THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE!
In a few days I will be packing my bags, leaving behind family and friends during the holidays, and joining Move America Forward for my third national pro-troop tour with the organization.
I am passionate about supporting our troops and their missions - I cannot underscore enough how much this means to me. My son, Marc Alan Lee, was the first Navy Seal killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Marc willingly gave his life to defend the country he loved, and I am so proud of him and those who are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I continue on Marc's mission in the fight against Islamic terrorism in the best way that I can, by fighting on his behalf to make sure his brothers and sisters in the U.S. military have the backing and support they need and deserve from a grateful nation.
I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have supported Move America Forward's work. Look at all we've done together in just the past few months:
- Rallied pro-troop supporters to turn out in force across America in September when certain members of Congress were trying to cut off funding for our troops and force them to surrender from al-Qaida and come home in defeat. We won, and those in Congress who were pushing for surrender lost!
- We were honored to be guests of President Bush on the White House lawn after we delivered tens of thousands of cards and notes to our wounded warriors at Walter Reed Medical Center and Bethesda Naval Hospital in Washington, D.C.
- We then learned that anti-military protestors with Code Pink were vandalizing and defacing the Marine Officer Recruiting Office in Berkeley, California and waging a harassment campaign in an attempt to shut down the recruiting office. We mobilized hundreds of patriots to show up and stand up for the Marines and beat back the forces of Code Pink - we outnumbered them in their own backyard and made national headlines!
- All the while, people like you were sponsoring THOUSANDS of care packages to send to our troops for Thanksgiving and the holiday season. To date Move America Forward has shipped over 35 TONS of care packages to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Then just last week we learned that Marsha Weinerman of the Cambridge, MA elections commission had shut down the Boy Scout's care package drive as she thought sending our troops comfort items and toiletries was "too pro-war." Thousands of you again responded, and the attention that your protests garnered produced a backlash against the elections commission and a spike in contributions to the Boy Scouts care package drive.
This past Friday national syndicated talk show host, Rush Limbaugh was discussing the efforts of Move America Forward.
Then I learned that legendary television personality, and kind-hearted soul, Ed McMahon, had embraced the "Honoring Our Heroes at the Holidays" drive to collect 100,000 Christmas/Hanukkah/holiday greeting cards for our troops. (Listen to the audio clip of McMahon plugging the effort - HERE)
That's on top of these great television newscasts on our first "Honoring Our Heroes at the Holidays" event. I want to make sure you all see those news reports because they were fantastic. Watch those reports - RIGHT HERE.
And finally, let's not forget those television reports on the care packages that are being shipped out to our troops thanks to you! Watch those newscasts - HERE.
But now we have an important mission upon us and I need the help of every person reading this note. We have about 200,000 military men and women who will be serving in Iraq and Afghanistan during the holidays - about 7,000 miles away from home and their loved ones. I am determined to do my part to help rally this nation together in solidarity to show our troops we're thinking about them, we support them, we love them, and that we are rooting for them to be victorious in their missions!
Move America Forward's "Honoring Our Heroes at the Holidays Tour" will cross this nation beginning next week, stopping in 40-cities to collect 100,000 Christmas, Hanukkah and holiday greeting cards for our troops.
Write out some Christmas cards for our troops and bring them to one of our pro-troop rallies we'll hold across the nation. You can find the itinerary here (we're updating it several times a day with new information on rally locations and details):
VIEW THE ROUTE & ITINERARY - HERE
I know that the holiday season is a busy time for people, so I know I'm asking a lot by requesting your support and participation in the "Honoring Our Heroes at the Holidays Tour."
But please realize how much our troops go through as they serve this nation each and every day.
You cannot imagine how meaningful it is for them to receive support from Americans back home during the holidays, and I am so hoping that you'll join with me in showing our troops that we have them close to our hearts at this special time of the year.
God Bless You and God Bless America,
Debbie Lee
Proud Mother of Marc Alan Lee
www.MoveAmericaForward.org
