How AdoptaPlatoon Started
Ida Hagg founded AdoptaPlatoon while her son, Chauncey, was an Army Soldier deployed to the Balkans. After sending him letters and packages from her Texas home, he asked her to “adopt” nine of his fellow battle buddies who "never received mail from home". These soldiers were young...18 and 19-year-olds who needed to know that they were not forgotten by a grateful Nation.
Later, her son’s commanding officer wrote to tell her how much the mail had lifted not only the spirits of those 9 young soldiers, but also the morale of the entire platoon and he asked she would “adopt” his entire platoon.
From that humble start in 1998, AAP has grown so that now we can say, "Over 200,000 U.S. Service Members have been served". In 2009, $2,180,299.00 was spent on Troops Services to meet our mission. This has only been possible because of the kindness, generosity, gratitude and love of the American people!
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