Residents of Valdosta and surrounding counties have the opportunity to send appreciation to our troops deployed over seas with a heartfelt Thanksgiving thank you letter. The Bert Show, a nationally syndicated radio program is hoping to pull off a Big Thank You by sending a letter to each service member deployed outside of the United States.

 In 2011, the Bert Show was able to send a Big Thank You of over 405,000 letters to our troops with the help of the community. This is a great opportunity to join forces with in our neighborhoods, organizations, businesses, churches, and schools to provide a much needed thank you to a brave military worker outside of the United States.

 Guidelines for the letters are as follows:

•  Should be handwritten, heartfelt, original, and free of any political statement      
• All letters must be on 8.5 inch by 11 inch paper or smaller (standard sized sheet of printer paper)     
• Do not use glue, tape, staples, cardboard, glitter, or otherwise attach anything to the paper.
• No construction paper     
• Decorate using crayon, markers, pens or pencils     
• Use both sides if you like, but use only one page per letter only.     
• Do not send greeting cards or photographs.      
• Feel free to include your mailing and e-mail address.
• Individual letters should not be sealed in envelopes.
• For individual letters, place your letter inside the envelope, tuck the envelope flap inside, and apply 1st class postage.
• For batches of letters from groups, place all letters inside in large brown envelope, and seal. Be sure to apply sufficient postage.
• Do not send anything except letters. Donations of any kind cannot be accepted and should not be included with or attached to letters. 

 Letters must be sent by October 28 to:

 ATTN: Big Thank You

 Atlanta – 2100  99.7 FM

780 Johnson Ferry Road N.E. 

5th Floor

Atlanta, GA  30342