Connecticut Blue Star Mothers

If you live in Connecticut, have a child that is serving or a child that has served in the United States Military, and are interested in joining with the Connecticut Blue Star Mothers, CT - Chapter One of the Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc., please contact:  Lin McGee at Blue.Star.Mothers.Rev.Lin.McGee@gmail.com or phone 860-379-1298 or send mail to 111 Marshall St.  in Winsted, CT  06098

We are also looking for Blue Star Dads!!  Friends, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, grandparents, and spouses -- we need you too!!!  Won't you consider becoming an Associate Member and working with us to support the TROOPS, the VETERANS, and ONE ANOTHER?

If you live outside of Connecticut and would like to join the Blue Star Mothers as a member or as an associate member, please visit the following website: www.BlueStarMothers.org

CONNECTICUT BLUE STAR MOTHERS

The Connecticut Blue Star Mothers keep in touch with one another and with others through phone conversations, conference calls, snail mail, and electronic communication. You are most welcome to contact us through any of these methods of conversation. Necessary information for reaching us via phone or mail can be found on the 'Contact Information' and/or the 'Conference Call' sections of this website. Each contact or inquiry is appreciated and will be acknowledged as promptly as possible.

We also have several modes of electronic communication.

• Connecticut Blue Star Mothers  www.ConnecticutBlueStarMothers.org
• Connecticut Blue Star Mothers http://groups.google.com/group/Connecticut-Blue-Star-Mothers
• CT Blue Star Mothers "LET'S TALK!"  http://groups.google.com/group/CT-Blue-Star-Mothers-LETS-TALK
• Precious Stars     http://groups.msn.com/PreciousStars  

You will need the following information to communicate with us electronically:

OUR MAIN WEBSITE

Our main website it titled Connecticut Blue Star Mothers and can be accessed through any computer by going to www.ConnecticutBlueStarMothers.org

At this site you will find all of the information that pertains to our organization and the activities that our members are involved in. This is a public website and anyone that accesses the site can read any of the information given or messages posted.

We ask that you post general information and inquiries (and/or replies to such) on the 'General' message board. Other message boards are available for specific posting that relate to the titled subject matter. You must be a member of the msn group to have the ability to post on this website.

WE ALSO HAVE TWO GOOGLE GROUPS

We also have two Google groups through which we communicate. BOTH of these groups are restricted and you must be a member of them to access the sites, view the messages, and/or post to the groups. These groups are NOT available to the general public and your messages will not be seen by anyone other than the group members.

Connecticut Blue Star Mothers

The Connecticut Blue Star Mothers group on Google is the website through which we send out our announcements. This is an ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY group and you CAN NOT reply to the messages you will receive.

If you are a Connecticut Blue Star Mother or an affiliate of our organization, your name will go into this data base website and we will send you our organization's announcements. The announcements will arrive in your inbox. Again, this is an announcement ONLY list and you can not reply to the emails that you will receive from the group.

Anyone wishing to be added or removed from the Google Group, Connecticut Blue Star Mothers, can contact Blue.Star.Mothers.Rev.Lin.McGee@gmail.com

Also, if you are a member of the group, you can visit the group online at http://groups.google.com/group/Connecticut-Blue-Star-Mothers and read or adjust your mode for receiving your emails whenever you would like and as often as you would like.  The choices are:

• No Email - read this group on the web
• Email - send each message as it arrives
• Abridged Email - send a summary of new activity each day
• Digest Email - send all new messages in a single daily email

CT Blue Star Mothers  "LET'S TALK!"

CT Blue Star Mothers  "Let's Talk!" is our Google group through which our members chit-chat with one another.  This group is for the membership of the Connecticut Blue Star Mothers ONLY.  There will be no one else in this group and this group will NOT be listed publicly on the web.  Messages will NOT be seen by anyone who isn't a member of CT BSM.

The address to post messages to this group is: 

CT-Blue-Star-Mothers-LETS-TALK@googlegroups.com  

When emails are sent to the group address above, the messages go out to EACH of the member's individual email boxes.  Again, no one will be able to access the group or read the messages posted except the membership.

Too, as with our other Google group, if you wish to be added or deleted from the group -- or if you wish to have your email setting adjusted, contact Blue.Star.Mothers.Rev.Lin.McGee@gmail.com   or go to your group and adjust your settings.  The url for this group is:    

http://groups.google.com/group/CT-Blue-Star-Mothers-LETS-TALK

"PRECIOUS STARS"

NATIONALLY, we have the Precious Stars msn website so that the moms from Connecticut can get to know Blue Star, Silver Star, and Gold Star moms throughout the country.  Precious Stars is a place of peace, hope, friendship, and encouragement.

Please visit us at http://groups.msn.com/PreciousStars

This is a public website; however, you must belong to the group to post messages on the website itself.

PEACE