Project Valour-IT 2007 Fund Drive

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Brothers,

The Project Valour-IT 2007 Veteran's Day Fund Drive Begins Monday October 29th and goes through Veterans Day, November 11th. The Navy goal this year is $60,000 (my blog is supporting the Navy). The fund drive goal is $240,000 total. For those unaware, Project Valour-IT is an ongoing effort by Soldiers' Angels to provide voice-controlled and adaptive laptop computers to wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand wounds and other severe injuries at major military medical centers. Operating laptops by speaking into a microphone or using other adaptive technologies, our wounded heroes are able to send and receive messages from friends and loved ones, surf the 'Net, and communicate with buddies still in the field.

Valour-IT is an IRS-certified non-profit (donations are tax-deductible) and is non-political. Regardless of ideas about how/why war is being waged, the fact is that people are wounded and need our help. Valour-IT is about supplying that help, not about endorsing or opposing the reasons why it's needed.

Last year Valour-IT raised over $230,000 dollars. This year, need among the wounded hasn't changed, with as many as 100 laptops going out each month.

Brothers, we need help getting the word out. Email all your friends and family, call your radio station, email the local talk host, write your local newspaper, inform the local TV personality, and when possible connect with local business and organizations that would be willing to get involved and help raise money for this worthy cause. If that is beyond your desire or capability, and you would prefer to give $1 or more instead, that is ok too!

Information will be updated each day of the fund drive at my blog, where you can donate via the image provided in the top right hand corner:
http://informationdissemination.blogspot.com/

Official Links:

Official Site: history and background on Valour-IT, official donation info
http://soldiersangels.org/index.php?page=project-valour-it

Bulletin Board: general competition info, tech help, team planning, announcements, etc.
http://www.chaoticsynapticactivity.com/valouritphpBB/posting.php

Auction Site: donated items for sale
http://sablogs.com/cgi-bin/valourITauctions/eAuction.pl

Project Blog: background, interesting links, daily donation tracking, public relations
http://www.valour-it.blogspot.com/

If you would prefer to support another service in this drive, official links to the Team Leaders is provided below, and donations can be arranged through the links made available on those sites.

Army:
http://www.blackfive.net/

Navy:
http://chaoticsynapticactivity.com/

Air Force:
http://www.mudvillegazette.com/

Marines:
http://www.sablogs.com/

Thank you for your support.