New Pin-ups for Vets Calendars

Posted By Blackfive Blackfive thanks Gina Elise for supporting the troops at BlogWorldExpo 2007 in Las Vegas

I received a note from Gina Elise that she still had 2009 calendars available to buy and support her efforts or to donate for a vet. [We've posted about our support for her project here (more photos).]

Here's what GE has to say:

Dear Blackfive readers,

It's Gina Elise here of www.PinUpsForVets.com and I wanted to write to you to let you know that the 2009 PinUps For Vets calendars are available on my website.  First and foremost, I wanted to thank Blackfive readers for being so supportive of my project for the past two years. I couldn't do it without you!

For those of you that don't know about my project, I have created a WWII style pinup calendar that raises money for VA and military hospitals.  To date, I have raised $20,000 for rehabilitation programs for our Wounded Warriors and hospitalized Veterans. There have been 5 American flags flown over military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan in honor of the project.  When you visit the website, you can order a calendar for yourself or you can choose to donate one for a hospitalized Vet or for a deployed military member.  I have criss-crossed the country this year delivering the donated calendars to the hospitalized Veterans myself.  It brings them so much joy to know that people all over the country are thinking of them.  Many of them do not get many visitors.  I sign each one and write a message of appreciation.  I also get lots of e-mails from military bases requesting donated calendars to boost morale...

More from Gina Elise after the Jump.

Gina Elise signing her 2008 calendar at the BlogWorldExpo November, 2007.

Here are some of the great emails I have received about the project:

"just wanted to drop you a quick note to say thanks. I'm a war vet and can remember many times how you would wish for something nice, or just beautiful would pop up to take you away from things for a few moments. A friend of mine in the sandbox wrote and told me of a pic that he carried around with him to remind me of the good looking women he needed to get back to in the states. You gave him hope when he felt alone."

"In the lingo of those days I might say you are one first-class dame, but I hope you'll instead accept what I intend as a greater compliment—you must truly be some kind of angel of mercy. I served in the active duty Marine Corps (went to boot camp there in San Diego) and again many years later in the Army National Guard. Especially as a young man during those first years in service, one of the most important, overriding experiences is that I can remember the loneliness being so strong it cut like a real blade. For you to deliver your calendars to these young men in their situation, suffering from that loneliness as well—it must be so special for them to have you at their bedside. I can't adequately express how very touched I am by your effort—it's the hand delivery of the calendars that impresses me the most. God bless you for that. I think that during those days way back then I might have wished (just a little bit) to get 'winged' just so I might meet you. What a beautiful woman and amazing American you are."

"My daughter is currently in the Army and serving her first tour in Irag. It is epically heart warming to myself and my wife in knowing that there is someone like you in this great country, taking the time to do something this worthwhile to help our troops. My father and father -in-law, both who are not with us, served in WW2 so these pictures represent a time that I feel in love with and one that my wife and I can connect with. Thanks again for all that you do and may God bless you and your work."

" I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you have done. I myself am a vet at 23, luckily with no injuries. But I have many friends who have not been so lucky. What you are doing, as you already know, boosts our morale and helps us realize that we still aren't forgotten. Our families always support us, its good to see someone with your drive (and beauty) who also supports us. I wish there was more that I could say, but I'm sure all the other letters you receive take care of that for me. Keep doing what you're doing, we fight the hardest for people like you who keep us in the hearts, and we fight no less for those who don't. Once again thank you."

"I was touched by the article I saw on Fox News today... I just wanted to thank you personally for what you are doing for the troops. It means so much more than you might realize, and I hope someday you see the real impact you've made.  And it's not just the pictures that mean so much. The fact that someone CARES is so much more important. I spent 7 months over there in 1990 and 1991, and was away from home for another 15 months in 2004 and 2005. Morale tends to be low, especially now when all you read about in the newspapers and see on television are the negative things. It's hard enough to be over in that part of the world, combating true evil... but to feel like the country you proudly serve is not at least appreciative is a hard thing to swallow. I can tell you that seeing a beautiful woman posing in nostalgic scenes is pretty amazing... But the pure fact that you CARE is absolutely priceless."

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New Pin-ups for Vets Calendars

Blackfive thanks Gina Elise for supporting the troops at BlogWorldExpo 2007 in Las Vegas

I received a note from Gina Elise that she still had 2009 calendars available to buy and support her efforts or to donate for a vet. [We've posted about our support for her project here (more photos).]

Here's what GE has to say:

Dear Blackfive readers,

It's Gina Elise here of www.PinUpsForVets.com and I wanted to write to you to let you know that the 2009 PinUps For Vets calendars are available on my website.  First and foremost, I wanted to thank Blackfive readers for being so supportive of my project for the past two years. I couldn't do it without you!

For those of you that don't know about my project, I have created a WWII style pinup calendar that raises money for VA and military hospitals.  To date, I have raised $20,000 for rehabilitation programs for our Wounded Warriors and hospitalized Veterans. There have been 5 American flags flown over military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan in honor of the project.  When you visit the website, you can order a calendar for yourself or you can choose to donate one for a hospitalized Vet or for a deployed military member.  I have criss-crossed the country this year delivering the donated calendars to the hospitalized Veterans myself.  It brings them so much joy to know that people all over the country are thinking of them.  Many of them do not get many visitors.  I sign each one and write a message of appreciation.  I also get lots of e-mails from military bases requesting donated calendars to boost morale...

More from Gina Elise after the Jump.

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