ServicePens: Pens For Servicemen

[Old Lar]

Finally finished the ten euros from Smitty. Going in the mail this afternoon.

 

[GaryMGg]

Thank you again Larry.
I'm so thankful to all of you.
Gratefully,
Gary

 

[GaryMGg]

Allen,
That's a fine looking euro.
Thanks!

 

[asyler]

euro

batch of euro goin' out monday

 

[firewhatfire]

got a few to send you. Is it to late to mail them to you?

Phil

 

[GaryMGg]

No; it's not too late.
Thank you Phil.

 

[firewhatfire]

Put I mail today. Thanks for heading something like this up

 

[MikeG]

These 35 will be mailed by Monday.

25 from Corian


1 - Curly Maple, 2 - Sassafras, 3 - Maple, 4 - Walnut

I want to thank ed4copies and Smitty37 for the pen kits and DonWood, ctubbs, sgimbel and aggromere for the blanks. Without your support I would not have been able to participate as I've been unemployed since the end of 2009.
Thank you

 

[OLDMAN5050]

hope it is not too late I have 10 that will be in mail today...............

 

[GaryMGg]

Hey guys, I've been pretty well sequestered w/o phone or 'net access since Thursday last week working on projects.
There's still time to get your contributions to me.
Thank you.
Thank you for your participation!
Gary

 

[Florida Marine]

When is the dead line? I should be able to get a pen or two out.

Wife is headed through Hog Town tomorrow - stopping to update our clothing posture on the way home from her mom's in Eustis.

Go Gators!

Sean

 

[GaryMGg]

Still time to send those pens for our servicemen and women.
I'm on business travel today and my wife will be joining me at the beach
when I return, so packages sent to our home will sit at the Post Office
until next week after the holiday.
Thanks.
Gary

 

[quister]

I have 5 pens on the way!!!

 

[GaryMGg]

I want to update everyone as the deadline for delivering the pens draws near.
My original goal of 5,000 pens was, perhaps, a bit lofty -- at least for a first year.
However, I'm still very pleased with the results: I'm so honored by y'all for the support which this project received.
To date, over 700 pens have been donated.

I've got to single out two members who helped make this effort a success in a big way:
Leroy "Smitty" Smith and Ed "The Resinator" Brown.
As I went thru the contributions and repacked the pens, I found note after note stating how either
Ed or Smitty had donated the kits being used for the pens being given our Servicemen and women.
Gentlemen, I salute you! :highfive::bananen_smilies046:

I salute all of you who participated; thank you.
Gary

 

[asyler]

Will you still be collecting pens for another later shipment?

 

[GaryMGg]

Yes, I'm going to do this for next year and hopefully have a larger number to donate.
You provide quite a nice contribution this year. I appreciate it!
Thanks,
Gary

 

[asyler]

like you said,, smitty and ed helped a lot with supplies,, and thank you for pulling this together for the service folk.

 

[JeffT]

Gary,

I have five coming to you this week. Thanks for coordinating this!

BTW - glad to see the Gators go to Omaha!

JeffT

 

[GaryMGg]

Folks,
Wednesday, I shipped more than 700 pens to be delivered to our Service Men and women.
The Annual Convention is next week so I'll have more to report on after it's complete.
Thank you all again for the support this past year.
Gary

 

[GaryMGg]

Here is a link to a public album with the donated pens:
https://picasaweb.google.com/GaryMG/ServicePens20102011

Thank you all for the contributions and support.

 

[steeler fan1]

Here is a link to a public album with the donated pens:
https://picasaweb.google.com/GaryMG/ServicePens20102011

Thank you all for the contributions and support.

Hi Gary,

Is the album of all the pens you received? Was just curious. I sent you a box of 40 back in March, I didn't see them in the album. Hope they didn't get lost in shipment. Not looking for an ataboy, just concerned.

Carl

 

[G1Pens]

I assume that the picture album is not all the pens as there are no wheres close to 700 pens in those pictures. I guess we have to assume that our pens got to you, even if they are not in the pictures.

 

[GaryMGg]

Carl,

I have a spreadsheet on another computer with each box received (so long as it had an address) and the quantity.
I saw this thread
http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=79096
where you posted asking about pens for troops and Rich said he'd be sending them.

I'll check the other computer and get back to you and Gary both.

One thing is for sure--I believe I didn't get photos of every pen received.
Some were packaged in a manner wherein I couldn't get details well.

