I got this email from the USO…
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You’re on patrol on the Afghan-Pakistan border. You keep your head on a swivel and your eyeballs clickin’. When you return to the FOB (Forward Operating Base), you still can’t let your guard down.
There’s no place to relax… no chance to get away from the war… no way to call home — to tell your wife you love her — to hear the magic sound of your kids’ voices.
Until now…
The USO has just invented a new kind of USO Center. It’s portable. It can be trucked or airlifted anywhere on Earth, even to the smallest FOB on the most remote mountaintop. It’s really a “ruggedized” container (like you see on the back of a trailer-truck), designed especially for combat service.
In less than 20 minutes, it converts to two comfortable rooms, offering wireless internet access, two computer stations, a flat screen TV with DVD player and three Xbox® 360 game consoles. Best of all, soldiers can call home and talk as long as they like, free of charge. All in a fully air-conditioned unit, powered by its own generator.
We’ve already shipped three USO’s-in-a-Box to Afghanistan. The Army has asked for four more. Each one costs $350,000 to build, outfit, and deliver to the Front. We therefore need to raise $1.4 million right now to get the new “Boxes” to the Front.
But we can’t do it without your help. Please give whatever you can – any amount will help us reach our goal.
The men and women of our Armed Forces have given so much of themselves. Now we can give them something priceless in return… a few precious moments to be “at ease” and to warm their hearts with a touch of home. Please give what you can.
DON’T JUST SAY YOU SUPPORT THE TROOPS….DO IT
Here is the direct link to the USO. You can donate right from that page.
I’m sending them a donation this payday.
UPDATE:
I just donated to them in honor of my Dad who served in the Korean War.
