Penny's Postcard Posse Roundups for the Troops

Press Information

Press Releases:

Halloween 2007
Press Release - October 18, 2007 - Marine Jets Take off Friday to Deliver 639 Miniature Quilts to Our Troops in Iraq for Halloween

July 4 2007 Roundup
Penny's Postcard Posse Commences 2nd Annual Roundup
YMCA Kids Join Penny's Postcard Posse
Media Advisory - Anderson to Salute Penny Halgren’s “Postcard Posse” for the Troops
Press Release - Anderson to Salute Penny Halgren’s “Postcard Posse” for the Troops
KGTV Channel 10 - July 4, 2007 - Local Woman Touches Lives Of Troops Through Quilts
East County Californian - July 5, 2007 - Postcard Posse goes global to support troops
The Country Register - August 2007 - Quilting Fabric Postcards for Soldiers
Quiltmaker Magazine - July/August 2008 - penny's postcard posse

Penny's Postcard Posse Rounds Up Its 8,928 Miniature Quilt for Our Troops in Iraq

Penny Halgren Awarded Resolution from California State Assembly

joel anderson and penny halgren

Joel Anderson honors Penny Halgren with Resolution from California State Assembly for her work with Penny's Postcard Posse

Local Television Station Recognizes Penny's Postcard Posse on the 4th of July!

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Valentine's Day 2007
Thanksgiving 2006
Thanksgiving Thank You Card
Christmas 2006

Penny's Postcard Posse began on Memorial Day 2006 Rounding up fabric postcards to send to the troops in Iraq for the 4th of July.

"While quilters have a history of sending quilts to soldiers, generally the quilts go to wounded soldiers and the families of fallen soldiers. We wanted to do something special for the soldiers who are out there still fighting the fight for freedom. Full size quilts didn’t seem too practical, so we decided to make tiny quilts that the soldiers could carry with them,” observed Penny Halgren, creator of Penny's Postcard Posse.

To date Penny's Postcard Posse has Rounded up the following:

July 4th 2006 - 139 tiny postcard greetings were sent through Camp Pendleton in San Diego, California
Thanksgiving 2006 - 284 postcards sent through the Air Force Base in Mountain Home, Idaho
Christmas 2006 - 839 postcards sent through the Air Force Base in Mountain Home, Idaho
Linda Lynch sends 1200 postcards to her son's unit in Iraq from Penny's Postcard Posse
Valentine's Day 2006 - 217 postcards sent to Canadian troops in Afghanistan through the military base in Alberta, Canada
Spring 2006 - 242 postcards sent to wounded troops in Landstuhl, Germany.
4th of July 2007- 2173 postcards sent to Iraq
Halloween 2007 - 889 postcards sent to Iraq; 639 to soldiers from Marines in the 3rd Marine aircraft Wing, and 250 to soldiers from Wright-Patterson AFB.

Dates for Penny's Postcard Posse **2008**
Celebration	Send your postcard by this date	Actual date of Celebration
January Miramar Deployment	January 31
Valentine's Day	January 31	February 14
Easter / Spring	March 21	April 8
US Independence Day - 4th of July	June 8	July 4
Thanksgiving	October 20	November 27
Christmas / Holidays	November 16	December 25

Most of the cards have been about 4" by 6." Pictures of the cards can be found:

4th of July Fabric Postcard Pictures
Turkey for the Troops Fabric Postcard Pictures (Thanksgiving)
Christmas / Holiday Fabric Postcard Pictures
Valentine's Day 2007 Fabric Postcard Pictures
Spring 2007 Fabric Postcard Pictures

For additional information contact Penny Halgren (619) 697-6667, fax (619) 303-3339, email info@how-to-quilt.com

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