I am a member of Army.ca. The forum members, being mostly CF and other interested personnel have been following the opening of a Tim Hortons in Kandahar closely.
One suggestion that came up was that Tim Hortons in Canada offer gift certificates that can be sent over by friends, family or anyone wanting to support the CF in Afghanistan....
Here is the link to the thread of comments on the idea.
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/39242/post-396253/topicseen.html#new
Thanks...hope it works out
Love the idea...let me know when it starts up...I would certainly support that and know of a number of people who wouldvonGarvin said:+1 to this idea. Instead of sending over packets of Timmies, loved ones, or even strangers, could buy a soldier a cup of coffee. Walk into Tims, pay the money, Tims sends the message electronically (eg: email) to Tims (forward) and then somehow, that message is sent to Soldier Bloggins of "X" company of unit "Y". They print off a certificate, deliver it to said soldier, who can then redeem it for a cuppa Joe (Cuppa Tim?). If you send it to "Any soldier, Task Force Orion", then Tims (or PSP) could allocate to the units on whatever basis they decide. Heck, I got letters from the "military granny network" in Newfoundland, and replied. That was nice.
This is a BANG ON Idea! Great for Tims, Great for morale.
And let's not forget that "Maintenance of Morale" is a fundamental (principle?) of war.
Garvin out
PS: I could never figure out a principle from a fundamental!!!!!
Posted on: Today at 17:59:21Posted by: TMM
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The more people email the better! Here's my message:
I am glad to see Tim Hortons' will be opening at Kandahar Air Force on Canada Day. I understand that this took a lot of work and am glad that our troops will have a taste of home. That said, I and other Canadians do not have the resources to send over more Tim Trailers. However, I would like to be able to send Tim Hortons gift certificates to the troops. Would these be accepted at the Kandahar location?
In this thread at army.ca I suggested maybe even having special certificates for use only in Kandahar, perhaps a promotion buy $5.00 get a free coffee.
Hi "Military Granny". I only used that term because of your handle on here. I can't remember what they were referred to in the paper, but recently one of them received an award from the CDS. It was letters from an elderly lady living in Newfoundland. She would write postcards, addressed to "Any Soldier, TF Kabul, Op ATHENA, Afghanistan". And I was there for less than two months (June 2003) as the Camp there was being built.military granny said:Von Garvin
"the military granny network" want to fill me in??? Was it letters from the kids?
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