at Canadian Angels. One is a new opportunity to share a program with the Soldiers Angels which they call Blankets of Hope (I want to come up with a suitably Canadian Name for our side of things!!). The Blankets of Hope are made or purchased by Angels in the US, and shipped to field hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as to Landstuhl Hospital in Germany where the seriously injured are taken. Injured soldiers are given the blankets with a little tag telling them who it is from. Canadians who would like to participate can contact Retta at dodgecityangel@yahoo.ca .

I will also be collecting get-well notes and postcards to send to Landstuhl. Address info to follow (I need to get a PO Box!).

From a corporate perspective, Canadian Angels will be receiving artwork and technical assistance from the amazingly generous employees at The Tube Store in Alberta. Dan contacted me the day Canadian Angels went live to offer me assistance, which I gratefully accepted. The Tube Store had previously been doing their bit to assist American troops in Iraq, and when the opportunity arose to assist our own guys and gals, they were glad to help in any way they could. Thanks to everyone at The Tube Store!!

There is also now a Guidelines page at Canadian Angels to help the Angels get started.

We have received nearly a hundred volunteer Angels so far! The support has been amazing, and I want to give a great big thanks to everyone who has signed up to adopt a soldier. Keep those adoption requests coming!

We're getting great feedback from those in the Forces as well. I will post more on that soon.