SWJED
11-06-2009, 12:05 AM
We really, really, try to avoid inter-service rivalries but will make an exception in this one case – because it is for a really good and noble cause, we were asked to help out Team Navy and we like underdogs. Via e-mail from Project Valour-IT shipmate Maggie (http://bostonmaggie.blogspot.com/):
... Every year, just before Veteran’s Day, the Milblog world breaks up into service related teams to raise funds. The funds we raise purchase assistive technology for wounded service members. It started with voice activated laptops and has expanded to include WII units (which help with physical therapy) and GPS (which helps brain injured patients stay on track). Because the parent charity – Soldiers’ Angels, covers overhead, 100% of donations to Project Valour-IT go directly into purchasing technology.
This is our 5th year and Navy normally makes a very good showing. This year, inexplicably, we are getting creamed. So I write for two reasons – one, this is pretty much our one big event and we need to do well in order to meet the needs of the wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines. There is a waiting list as I write.
Secondly (and much less important), Navy is getting creamed and it’s killing Mary (http://blog.usni.org/) and I!
Here is some additonal information, how to help out Team Navy and contribute to a very important cause:
Project Valour-IT Main Page (http://www.soldiersangels.org/index.php?page=project-valour-it)
Contribute to Team Navy's Efforts (https://soldiersangels.org/index.php?page=navy-credit)
The History of Project Valour-It (http://soldiersangels.org/index.php?page=history-of-project-valour-it)
Editors' Note: Forgive us Chesty for we have sinned.
... Every year, just before Veteran’s Day, the Milblog world breaks up into service related teams to raise funds. The funds we raise purchase assistive technology for wounded service members. It started with voice activated laptops and has expanded to include WII units (which help with physical therapy) and GPS (which helps brain injured patients stay on track). Because the parent charity – Soldiers’ Angels, covers overhead, 100% of donations to Project Valour-IT go directly into purchasing technology.
This is our 5th year and Navy normally makes a very good showing. This year, inexplicably, we are getting creamed. So I write for two reasons – one, this is pretty much our one big event and we need to do well in order to meet the needs of the wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines. There is a waiting list as I write.
Secondly (and much less important), Navy is getting creamed and it’s killing Mary (http://blog.usni.org/) and I!
Here is some additonal information, how to help out Team Navy and contribute to a very important cause:
Project Valour-IT Main Page (http://www.soldiersangels.org/index.php?page=project-valour-it)
Contribute to Team Navy's Efforts (https://soldiersangels.org/index.php?page=navy-credit)
The History of Project Valour-It (http://soldiersangels.org/index.php?page=history-of-project-valour-it)
Editors' Note: Forgive us Chesty for we have sinned.