I learned a lot in order to do a better job this year.
Thanks again for all your support.
Gary

 

[GregHight]

If someone is doing a turn-a-thon to make pens for troops, let me know if you want some RhinoPlastic donations. I am an ex-army airborne infantry soldier (1989-1993) and proud to do anything that supports our troops.

 

[penmaker1967]

i didnt see the pens that i sent you either gary. did you recieve them ?

 

[asyler]

hope you ve started collecting again,, sent a box off tues,, kits by me and ken(birshire) turned on cedar & yellow pine,, allen

 

[Woodlvr]

Gary,
I am trying to get a package together and wanted to make sure that it is still ok to send them to you? It will be a couple of weeks before I will have them done. Thanks for your efforts collecting pens and phone cards for our servicemen. Also my personal thanks to those that take the time to make pens for donation.

 

[GaryMGg]

Carl, Gary, and Todd
Your pens were received and sent to the men and women in service.

This past year, I got some good experience and I plan to do a better job of
communicating back to each of you, posting photos, and coordinating the donations.
One thing I'm going to work on immediately is trying to obtain an inexpensive case for all the pens we deliver
-- like some of the clear plastic cases I've seen.
It would make management and packing easier, and there are other benefits to the recipients.

What else do y'all think I could do to make this work better?

Thank you again.

 

[GaryMGg]

Please keep those pens coming for this year too.
Thanks.

 

[GregHight]

info card

Do you guys include a small info card that says what the pen was turned from and who turned it. I know if I recieved a hand made pen, I'd like to at least send an email and say "thanks".

Keep in mind that most young soldiers wont have a clue what kind of wood it is, even if it's as identifiable as purple heart! Also, let them know what kind of refill it takes.

 

[asyler]

is there anything we can do to help you when we send you pens?

 

[steeler fan1]

Carl, Gary, and Todd
Your pens were received and sent to the men and women in service.

This past year, I got some good experience and I plan to do a better job of
communicating back to each of you, posting photos, and coordinating the donations.
One thing I'm going to work on immediately is trying to obtain an inexpensive case for all the pens we deliver
-- like some of the clear plastic cases I've seen.
It would make management and packing easier, and there are other benefits to the recipients.

What else do y'all think I could do to make this work better?

Thank you again.

Hi Gary,

Thanks for the update. Glad to know they hadn't got lost in the mail. If there is anything we can do when sending them please let us know. Perhaps some general guidelines such as packaging, what to include, etc.

You do a great job coordinating this project and anything we can do to make your "job" easier I'm all for, just let us know.

Thank you again, praying someday we wont have troops in harms way in faraway places.

God bless.
Carl

 

[GaryMGg]

I want to let everyone know I will be doing ServicePens again.
So, please let's get those pen contributions rolling.
I have special news for those who want to participate in person! Stay tuned... :biggrin:

 

[gratz]

Hi Gary,

going to ship out 7 pens this week.

Thanks for doing this!

Gratz

 

[GaryMGg]

Thank you Dave.

 

[GaryMGg]

Just a thought: as of today, this thread has had more than 10,000 views.
Obviously, those are unique viewers BUT
If each person who looks at this thread sends just ONE pen, we'd be able to donate thousands of pens to our Servicemen and women.
Please make a pen for our Servicemen and women.

Thank you.

 

[Jim Burr]

Just a thought: as of today, this thread has had more than 10,000 views.
Obviously, those are unique viewers BUT
If each person who looks at this thread sends just ONE pen, we'd be able to donate thousands of pens to our Servicemen and women.
Please make a pen for our Servicemen and women.

Thank you.

I should add a note here; On Friday, my son graduated from MCRD San Diego. At his request, I brought 15 pens for his closest platoon friends. They are a few days into a 10 day leave then back to Pendelton for more training. His Gunny was amazed by his pen and wanted a lot of details. They were all well received and even though they are new and tough, I got a lot of hugs from some of the best kids in the world, but none more so than my son...Semper Fi John...Oo Rah!!

 

[carpblaster]

I once found a site that had the navy insignia that would go on the slim line and lost it, my son is in the navy on ship and they love the pens isent him and made one and a box for yr retirement, If any one knows the site where i can buy the insignias of the ranks please pm me , some of them would be nice to go also,even there not on land there in the ship off shore,still away from loved ones
carpblaster

 

[kronewi]

carpblaster

Is this the site you are talking about http://www.woodpenpro.com/ ?

 

[Brian Davis]

I would love to turn some pens for our troops but
I'm very limited on money I'm disabled and don't
get much money.
I would love to help some how?