GI Joe
08-09-2007, 12:39 AM
Remember the beautiful and lovely Gina Elise of Pin Ups for Vets? If you don't you need to find the nearest rock and crawl out from under it.
I got an e-mail from Gina last night saying that she is now taking orders for her 2008 benefit calendar. Gina says, "I am launching the 2008 calendar fundraiser now and accepting pre-sale orders because I completely sold out of calendars last year, so be sure to order early!" According to Gina's web site the Pin Ups for Vets calendar is produced for three reasons:
1. The calendars would be sold to raise funds for our hospitalized Veterans.
2. The calendars would be delivered as gifts to our ill and injured Veterans with messages of appreciation from the donors.
3. The calendars would be sent to our deployed troops to help boost morale and to let them know that Americans back home are thinking of them.
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/188995.php
Her website and lots of pics
A few years ago, I started seeing news articles about under-funded Veterans’ healthcare programs. Then, there were stories about older Veterans who lay in bed day after day, never receiving any visitors. Reports started surfacing on TV about the severe injuries sustained by our troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The more I heard about the uphill battles of our Wounded Warriors, the more convinced I was of the need to produce a project that would bring in funds to support all of our hospitalized Veterans.
My late Grandpa Lou served in the army for 4 years during World War II. I wanted to do something to honor his name. I always loved the romance of those bygone eras - especially the 1940’s - and I drew inspiration from the World War II pin-up girls, whose photos and paintings boosted morale for our soldiers fighting overseas.
http://www.pinupsforvets.com/
Article on Gina and pics
If you've never heard of Gina Elise and her project Pin Ups for Vets prepare to become very informed and amazed. Gina Elise is a 24-year-old who majored in theater at UCLA. It's not often that someone of Gina's age gets interested in helping people. It's even less often that someone from the state of California actively supports veterans and our troops like she does. Gina Elise is not your ordinary California girl, college graduate and with her Pin Ups for Vets calendars, specifically designed for troops and veterans, she is supporting the troops overseas, downrange, and veterans recovering here at home.
A year ago Gina Elise decided to take her, "love for retro and do something to help injured soldiers at the same time." Gina told me that the inspiration for Pin Ups for Vets is, "The stories I hear about injured soldiers returning home from overseas really has a huge effect on me. Their lives have changed forever because of these injuries --- because they served our country. The motivation and energy they have is inspiring to me. I want to do something for them."
Gina Elise is supported by American Legion Post 360 in Lake Arrowhead, CA and makes calendars that she models in; the proceeds from which go to VA programs such as eyeglasses for Veterans, the home health program, recreational therapy, spinal cord injury & amputee programs, substance abuse program, women's Veterans' program, homeless program, reading materials and subscriptions for the Veterans, social relief fund, televisions, wheelchairs, and outreach programs for the visually impaired. She poses for each month in a World War II kind of retro look because Gina says she is a, "HUGE fan of all things retro. I've been a performer my entire life --- love costumes, anything from another time period." I'm just glad she decided to grace our time period with her looks (she's a looker, ain't she, fellas), grace, and caring nature.
Gina Elise has a member of the Greatest Generation in her family. Her grandfather took up arms during another tumultuous time in America's great history, World War II. Gina has sent her calendars to, "MANY APO addresses. Iraq, Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Denmark, Canada, the list goes on and on," supporting our nation's current generation which is trying to rid the world of terrorism. "I am working with a couple that sends 200 care packages a month to Iraq. When someone specifies on the order that they want it to go to a deployed soldier, that's how I get it out there. It's just a matter of people choosing that option. Lately, everyone has been buying a calendar for themselves! Of course, the proceeds go to the VA." But, Gina doesn't sit back, model, and go to the post office she visits injured vets too.
cont
http://www.conservativethinking.com/archives/2007/02/interview-with-gina-elise-of-pin-ups-for-vets.php
http://www.pinupsforvets.com/photo1.jpg
http://www.pinupsforvets.com/gallery23.jpg
http://www.conservativethinking.com/files/pinupsforvets-gina-elise-01.jpg
I got an e-mail from Gina last night saying that she is now taking orders for her 2008 benefit calendar. Gina says, "I am launching the 2008 calendar fundraiser now and accepting pre-sale orders because I completely sold out of calendars last year, so be sure to order early!" According to Gina's web site the Pin Ups for Vets calendar is produced for three reasons:
1. The calendars would be sold to raise funds for our hospitalized Veterans.
2. The calendars would be delivered as gifts to our ill and injured Veterans with messages of appreciation from the donors.
