Soldiers' Angels

Soldiers' Angels Germany

Who We Are and What We Do

Soldiers' Angels Germany is a group of volunteers—military and civilian—living in Germany.  As part of the Soldiers' Angels Medical Support Team, our mission is to support wounded and ill soldiers being treated at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC) facilities. Injured and ill soldiers deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq are normally extracted by a medevac helicopter to a U.S. Army Combat Support Hospital (CSH) at a forward field operating base (FOB). If needed, the patients are then transported to a level II military treatment facility (MTF). The closest Level II MFT is LRMC in Germany. 

At LRMC, Soldiers’ Angels Germany swings into action, providing handmade Blankets of Hope and First Response Backpacks or other needed items, reassuring stateside families, supporting the medical personnel who treat the patients, and sometimes just sitting by the bedside of someone who needs a caring presence or a listening ear.

We also support recovering soldiers who stay in the out-patient barracks as they undergo treatment and evaluation for less serious injuries or illnesses before being sent on to a US medical facility or returning to a combat zone.  This kind of support includes handmade blankets and other everyday items, as well as stocking the group kitchen in the barracks.

In 2008, Soldiers' Angels Germany provided over 275 on-site volunteer days, 1500 off-site volunteer hours, and distributed over $200,000 in donations at LRMC. Donations included phone cards, clothing, Blankets of Hope, snacks, get well cards, and much more.  Latest donation needs are updated here.

How to Help

For the latest information and to learn how to help this vital work, please see the Soldiers’ Angels Germany blog, or email MaryAnn at mphillips@soldiersangels.org. To join Soldiers' Angels and participate in this project click here to get started!

Impact

From the Command Sergeant Major in Iraq (2004-2007), who visited LRMC and encountered the volunteers of Soldiers’ Angels Germany:

Dear Maryann,

I am home now, and working hard at being Kim’s husband (you may recall that this is my current career goal!).

I just wanted to thank you and your Angels again (and again) for what you do every day to care for, uplift and honor our wounded and their families.

On my visit to Landstuhl (I stopped there twice this year to visit our wounded and thank the staff), I was so humbled by your caring attitudes and selfless service. I just wanted to say thanks.

Of my enduring memories of my life as a Soldier, there is little doubt that the way we care for and protect each other will be top of the list, and in amongst those memories will be the countless Samaritans like you and your Angels.

Thanks.

Respectfully,

CSM Jeffrey J. Mellinger

Multi-National Force – Iraq CSM Aug 04 – May 07

From the parents of a wounded soldier:

Soldiers’ Angels has been such a huge blessing to Jeremy and to us. Words cannot express our love and gratitude for these amazing Angels. [full letter here]

From a blogger who observed Soldiers' Angels Germany in action:

It was an incredible act of love, but to MaryAnn, it is just what she does. She puts the same love into organizing the stock room or folding sweatshirts. She is not the only Angel. She is not the only one who cares...Personally, I am awed. MaryAnn and the Angels of Landstuhl do things that I could never do on an ongoing basis. To me, they are legend. Truly amazing.