Operation Postcard Contest Winners

We received over 100 entries from across the Country. It took five judges over an hour to decided on the winners. We have five winners and four honorable mentions. The competition was stiff.  All the prizes have been donated by the Army Reserves. I will be mailing them out prizes with certificates... hopefully next week. I thank each one of you for your participation.
The winners in no particular order is...

Shade Age 9

Jonna Age 11

Brianna Age 8

Lucas Age 11 

Alicia Age 10

Honorable Mentions in no particular order...

Grace Age 9

Abel Age 11

Myah Age 8

Lupita Age 8

Operation Postcard Contest

Words For Warriors is having its first contest. It is an art contest for children of all ages. I am looking for Patriotic artwork to make postcards from that will be sent downrange as words of encouragement, making sure no one feels forgotten about.
Artwork may be sent via email to wordsforwarriors@gmail.com
or by snail mail to

Words For Warriors
P.O. Box 734
Janesville, CA. 96114

There is NO limit to the amount of entries one child can submit. The Deadline for artwork is Friday, November 5th, 2010. The winners will be announced on Veteran's Day, Thursday November 11, 2010.

Please include Child's name, Age, and Hometown along with Parent's name and contact information. There will be different age groups depending on the volume of artwork received, meaning multiple prizes. For you new readers, local businesses display postcards, giving their customers the opportunity to write words of support. Words For Warriors collects the postcards sending them downrange to Iraq and Afghanistan to our Warriors. This program was a huge success in our local Subway over the summer. I should note any artwork received through snail mail will be forwarded downrange for support.

If you don't believe in the power of simple words or children's artwork I encourage you to read here, here, here, and here to see what a few of the troops who have received letters and care packages from Words For Warriors had to say. Just so you all know, I have a wall that is ten feet high and eight feet wide covered in Thank You notes and pictures from warriors. They are grateful for what they receive. Many Veteran's I know keep the letters and artwork they receive while deployed for the rest of their lives. It means THAT much.

Here is one postcard from this summer with a special note of appreciation.

Update as of September 26th 2010: I would like to stress this contest is open to ALL CHILDREN who are residents on planet earth. If you know a child on planet earth who has made patriotic artwork, please enter them into the contest. As a reminder there is NO LIMIT to the amount of artwork one child can submit. ALL received artwork will end up in deployed service members hands and will NOT be returned to the artist. 

Some really fantastic artwork is coming in, and many of them with a story of inspiration. If your child's artwork has a story to accompany it, please send it as well. I love to read them, and I know the service member who receives the artwork will love it also. 

Operation Postcard Send

Here are a few more examples of the great postcards people right. I hope each one brings a smile and reminds our Troops that they are NOT forgotten.

Operation Postcard

I need your help with Operation Postcard. As some of you know I plant postcards at local businesses for their customers to write a note of thanks. I collect the postcards sending them downrange. It has been suggested to me I should have Words For Warriors postcards made using children's artwork. I LOVE this idea so much I am putting a call out for children's artwork. There is no age limit. I would like artwork that reflects their patriotism. Please email pictures, if you do not have the capabilities to email pictures please contact me and we will make other arrangements.
Please include child's name (last name optional), age, and hometown.