Hoosier Hills Armed Forces Families Association

The Hoosier Hills Armed Forces Families Association (HHAFFA) was started by the American Red Cross in April, 2003.  We are independent of the American Red Cross, but they give support to any community based military families group.  HHAFFA is pronounced like “halfa cuppa coffee” or “halfa family” when the spouse deploys.   The purpose of the HHAFFA is to provide fellowship and practical help to spouses and other family members of active duty members of the Armed Forces and to show community support for our Armed Forces through various activities.  These activities include whatever families want to do.  We have “Letters of Support” that can be taken to community gatherings for people to sign; we march in parades; send packages to deployed areas.  On Mother’s Day we give a red, white, and blue corsage to all mothers, grandmothers, and wives of active duty service men.  We keep in touch with one another through a phone tree and email h00sierhillsaffa [at] hotmail.com - that's two zeroes instead of o's in hoosier.  Send an email and be on their newsletter list! HHAFFA also gives any service member coming home on Emergency Leave a $20 grant. It is not much, but we hope that anyone coming home for an emergency will know that there are others in the community who understand the sacrifices of military life - especially being far from home at these times. Because of privacy laws, someone in the family has to tell HHAFFA if a service member is coming home on emergency leave.

Contact Information:  Betsy Henley   812.278.1311 (cell),  bhenley@hhredcross.org