I tried reactivating my Paypal account and it was so screwed up I gave up.
If you all and Spanaway Lori want to get permission from Jim Robinson to have your own fund raiser on your own thread on FreeRepublic, then one of you can do the Paypal thing, which I grant you is a good idea -- it just hasn't worked out for me.
(And I'll probably try again to get it straightened out.)
On this thread, I am putting my name and reputation behind any funds raised, therefore anyone donating using this thread should send the funds to me, because I know I can be trusted to make sure every penny goes to the troops.
However, your recommendation is a really good one, so if I can't get my account up and running again in a timely fashion, I will try to find another trusted member of the Merry Band of Patriots who has a Paypal account and will agree to accept donations and see they get to me.
But first I want to know from Lori if she is willing to financially vouchsafe a certain amount for the headlamps...and how many headlamps she wants to get for her unit in Mosul. (We both have contacts in Mosul.)
LOL! Mine is too...I give up on it --forever. It was hacked...so now they want me to send them telephone bills and DNA for Gods sake to reactivate. They won't cancel without tons of proof...so I leave it in limbo. I don't trust it anymore either.