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Your family can support our wounded troops who are hospitalized and receiving treatment in America with encouraging cards, letters, drawings and international phone cards.

Over 20,000 service personnel have been wounded since 2003. FamilyCares - Words for the Wounded encourages your family to write letters and cards, and draw pictures to send to those wounded, who are being treated at your local veterans’ hospital or for soldiers in the Fisher House ™ program, at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD and at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC.

The Fisher House Program enables family members to be close to loved ones being treated at major military and VA medical centers by staying at homes built on the grounds. The program serves more than 8,500 families. To find a Fisher House in your state go to http://www.fisherhouse.org or mail encouraging letters, Get Well cards, and drawings to:

Fisher House™ Foundation, Inc.
1401 Rockville Pike, Suite 600
Rockville, MD 20852

The National Naval Medical Center at Bethesda http://www.bethesda.med.navy.mil/
would like to receive get well cards and encouraging letters and drawings. Mail to:

National Naval Medical Center
Marine Detachment
8901 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20889

The American Red Cross at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/
in Washington, DC would like to receive international phone cards. Many of the wounded troops have families overseas or would like to contact fellow soldiers in their units overseas. There is a continuous need for the international cards. Mail them to:

American Red Cross
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20307