Posted on 09/07/2005 5:05:25 PM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross
Washington, DC - Citizens Helping Heroes announced today that it has launched a targeted campaign to help the families of National Guardsmen currently serving in Iraq who have been left homeless by Hurricane Katrina. Monies raised will go directly to the families of those service members deployed overseas, who live in the Gulf Region. To donate, please visit www.citizenshelpingheroes.org for detailed information.
In Louisiana and Mississippi, the states hit hardest by the hurricane, up to 40 percent of their National Guard troops are on active duty in Iraq. While the National Guard at home has been taking part in rescue operations and law enforcement, some 6,000 members of the Louisiana and Mississippi Guard have been forced to watch the catastrophe from 7,000 miles away in Iraq. Over the past eight months, 23 members of the Louisiana National Guard have died in Iraq - only New York's Guard unit has suffered as many deaths.
Private Richard Beyl of New Orleans (94 th Engineer Combat Battalion), stationed in Mosul, is worried about his family. "I've tried calling, but I haven't been able to reach anyone. When I call my cousin's cell phone, it says all circuits are busy. I just want to get in contact, so I know that they are all right. I hope they left before it hit."
As Americans largely focus on the civilian families devestated by Hurrican Katrina, CHH wants to ensure that families of those so bravely fighting on our behalf are supported. The organization is encouraging citizens to remember that Katrina is an added hardship to military families already facing financial and emotional difficulties. These families had already make huge personal sacrifices on behalf of our country before the devestations of Katrina. This disaster only heightens the financial and emotional pressures already facing the families of service members serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Is anyone out there in freeper land willing to match a $50.00 pledge, a $100.00 pledge? Come on that is like a trip to the movies with popcorn and snowcaps and a couple of drinks...who is going to miss that? I am getting my son's boy scout pack to raise a few bucks as well.
If you would like to be on the "Freepers for action for our military" ping list please freepmail me.Don't mess with our troops or vets.
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Done. I went to the site; wrote down the address; and am mailing a check. We can't forget those who protect us from man-made devastation and rescue us from natural ones. Thanks for the post.
done..bttt
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Bump for THE TROOPS!!!
Wonderful!
Another avenue for helping military families hit by Katrina
is Soldiers'Angels, under the auspices of the awesome Frankie Mayo at Operation AC >>>
http://operationac.com/opacnews.html
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bumping for support of our TROOPS.
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Awesome! God bless those people!
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Thank you for the ping! I donated to Operation Homefront. Keep up the good work!
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