Scrap Your Trip Adds 289 Items + 289 S*A*L*E Items

Do you believe one person can change the world?  I do.    I believe that Copernicus changed the world when he insisted that the Sun was at the center of the universe. I believe Rosa Parks changed the world when she refused to give up her seat on the bus.  I believe Bill Gates changed the world when he envisioned a computer on every desktop.    To change the world doesn’t have to be on such a big scale…it can be one person at a time.  I’d like to share with you two people who inspire me and who I believe are a fantastic example of how one person…one idea…can make a huge impact.   The first is a man by the name of Bert Brady.  The video of him being named Person of the Week by ABC News is several years old, but still just as inspiring.  He is retired veteran who established the “Welcome Home a Hero” program at the Dallas/Ft. Worth airport.  He, and a whole group of his new friends, welcome every soldier coming home.  Please take a minute to watch the video – I think you’ll be glad you did.  Click here to see:  http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/beb.html   Another person that inspires me is Carolyn Blashek, founder of Operation Gratitude.  She wanted to enlist in the military after 9/11, but they told her she was too old.  She then started to volunteer at her local USO.  One day when she was volunteering, a man came to speak to the chaplain, who was unavailable.  He was on his way to get on a plane, back to duty.  He told Carolyn “I don’t think I’ll make it back, but it really doesn’t matter, because no one would care anyway.”  At that moment, she realized how important it was for the soldiers in harm’s way to believe that the people at home care about them.   So, she founded Operation Gratitude, which to date, has mailed out 451,285 care packages to troops overseas.  In the beginning, she got the name of a General and sent him an e-mail asking for the names and addresses of all the soldiers under his command so that Operation Gratitude could send them a care package from home.   He wrote back”  “Ma’am, I don’t think you know who I am or how many soldiers I have under my command.  I currently have a force of 39,000 soldiers.”   She wrote back, “General, I don’t think you know who I am.  Just send me the names and addresses and I will make sure every one of them receives a care package from us at home.”  She did.   Scrap Your Trip has been a supporter of Operation Gratitude for the last few years. ( http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/operationgratitude.html)   Not on the Target or AT&T level, but last year we donated care packages for over 80 soldiers, so I know we made a difference to those 80, and that’s what matters to me.    We’re not doing a special promotion this week…I am going to donate $1.50 per order (up from $1.00 last year) of every order placed between today and July 4^th to Operation Gratitude instead, so that together we can make a difference in the life of one soldier.  One who is sacrificing his/her time, money, family and possibly even life to ensure that I can enjoy and revel in my freedoms this July 4^th.    So, please join me in supporting our troops.  You can even get some great scrapbook supplies as part of the deal! :-)   New BasicGrey anyone?  Among our 289 new items this week, there are two gorgeous new collections, "Lemonade" and "June Bug", along with "Bling It" rhinestones, "Opaline" designer half pearls, BasicGrey Designer Cardstock, and stamps from the Gamma Series.   We also have the "Zoofari" collection from Doodlebug (a new supplier for us), "Great Escape" travel collection from Making Memories, and the "Freedom" patriotic collection from Reminisce.   The SYT designers were working on the following themes this week:   Beach, Wine Tasting, Grandparents, Travel, 4th of July, Africa, Antartica, China, Greece, Israel, Japan, Moving, Construction, Gardening, Cooking, Road Trip, School, Summer, Southwest, Dance, Drama, Skydiving, Games, Music, Skateboarding, Theme Park, Illinois, Minnesota, Texas, Wedding, Zoo and of course, Scrapbooking!   We have two custom papers – School Stripe and Grunge Title and two custom die cuts - Wine Sign and Theme Park Border.   There are 4 new layouts for this weeks’ collections posted in the Shop By Layout Gallery – click here to see:  http://www.scrapyourtrip.com/shopbylayout.html   Click here to see all the new items:  www.scrapyourtrip.com/70109.html.   We also have 289 items on sale this week, along with our remaining clearance items.  Click here to see all the bargains:  www.scrapyourtrip.com/clearance.html.    And remember, if you can’t find what you’re looking for, we can always make it custom just for you!  Click here to see all our custom options:  www.scrapyourtrip.com/custom.html.    As always, thanks for your business.    Julie Swatek, President
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