From the VMI Department of Communications and the Alumni Association
LEXINGTON, Va., Nov 20, 2006 — The Virginia Military Institute Alumni Association is again collecting mailing addresses of alumni deployed overseas as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. This is the second time a recognition program has been implemented to recognize alumni serving in both Afghanistan and Iraq.
The addresses will be used to mail unique VMI hats that are embroidered with the VMI Spider, “Heard from today” and the letters OIF/OEF.
“We’ve had literally hundreds of alumni who are overseas and making sacrifices the VMI family appreciates so much,” said James F. Spellman Jr. ’85, president of the VMI Alumni Association. “This special hat was universally adopted during our first mailing to troops and it’s something alumni really appreciate.”
The Alumni Association will collect ground addresses via email by sending the APO address and complete address to: jwranek@vmiaa.org. The addresses collected will allow the Alumni Association to provide information and items to alumni while they are deployed throughout the year, and not just during the holidays.
