"A Simple,
Yet Powerful Way to Say Thank You to Our Troops"
After being robbed twice within 90 days at the end of 2006,
I realized I was blessed to be alive and needed to do something
to give back and pay it forward. While sitting in church on
New Years Eve wondering how I was going to make a difference,
right before communion it came to me to send a Valentines Day
card and a rose to the troops in the Gulf.
Meaning of the Peach Rose: During the first days of 2007 I
was looking up the meaning of what Roses meant and found that
the Peach Rose meant what A Rose of Thanks message is and that
is: Thanks and Gratitude!
 As I was writing a letter to American Greeting Card Company
to see if I could get them to help print the cards or at least
give me some direction. I wrote the inside of the greeting
card:
Thinking of you, on Valentines Day
Wishing you a safe and speedy return home
Thank you for defending
The US and us!
The message, without the words “on Valentines
Day” and switching speedy with safe, the card lent itself to
be sent at anytime of the year. So instead of sending it for
Valentines as originally planned, I decided to send them year
round to troops around the world.
I have created other verses for the cards including ones for:
- Joyous Holiday Season
- Wounded Veterans
- One where the signer can sign for their pets
- One that can be given to any veteran of any era and
- One that is blank on the inside that the troops can write
home to friends and family
We also crated a business card with a peach rose on the front
and a simple message,
“Thank you for defending the US and us!”, on the back, so
that it can be given to all who have served. This is something
the troops can carry with them in their wallets.
I am rolling this out as a fund raiser to other non profits
for example: schools, band, dance and football teams. We are
partnering with other non profits to create a card for them
as well.
I have utilized the services of other non profits to get our
cards to the troops and those include:
Who would have thought that A Rose of Thanks which started
with just one idea and one card would have touched the lives
of over 25,000 people in the short time we have been doing
this. It has grown to where it is today by the generosity of
others who have come in contact with it. I invite each of you
to take the time and thank a Soldier, Sailor, Marine or Coast
guardsmen for their service to our great country! Without them
we would not enjoy the freedoms we do.
A Rose of Thanks is:
Art
Fun and
A Simple Yet powerful way to thank our troops for Defending
the US and us!
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