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I would like to enlist the help of any on this forum who would like to participate.
My wife's Grandmother will be 100 years young on February 2nd. (we have gone through a lot of groundhogs, but only one Nonnie)

Her eyesight and hearing are failing her, she is as sharp as a tack mentally. She is of that generation of letter writers and card senders.

To celebrate this occasion, I ask that all forum members, who would participate, send her a Birthday card. She is in a nursing home and unable to leave, but she grades (as many do in her generation) how well she is doing by the number of cards she receives on her Birthday.

Her address is:
Winston County Nursing Home
C/O Donie Whitehead Rm 30
562 East Main
Louisville, MS 39339

If possible mail this weekend, so that the cards arrive by her Birthday. God bless those of you, who can take the time to do this for a wonderful lady and God bless those who keep her in their thoughts and prayers.

twomillenium wrote:I would like to enlist the help of any on this forum who would like to participate.
My wife's Grandmother will be 100 years young on February 2nd. (we have gone through a lot of groundhogs, but only one Nonnie)

Her eyesight and hearing are failing her, she is as sharp as a tack mentally. She is of that generation of letter writers and card senders.

To celebrate this occasion, I ask that all forum members, who would participate, send her a Birthday card. She is in a nursing home and unable to leave, but she grades (as many do in her generation) how well she is doing by the number of cards she receives on her Birthday.

Her address is:
Winston County Nursing Home
C/O Donie Whitehead Rm 30
562 East Main
Louisville, MS 39339

If possible mail this weekend, so that the cards arrive by her Birthday. God bless those of you, who can take the time to do this for a wonderful lady and God bless those who keep her in their thoughts and prayers.

I will try to get one out. My grandmother lived to be 101, she just passed away in 2012. Just a suggestion, for those who may not have time to buy, and then mail a card, if you contact the staff at the nursing home, they may provide you with an email address to send electronic cards and letters, that they can then print out, and give to Nonnie Donie. You can then post it on here.

Thanks Jusme,
The card in the mail is what most of the folks look forward to getting. That is why my wife tries to write her weekly even though the talk almost daily on the phone. She generally add a photo, even though she cannot see it well.

That's a very nice gesture and I will be happy to send her a card. There is something special about getting mail in the mailbox for the young-uns and our elderly. I will sign it with my username. (You might have to explain why some parents would name their son Mxrdad). Good luck with that if we all do it.

One is sent. Hopefully you are ok with an online ordered card. It was the best I can do with the limited time.

If anyone else wants to send a card. Go to postable.com and if you use the coupon code "onedollar" thats all it will cost to send your first card!

Thank you so much this will help make it a special day.

Ahem. Cough, cough. Not only centenarians are of a "generation of letter writers and card senders." Today's store-and-forward email model ain't all that old, ya know.

I doubt I have any suitable cards in the house that I can use. If not, I'll send a hand-written letter tomorrow.

Yeah, some of us are seasoned enough we can even pull out a real fountain pen and write a letter...cursive and everything!

Wish we could let her know why we're writing, though. Somehow I don't think "I know your granddaughter's husband, twomillenium" would help much.

Skiprr wrote:Ahem. Cough, cough. Not only centenarians are of a "generation of letter writers and card senders." Today's store-and-forward email model ain't all that old, ya know.

I doubt I have any suitable cards in the house that I can use. If not, I'll send a hand-written letter tomorrow.

Yeah, some of us are seasoned enough we can even pull out a real fountain pen and write a letter...cursive and everything!

Wish we could let her know why we're writing, though. Somehow I don't think "I know your granddaughter's husband, twomillenium" would help much.

I thought cursive was against forum rules???

Wife and I put card in mail this evening, will go out tomorrows run.

Mxrdad wrote:

Skiprr wrote:Yeah, some of us are seasoned enough we can even pull out a real fountain pen and write a letter...cursive and everything!

Wish we could let her know why we're writing, though. Somehow I don't think "I know your granddaughter's husband, twomillenium" would help much.

I thought cursive was against forum rules???

It is. That's why the entry field for posts will accept only plain, sans serif text. That way I can't accidentally violate the rule.

Well played Sir.

uthornsfan wrote:One is sent. Hopefully you are ok with an online ordered card. It was the best I can do with the limited time.

If anyone else wants to send a card. Go to postable.com and if you use the coupon code "onedollar" thats all it will cost to send your first card!

Thanks for the link! It will come in handy. There is still room for anyone else that wants to make her day!

Bumping so that we might pick up a few more cards.

twomillenium wrote:I would like to enlist the help of any on this forum who would like to participate.
My wife's Grandmother will be 100 years young on February 2nd. (we have gone through a lot of groundhogs, but only one Nonnie)

Her eyesight and hearing are failing her, she is as sharp as a tack mentally. She is of that generation of letter writers and card senders.

To celebrate this occasion, I ask that all forum members, who would participate, send her a Birthday card. She is in a nursing home and unable to leave, but she grades (as many do in her generation) how well she is doing by the number of cards she receives on her Birthday.

Her address is:
Winston County Nursing Home
C/O Donie Whitehead Rm 30
562 East Main
Louisville, MS 39339

If possible mail this weekend, so that the cards arrive by her Birthday. God bless those of you, who can take the time to do this for a wonderful lady and God bless those who keep her in their thoughts and prayers.

One more bump, there is still time to have a card arrive to make her day. Thanks in advance.

Thanks to all that participated!. Donie had a wonderful 100th Birthday, she received 75+ cards from all over. More than half were from my Texas friends from forums and social media. She received a declaration from the Mississippi Legislature and a visit by many local friends. More than 160 attended her Birthday party on the 2nd. Overall, the number of cards were almost overwhelming. I realize that in the day of texting on smartphones, we still have a generation that yearns to hear that voice or read that card or letter. Thanks again to all those who sent a card or said a prayer. You made a difference, not only to Donie but to my whole family as well.