Mail STARS to our Heroes:
currently serving, veterans,
and now First Responders.
If you are a Hero - fill in the
information so you can also receive Stars.
We accept names and addresses of our armed forces and first responders, so they can receive their Stars. 100 Stars are sent to all currently serving in the military. Veterans and First Responders will receive 50 Stars to share. Add a message to your soldier. Include your name and address and we will send you 2 Stars and a copy of the card sent.
BECOME A:
Want to participate by creating Stars in your neighborhood so you will be able to share the love of our country with those serving and those that served? Have a Star Party!!
This is a project for all ages. Instructions are only available through e-mail. The instructions will include your zip code on the Note for contact purposes. Names of organizations can be added to the note. A Star Maker STARter Kit is also available, consisting of a packet of 10 Stars, 2 cantons and the pouches that the Stars go into with the note, all for a donation of $11. Only one kit per Star Maker. It is just a way to get you STARted.
ORGANIZATIONS,
SERVICE GROUPS:
We are not set up to donate Stars for free for organizations as we are very small without financial backing. We can e-mail the instructions and you can order one kit only. Many organizations sending packages overseas are adding Stars to the packages. It becomes a relaxing event during meetings and can also be used as a Thank You for donations.
Stars For Our Troops
Welcomes you to find out more about how You and We
can show support to
those that have Served and
those that Are Serving -
our Military, our Veterans
and our First Responders.
"White Star"
Listen to what a Veteran felt when he entered into a discussion
about Stars for our Troops.
Thank you Bill Notro.
He wrote this song BEFORE
he received his Star.
This page was last updated: September 15, 2016
Stars for our Troops is only funded by YOUR donations.
There are no corporate sponsors. Volunteers cut the cantons from the useable flags, wash the cantons, cut and pouch the Stars, but supplies and postage are purchased.
100% of donations are used to continue this great project.
Thank you for your encouragement and donation.
Your USA made old, retired flags with EMBROIDERED Stars smaller than a business card are needed today to continue this project.
Please do not send printed flags or large Flags. Flags must be made in the USA.
Please write on front of package the number of embroidered flags enclosed.
Susan/Stars for our Troops
c/o G F W
715 Columbia Turnpike
East Greenbush, NY 12061
Receive 2 Stars for your flag(s) donation.
Casket Flags or any large flag should be donated to your local national cemetery. They will acknowledge receipt of the flag and it will be used to honor our fallen heroes. They can also be donated to your local funeral home.
THANK YOU,
THANK YOU!!
The response to the 2013 Memorial Day article by Reuters has been beyond expectation. Please read and share.
Susan
Thank You - count as of 5/24/13 was 2753 hits.
In 2014, Gettysburg Flag Works about 875 shipments were received and donated 5766 flags for the Stars project.
Of those flags, 3795 were useable, 66% of the flags that were received.
It is easier to get to work on the Stars when people are aware of the size of the Stars they are sending, and it takes less time separating the ones that are not usable.
We take any casket flags to the Saratoga National Cemetery to be used when the roads are lined with flying flags. It is a beautiful sight.
The cantons are used to create the pouched Stars and distributed in Star Maker Kits.
In 2013 Gettysburg Flag Works received 3807 flags for the program. Of those flags 2305 were of a usable size which works out to 61% of the flags. With the usable flags we were then able to make 115,250 pouched stars to thank that many soldiers or veterans!
THANK YOU ALL THAT ARE SERVING
AND THOSE THAT SERVED!!
NOTICE:
Changes in places and dates for Star Parties
in the Albany, NY area.
Stars for our Troops will set up at local events to honor our Military and First Responders. Children can color the Thank You cards that are sent overseas and are given to our veterans attending Honor Flights to Washington DC. Flags ready for retirement can be collected.
THANK YOU!!
Susan
Star Distribution 2015
The NYS Capital District Star Makers have made and distributed over 97,000 Stars
from 1970 flags as of
December 31, 2015.
The other day, 32 packages of flags were sent to Stars for our Troops.
There were a total of 258 flags.
108 of them are usable for this project.
150 were not usable. They were printed, Star bigger than 2 inch, not USA made, flags too large and many casket flags.
58% of the items received must be bagged up and disposed of before I can work on the flags that are usable.
It took me 4 hours just to log each package, count and separate flags into usable and unusable.
We are all volunteers.
We appreciate your donation of flags. We need your help to help us manage our time.
There is a big expense for you to send flags that cannot be used. The extra $30 spent on postage could have been used for postage or supplies. One bag of Stars costs a minimum of $2.54 and two bags costs about $3.14. Prices for postage and supplies will go up again in 2016. Please help.
Communication is often after 9 PM EST or very early in the morning.
To ensure a return response, please make sure your e-mail address, full name and city and state is included in all correspondence.
Phone calls may be returned when time is available, with full information as to the reason for the call, your name and organizations name.
We are a group of volunteers that are continuing what was started by a group of ladies in Florida called the Star Project about 2005. See "Star Project Begins"
Old tattered and faded US Flags are retired from service and we pass the legacy of their embroidered Stars to those that defended them.
We are cutting the fields of blue, known as the canton, from these old flags, then scissor off the embroidered stars.
Into a plastic bag go a star and an explanation:
"I am part of our American flag that has flown over the U.S.A.
I can no longer fly. The sun and winds have caused me
to become tattered and torn.
Please carry me as a reminder that
You are not forgotten."
The embroidered stars need to be smaller than the size of a business or credit card.
Collectors of flags in the Albany, NY area include: Gettysburg Flag Works, East Greenbush; Saratoga Flag, Gansevoort; your local Kiwanis Club. Remnants of flags are being used to create lap quilts for veterans in nursing homes and hospice, and as flag covers for motorcycles and those that carry the US flag on a collapsible pole for flag lines.
Susan E Wells
518-235-1558
518-235-1558PO Box 301
Troy, NY 12182-0301
For communication only, no packages.
Stars4ourTroops@aol.com
2015 - 97,034 Stars were distributed from the Albany NY area. We mailed 240 bags to the Military and 445 Veterans. Organizations also shared Stars with the Military, veterans and first responders.
Blank e-Messages are being received. If you do not receive a response in 24 hours, please re-send
a message to
with all pertinent information.
Shared with permission:
Yesterday I had the pleasure of presenting one of these Stars to a dear family friend that served in the Vietnam War. Sergeant Fish.
The Star was actually given to me by a friend/co-worker who had told me how he and his wife are involved with helping our Veteran's and about the Stars. I told him about our friend and he gave me the Star for him.
Sergeant Fish wants Mike to know how much this means to him..... he said to me tearfully "I knew about these groups saving The Stars.. but I never thought I would receive one."
Sergeant Fish also stated the this Star was more meaningful to him then The Purple Heart and other medals he had been given by The United States......
This is why we do the STARS!!
Any PayPal entry that does not match a name and e-address from any form
on this website will be considered a donation.
"I am part of our American flag that has flown over the USA. I can no longer fly. The sun and winds caused me to become tattered and torn.
Please carry me as a
reminder that
You are not forgotten.”
