Thank a Service Member
Thank a Service Member Coins

Welcome to the Thank A Service Member™ Campaign!

Here you will find information about our military service member campaign, how you can help and how you can receive a special commemorative coin. Thank you for your support.

What is “Thank A Service Member”?

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The Thank A Service Member (TASM) Campaign is an initiative designed to provide everyone a tangible way to show their appreciation and gratitude for the service and sacrifices of our veterans, active duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces, and their families.

The Thank a Service Member mission is accomplished by conducting appreciation and commemoration events throughout the year at VA Hospitals, elderly and long-term care facilities, welcome home events and other select venues.

In order to provide those we pay tribute to with a lasting reminder and token of our appreciation we have developed the "TASM Coin". This coin has been specifically designed to express our pride and gratitude to our military service members, both active duty and veterans, for their dedication, courage, accomplishments, and sacrifices.

The coin is intended to serve as a source of pride and remembrance.

The campaign is non-political and non-partisan.

It is our hope that those receiving a coin will either keep it as a cherished keepsake and reminder of the sacrifices of our service men and women, or pass it on (with a hearty hand shake) to an active duty service member or military veteran as their way of saying, ”Thanks for your service to our country”.

 

Our Goals

From the American Revolution to Operation Iraqi Freedom, over 1,173,000 lives have been lost in service to this country and millions more have had to live with injuries sustained in battle.

The "Thank a Service Member" program provides a meaningful and lasting way to pay tribute and show appreciation for the service and sacrifices of our military men and women.

Accordingly, the ultimate goal is of this program is to provide each and every military veteran and active duty service member with a coin (as well as a hearty handshake and a “thanks for your service”).

Upcoming Events

New - Nominate Someone For Recognition

Nominating a veteran or active-duty service member for recognition at one of our events is simple. Just download, fill out and mail the printable nomination form or use our online contact form to submit their name(s) via the web.

Harborfest 2009 - (Girl Scouts) Volunteer Form

Attention Girl Scouts: The Harborfest TASM event form can be downloaded here: printable volunteer form or use our online contact form to let us know if you are having difficulty downloading the form.

Make A Difference!

Make a difference in the life of a Military Veteran or active duty service member - Volunteer your services or time to one or more of the very worthy organizations listed on our links page or pick one in your local community!

Featured Video

"Each and every soldier needs your support, please don't let them down".

Compiled when she was just 15 yrs old this video by Lizzie Palmer is entitled "Remember Me "- click here to Watch Video

 

Patriotic Quotes

  • “Any nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure” – Abraham Lincoln
  • “I remain humbled today by the youngsters who volunteer to serve our country during a time of war in a society that often does not understand or value their view of service to country” – Major General Oates in an essay in Central New York Magazine May/June 2008.
  • "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke (1729-1797), British statesman and philosopher
  • The purpose of all war is peace. - Saint Augustine, 354-430
  • Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. - General George Patton Jr
  • Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don't have that problem. - Ronald Reagan
  • Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore, do not take lightly the perils of war. - Thucydides
  • "We can't all be Washingtons, but we can all be patriots." - Charles F. Browne
  • "Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong!" - Steven Decatur
  • "When I die, I desire no better winding sheet than the Stars and Stripes, and no softer pillow than the Constitution of my country." - Andrew Johnson
  • "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty." - John F. Kennedy
  • "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." - Abraham Lincoln
  • "We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another." - Richard Nixon
  • My God!  How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!  - Thomas Jefferson
  • "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." - The Pledge Of Allegiance
  • "Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America." - Teddy Roosevelt
  • "I venture to suggest that patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." - Adali Stevenson
  • "The things that the flag stands for were created by the experiences of a great people. Everything that it stands for was written by their lives. The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history." - Woodrow Wilson
  • "Sure, I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure, I love my country with all her faults. I'm not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be." - John Wayne
  • There are those, I know, who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream.  They are right.  It is the American dream.  - Archibald MacLeish
  • This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.  - Elmer Davis
  • And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free. And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me. - Lee Greenwood
  • If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek another flag.  - Author Unknown
  • Where liberty dwells, there is my country.  - Benjamin Franklin
  • We sleep peacefully at night, cradled by the big strong hands of America.  - Val Saintsbury
  • "Our country, right or wrong."  When right to be kept right; when wrong to be put right.  - Carl Schurz
  • We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights. - Felix Frankfurter