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The TroopAThon Special Broadcast starts right now, featuring everyone from Rush Limbaugh to Sean Hannity and more. Watch it for FREE online right here: www.TroopAThon.org
To understand what this broadcast is all about, read this very special message from Donald LaCombe below...
Today I am attending the funeral for one of the greatest patriots you could ever hope to meet, and I wanted to briefly tell you a little about this man: Vincent Florian.
For nearly seven years I've served as the Director of Care Package operations for Move America Forward, the largest pro-troop organization in the country. During that time we assembled and shipped over 200 tons of care packages that were received by hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops serving overseas.
During this time one of our most loyal volunteers was Vincent, or as we called him, Vince. He and his lovely wife, Barbara, would come nearly every single day putting together these care packages - never receiving a dime's worth of compensation. They volunteered because they believed in the greatness of our American military men and women.
You see, Vince was a veteran himself. He served in the U.S. Air Force, including service during the Vietnam War, and Vince saw first-hand how U.S. Troops got caught up in the politics of war - spit upon and attacked by some Americans who took out their frustrations over the politics of war on those who wore the uniform of the U.S. military.
Vince vowed that no U.S. Troops would ever have to face such treatment again.
There's something else you should know about Vince - he was diagnosed with lung cancer. And so, in the final years of his life, even as he struggled to gasp for air and find the energy to even move, he would still come nearly every single day, working on these care packages.
Last week, Vince breathed his last breath of air and passed away. Today is his funeral, which I will be attending in Dixon, California.
During his funeral, several hundred miles to the south, Move America Forward will be hosting their 4th annual TroopAThon - raising money to send care packages to our troops. Vincent would have loved to be there, but now someone else will have to step forward and take his role of supporting our troops, while Vince watches from the Heaven's above.
You can do your part by sponsoring a Care Package for our Troops during today's TroopAThon effort. To donate a care package, simply visit the TroopAThon Care Package website - CLICK HERE TO SPONSOR CARE PACKAGES.
I want to ask you to please take just 1 minute and 50 seconds to see what this effort is about by watching this video which has clips of Vince and his wife Barbara. It will help you to understand what this is all about and why I'm so emotional in supporting this effort:
One of the things Vince liked to do best was to repair the personal fans we'd ship to the troops to keep them cool. The fans would sometimes get damaged in shipment, and Vince was determined to repair as many of them as possible since he knew the temperatures our troops were facing were over 100 degrees, and that was oppressive when they were already wearing 75+ pounds of body armor.
They don't make men like Vince Florian too much anymore, folks. So please, do me the honor of helping pay tribute to him by sponsoring one of those Care Packages Vince helped assemble each and every day. You can sponsor Care Packages - HERE.
And you can also watch today's 8-Hour TroopAThon live broadcast where there will be a special tribute to Vince. The show features everyone from Rush Limbaugh to Gov. Sarah Palin and some of our finest military men and women. Just log on to: www.TroopAThon.org
