Sending Stamps To Soldiers Idea

I woke up in the middle of the night with this idea, but I'm not sure if it's worth pursuing. Any help, especially from people with military experience, would be much appreciated.

Here's the idea:

Make up packets to send to the troops overseas-

The packets would include stamps, hinges, a small album made from stapled graph paper, and an information sheet about the hobby (how to hinge, how to collect, links to stamp related websites, etc) and a stamp supply catalog.

My thought is that if these guys (and gals) have any free time, they might get interested in stamp collecting if the supplies are there.

Here are the questions:

Do soldiers have free time?!

How do I find a group (don't know the proper military word)
to send to?

Is this even realistic?

I would love to try and get the support of local clubs.
Maybe they could pick a local unit that is overseas to work with.

Any ideas and comments would be most welcome!

Aimee

A group exists already that does exactly as you wish to do. I'll hunt up the contact info, which is eluding me this very moment.

Peter

I can't remember the rules for posting URLs here, but I'm going to poist about this charitable activity anyway, from the post that brought it to my attention.

http://stampcollectingroundup.blogs...wounded.html

Peter

Spanishmoss veterans in VA hospitals have free time and welcome donations of stamps...heres an address I sent a packet of stamps to and received a nice thank you letter..they only request that U.S. and worldwide stamps be separated and appreciate stamps not meters on the envelope.... VAVS National Stamp and Coin Club, Southern Arizona Va Health Care System 3601 South 6th Avenue Tucson ,Az 85723

Spanishmoss veterans in VA hospitals have free time and welcome donations of stamps...heres an address I sent a packet of stamps to and received a nice thank you letter..they only request that U.S. and worldwide stamps be separated and appreciate stamps not meters on the envelope.... VAVS National Stamp and Coin Club, Southern Arizona Va Health Care System 3601 South 6th Avenue Tucson ,Az 85723

Hmmm, I was wondering why it took a while for my post to go accross I will try and delete !!

Thanks for the replies.

I knew about the stamps for veterans program.
I was thinking about stamps for people that are
on active duty.

Is there a program for this already?

For years I have sent philatelic material to The Veteran's National Stamp and Coin Club (same as philb). Here is their url.
http://www.welcomehomesoldier.com/permalink-75

Good man Buckeye ! Sometimes the stamps have a way of building up..i feel theres a pretty good chance these guys will appreciate them !!