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LATEST TOTAL SHIPPED as of 11-18-14

The total keeps growing.  We now have shipped 5,419 books.  Special thanks to Geo Rule, Vice-President of The Heinlein Society; he has donated 195 Heinlein books. You can donate too; H4H needs science fiction books and takes audio books.  Even if well worn or slightly damaged we’ll take them.

NUMBER OF BOOKS SENT TO DATE – 10-28-2014

Since the first shipment in November 2013 we have shipped 4,767 science fiction books to the military.  This includes 1,420 mostly hard cover books shipped by The Heinlein Prize Trust.  The Heinlein Society is also pleased to announce the Trust is donating the cost of shipping for the H4H program.  The program is a huge…
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THANK YOU LETTERS.

These thank you notes came recently (10-20-2014) as a result of recent mailings of hard covers from THE HEINLEIN TRUST and THE HEINLEIN SOCIETY.

2014 Annual Meeting Materials Posted

Did you miss the Annual Meeting of the Heinlein Society?  You may still review the materials that were presented.  The copy linked in this notice has a little bit more information than previous copies.  2014 Annual Meeting Slides

Instructions for Attending the 2014 Annual Meeting

The Heinlein Society is running its Annual Meeting as a teleconference with online materials for the first time this year.  We will be discussing results of our 2014 work, announce the results of our elections, and briefly talk about our plans for the 2015 year, which officially starts for us September 1st.  While all members are…
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2013 Annual Meeting Minutes Posted

The minutes from The Heinlein Society’s Annual Meeting of the membership held at LoneStarCon3 (WorldCon 71) on September 1, 2013 are posted with this website entry:  THS_2013_AGM_Minutes . These minutes will be reviewed at the 2014 Annual Meeting to be held 9/7/14. (See separate entry with instructions on how to attend the Annual Meeting in 2014).

THANKS TO THE HEINLEIN TRUST

With the shipment of books going to the VA Hospitals today, the trust has shipped 1,420 H4H books, almost all of them hardbacks, to the the men and women of the armed services.   The books including postage were donated by the TRUST and sent out on behalf of THE HEINLEIN FOR HEROES program.

ANOTHER THANK YOU

August 6, 2014 To the Heinlein Society: >             I am writing this letter as an expression of my thanks, for the books you sent to us, the 108th Sustainment Brigade. In the moments of waiting, as are common in military service, the books you sent us provided many hours of entertainment. I specifically enjoyed Heinlein’s…
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING OF THE HEINLEIN SOCIETY

As required by Article IV, Section 1, of the Bylaws of The Heinlein Society (PDF file at https://www.heinleinsociety.org/bylaws/), the Annual Meeting of the General Membership of The Heinlein Society will convene on Sunday, 7 September 2014, beginning at 1:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time.  If you are in a different time zone, you are encouraged to…
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Scholarship Winners 2014-2015

July 7, 2014 We are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s scholarships for the 2014-2015 academic year. This year we received a total of 21 applications from students in 4 countries. The winners are: Skyler Saleebyan – Skyler will be transferring UC Santa Barbara, California this fall as a junior. He completed the first…
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Join the Heinlein Society Now!

We need you to JOIN THE HEINLEIN SOCIETY! We have over 1500 followers on Facebook, and we need you all to become members! And SHARE THIS POST with your friends, encouraging them to become members too. Your $35 yearly membership dues and donations are tax deductible, and go to support and grow our PAY IT…
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H4H Updates

This thank you card came on 6-24-2014.  We shipped her another box of books today.  This is what the H4H program is all about.  RAH would’ve approved. img934

Thanks To the H4H Program

Dear H4H Volunteers and Operation Paperback We have reached another port call during our deployment and waiting for us pier-side was another 3 boxes of books from your organization. Once mail was sorted and we had the chance to open them, several of the crew were pleased and surprised at what was sent. We have…
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The Long Way Around To Pay It Forward by Betsey Wilcox, Lt Col, USAF, NC (Ret)

The Long Way Around To Pay It Forward How a war connected me to Virginia Heinlein and then to other veterans through Heinlein For Heroes. I am a retired Air Force officer who has been reading Robert A. Heinlein books since I was 11 years old. It is safe to say that his writings were…
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BILL PATTERSON MEMORIAL FROM FACEBOOK

Robert James‎ Heinlein Forum Monday, April 28 at 11:21am I’m starting to spend time remembering fondly things that occurred with Bill Patterson. One of my favorite stories is about his political leanings: Bill always described himelf as an anarchist libertarian, which always amused me because he was always dressed to the nines. When I’d ask…
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