The SKIP Information Center
When we stopped sending care packages last December the Special Kindness In Packages, Inc. (SKIP) board members wanted to continue to help others honor our military. The website remains active until December 2013, so we decided we could offer information to others on what we have learned as we served and honored over 11,000 deployed service members in seven years.
This information we offer is to empower others to succeed in mailing care packages, learn how to run a charity, do fundraisers, or other types of general information that could confuse a newcomer. To date we have written articles in a fairly wide variety of topics, but all dealing with the troops or the military in general.
On the right hand column you will see the main topics we are supplying information on if you go to each one you will find numerous articles listed. Here is an idea of what is listed and hopefully this list will grow.
Send Care Packages: How to fill in a custom sheet, how to write a letter to an unknown service member, care package ideas, sending cards to the wounded, and the explanation of APO/FPO addresses.
Charity Resources (Fundraising Big and Small): Planning a benefit concert and the Fallen Comrades Table
Charity Management (Social Buzz): Writing a press release, using photos or images, writing headlines, promotional copy, advertising your charity, eliminate website profanity and creating social buzz.
(Operations): managing name and addresses
More Articles:
Displaying Patriotism: November 11th a time to say thank you, what is a patriot and ways to show your patriotism.
Military Appreciation Month: Every May is a time to show support to our military members, our veterans, and their families. We are lucky enough to have two veteran’s spouses, Sunshine & Nancy, that write fun and interesting articles about the military, it’s members and it’s history that are posted on this site throughout the month for the last couple of years. There are too many to list here, but please take the time to read through them as you will be amazed at many of the facts.
The contact form on the SKIP website will remain open for use. At the bottom of every article there is a comment area for you to use also. If you have any suggestions for new articles or any questions about something not fully explained in an article, please feel free to use either of those resources. Or if you have questions please send an email to nancy@skipcares.org or call (508) 472-1915.
We encourage you to copy, print and share as much content from the SKIP website as you want. The website will remain active until December 4, 2013. Once that date arrives, everything will be permanently gone.
We want you to feel completely confident in your ability to support the troops.
Thank you again,
Nancy Spoerke
SKIP Clerk
Recent Articles
Armed Forces Day– You’ve Got Mail!
17 May 2012written by Sunshine and Nancy Tomorrow is Armed Forces Day, so we are sharing some information about connecting with the service members. Please connect with those serving and those that have served and thank them. I recently met a veteran who worked in the Military Post office during WWII. He shared that there were so many letters and packages with food that were sent to our servicemen at that time and yet it was very different from what occurs today. This veteran felt honored to serve in this profession because he was the person in charge of keeping the families connected, he made...
Read morePulling the Wool Over Gestapo Headquarters Eyes
15 May 2012written by Sunshine and Nancy Gestapo headquarters spoke to the wrong person... On April 11th 1945 The American Third Army liberated the German Buchenwald concentration camp, a camp that will be judged second only to Auschwitz in the horrors it imposed on its prisoners. As American forces closed in on the Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald, Gestapo headquarters at Weimar telephoned the camp administration to announce that it was sending explosives to blow up any evidence of the camp--including its inmates. What the Gestapo did not know was that the camp administrators had already...
Read moreMonopoly Goes To War
13 May 2012written by Sunshine and Nancy Two slivers of metal which screwed together to form a file, a little red hotel contained a tiny silk region map folded very tightly, real German or Italian currency with the packaged play money, the location of safe houses on game cards, and inside the Scotty dog was a tiny little compass or some items were disguised as game pieces. These are items identified to have been found in special ordered Monopoly games that were sent to Allied POWs in German and Italian camps during WWII to help the prisoners escape. Games were among the few items allowed in ca...
Read moreMilitary Spouse Day & Mother’s Day
10 May 2012written by Sunshine and Nancy This is a tribute to all military spouses and mothers, all whom are true heroes. Today is Military Spouse Day, a day set aside to recognize and honor the contributions and sacrifices of military spouses. Whether that spouse is a wife or husband they too serve. Just because the husband or wife took an oath and signed on a dotted line when they joined the military, their spouses were immediately enlisted through the back door with the vows they took on their wedding day. In choosing their mates, they inadvertently chose their way of life too. They m...
Read moreThe SS America
08 May 2012written by Sunshine and Nancy The SS America was an ocean liner designed by naval architect William F. Gibbsbuilt for the United States Lines in 1940. It was the first liner to fit the comfort of women, offering warmth and friendliness. Sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt, her career as a top luxury liner was cut short. As WWII stirred in Europe her hull was painted with two huge American Flags to deter U-boat attacks. She was quietly fitted with a degaussing cable for protection against naval mines in 1941. On May 28, 1941, the SS America was called to service and ordered back to port b...
Read morePrinting Articles
This is what the print buttons look like on each article.
If you’re reading an article and decide you want to keep it for future reference, please feel free to print it. To print the article, it’s suggested that you use the button that looks like the one to the right. Note: the print button on this page does not do anything.
The button output is much nicer than using your browser’s “File, Print” commands. You’ll find the button directly across from the article title. On pages such as About SKIP, FAQ and Contact Us, you won’t find the button.