A Million Thanks

by Shauna Fleming, L.A. Stamford

In March 2004, high school freshman Shauna Fleming invited 1,100 schoolmates to join her in “A Million Thanks,” a campaign to collect and distribute one million letters of appreciation to current and past military men and women at home and overseas. Within six months, she received the one millionth letter. Since then, she has raised her goal to 1.4 million letters, one for each member of the U.S. armed services.

A Million Thanks tells the story of Shauna’s remarkable achievement and serves as an inspiration to each of us. After you read the letters inside this book—no matter how grateful you already are—you’ll have a renewed admiration and respect for the men and women who are risking their lives for us.

128 pages, Hardcover

First published April 19, 2005

Reviews

[Bec · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I liked the context of this book and admire Shauna for achieving what she did i could have done without all the Bush rah rah. The best part about this book was the ending, not becuase it finished but becuase Shauna has a chapter of tips around how to set up your own community inititive and what she has learnt.

[Lori · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is an amazing thing. A 15 year old girl supports our military men and women by sending the 1 million thank you letters while they are fighting in Iraq. It touched me to read it.