Animated Invite to a Dead Man's Ball An annual tradition gets a colorful, cartoony dimension. By Alysia Gray Painter • Published October 10, 2011 • Updated on October 13, 2011 at 8:56 am ...

column for OK! Magazine. Whether you receive a personalized viral invite or not, the New York mom encourages everyone to support our men and women in uniform.

She and less than a half dozen others hand write every single invitation — roughly 1600 of them — during the summer. Between those who help before and after the ball, around 85 volunteers in ...