Anthrax scare won't hamper
Letters to the Front campaign
The anthrax scare may stop Any Servicemember and Dear Abby letters
from getting to the troops, but it won’t stop the Letters To the Front writing
campaign.
The Letters To the Front contest is open to anyone who wants to write
letters to support servicemembers.
The contest has run yearly since 1991.
“So far, all is still a go,” said Marsha Roberts, producer
of “Letters From The Front: WWII,” a play based on letters people have written
to servicemembers since World War II.
Roberts expects to receive more than 25,000 letters this year,
“and that estimate could be way low,” she said.
Each letter will be sorted, read and judged by the staff at
Rector-Roberts Productions. Once the winners are selected, the letters will be placed in
new envelopes along with a contest cover letter.
“These letters are boxed up and sent in bulk directly to our
Morale, Welfare and Recreation contacts at the installations and distributed from
there,” Roberts said.
Roberts said about 60 percent of the letters are sent to the European
theater and 40 percent to the Pacific.
“The military postal system is looking at our procedures and
will decide what changes need to be made for safety,” she said. “We will
obviously implement any and all suggestions they make.”
Contest prizes range from a $3,000 scholarship to a $3,000 computer
system. For entry information, log on to www.letters-from-the-front.com.
All entries must be postmarked by Nov. 11.
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