"How are you today? My Papa was a solider too! I am 10 years old. Thank you for protecting us from danger. Papa was a soldier in the French army but now he is with us (he isn't dead).
My name is *Thing 1 and I am in the 5th grade in Toronto, ON.,
I hope you will be with your family as soon as possible.
bye,
*Thing 1"
This is the letter my Thing 1 wrote to "Any Solider" this morning (my Thing 2 wrote one as well). And we are mailing it to a Canadian Forces member serving overseas.
Set up by the Canadian Forces, kids have the opportunity to write a letter or draw a picture and send it to a Canadian Forces member serving overseas. And very timely for Remembrance Day.
I know Remembrance Day is a #TeachableMoment about wars and history. However, when I think about Nov. 11 - myself - I think about Soldiers - because my husband was one. A soldier isn't a character from a video game. Or a comic strip. Or a movie. A solider is a real person...a Mom or a Dad.
And as such I thought it was a great idea for my kids to write a letter to a solider; making Nov. 11 a little more real for them. You do not need to know the name or rank of a particular service person - instead you can write to "any" soldier.
Your kids, kids' group or school can mail a letter, postcard or greeting card to Canadian Forces members serving overseas. For Afghanistan address your envelope to:
Any Canadian Forces Member
Op Athena
PO Box 5058 Stn Forces
Belleville ON K8N 5W6
(no postage stamps on hand? There is also an on-line message board to write to the troops.)
This "kid activity" takes little time and potentially will make a difference to "any solider's" day.
*Not actually named Thing 1 - or Thing 2
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