2008 Woodie Awards
Letters help soldiers cope in Iraq
Mark Behncke
Issue date: 4/23/08 Section: Lifestyle
The letter collecting event that took place last week unfortunately did not yield the results the group had hoped for. Several factors led to poor turnouts that Heimerl attributes to timing.
"Only a few dozen people showed up," Heimerl said. "The timing unfortunately was just before spring break and many students were preoccupied. I was hoping that at least one hundred people would have showed up to the event."
For Marino, the future success of the event could be more abundant if spread more widely to other campus organizations.
"I would love for every single organization on the UW-Whitewater campus to write twenty-five letters," Marino said. "It would be amazing to send a thousand letters. Each letter is going to someone who is putting their safety on the line."
Marino stresses that events like this one are only the beginning and that more needs to be done to better improve conditions for soldiers.
"I guess I feel that whatever we can do will hopefully be of some comfort or support," Marino said.
The event however was not in vain as Heimerl suggests. The amount of letters he believes will still be relevant, even if it were not as many as originally expected.
"I feel good about the activity despite what happened," Heimerl said. "Even it it's only one letter that means a lot to me, and hopefully it means a lot to our men and women serving in Iraq."
For more information about the Golden Key please visit the group at http://www.goldenkey.org.
"Only a few dozen people showed up," Heimerl said. "The timing unfortunately was just before spring break and many students were preoccupied. I was hoping that at least one hundred people would have showed up to the event."
For Marino, the future success of the event could be more abundant if spread more widely to other campus organizations.
"I would love for every single organization on the UW-Whitewater campus to write twenty-five letters," Marino said. "It would be amazing to send a thousand letters. Each letter is going to someone who is putting their safety on the line."
Marino stresses that events like this one are only the beginning and that more needs to be done to better improve conditions for soldiers.
"I guess I feel that whatever we can do will hopefully be of some comfort or support," Marino said.
The event however was not in vain as Heimerl suggests. The amount of letters he believes will still be relevant, even if it were not as many as originally expected.
"I feel good about the activity despite what happened," Heimerl said. "Even it it's only one letter that means a lot to me, and hopefully it means a lot to our men and women serving in Iraq."
For more information about the Golden Key please visit the group at http://www.goldenkey.org.
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Colin
posted 5/31/08 @ 3:03 PM CST
Dear Courteous Reader,
Perhaps letters could be written to soldiers with messages of peace. I believe that is what people are, soldiers of peace, to help the poor, feed the hungry, build wells, houses, roads. (Continued…)
Tyson Halla
posted 6/02/08 @ 2:20 PM CST
Great Job! I was just checking out the Golden Key Newsletter, and there is the great UWW chapter. That's awesome. Let me know of any alumni events coming up, and I'll spread the word to my GK buddies. (Continued…)
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