3. The calendars would be sent to our deployed troops to help boost morale and to let them know that Americans back home are thinking of them.
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/188995.php
Her website and lots of pics
A few years ago, I started seeing news articles about under-funded Veterans’ healthcare programs. Then, there were stories about older Veterans who lay in bed day after day, never receiving any visitors. Reports started surfacing on TV about the severe injuries sustained by our troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The more I heard about the uphill battles of our Wounded Warriors, the more convinced I was of the need to produce a project that would bring in funds to support all of our hospitalized Veterans.
My late Grandpa Lou served in the army for 4 years during World War II. I wanted to do something to honor his name. I always loved the romance of those bygone eras - especially the 1940’s - and I drew inspiration from the World War II pin-up girls, whose photos and paintings boosted morale for our soldiers fighting overseas.
http://www.pinupsforvets.com/
Article on Gina and pics
If you've never heard of Gina Elise and her project Pin Ups for Vets prepare to become very informed and amazed. Gina Elise is a 24-year-old who majored in theater at UCLA. It's not often that someone of Gina's age gets interested in helping people. It's even less often that someone from the state of California actively supports veterans and our troops like she does. Gina Elise is not your ordinary California girl, college graduate and with her Pin Ups for Vets calendars, specifically designed for troops and veterans, she is supporting the troops overseas, downrange, and veterans recovering here at home.
A year ago Gina Elise decided to take her, "love for retro and do something to help injured soldiers at the same time." Gina told me that the inspiration for Pin Ups for Vets is, "The stories I hear about injured soldiers returning home from overseas really has a huge effect on me. Their lives have changed forever because of these injuries --- because they served our country. The motivation and energy they have is inspiring to me. I want to do something for them."
Gina Elise is supported by American Legion Post 360 in Lake Arrowhead, CA and makes calendars that she models in; the proceeds from which go to VA programs such as eyeglasses for Veterans, the home health program, recreational therapy, spinal cord injury & amputee programs, substance abuse program, women's Veterans' program, homeless program, reading materials and subscriptions for the Veterans, social relief fund, televisions, wheelchairs, and outreach programs for the visually impaired. She poses for each month in a World War II kind of retro look because Gina says she is a, "HUGE fan of all things retro. I've been a performer my entire life --- love costumes, anything from another time period." I'm just glad she decided to grace our time period with her looks (she's a looker, ain't she, fellas), grace, and caring nature.
Gina Elise has a member of the Greatest Generation in her family. Her grandfather took up arms during another tumultuous time in America's great history, World War II. Gina has sent her calendars to, "MANY APO addresses. Iraq, Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Denmark, Canada, the list goes on and on," supporting our nation's current generation which is trying to rid the world of terrorism. "I am working with a couple that sends 200 care packages a month to Iraq. When someone specifies on the order that they want it to go to a deployed soldier, that's how I get it out there. It's just a matter of people choosing that option. Lately, everyone has been buying a calendar for themselves! Of course, the proceeds go to the VA." But, Gina doesn't sit back, model, and go to the post office she visits injured vets too.
cont
http://www.conservativethinking.com/archives/2007/02/interview-with-gina-elise-of-pin-ups-for-vets.php
http://www.pinupsforvets.com/photo1.jpg
http://www.pinupsforvets.com/gallery23.jpg
http://www.conservativethinking.com/files/pinupsforvets-gina-elise-01.jpg