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Hi again,

I was just given this link and I'm very impressed

after going through the entire site and registering to

help:

http://www.oidelivers.org/

In brief " Operation Interdependence is a

civilian-to-military delivery system that serves as a

program for Americans to demonstrate their support for

our deployed military. "

Please contact this organization if you'd like to do

something. As Kathleen said, regardless of how one

feels (and every opinion and feeling is valid) this is

all about supporting these men and women who were

called to serve.

If you're interested in helping boost the morale of

the troops with words of support there's a project

called " Operation AWSOM " (Americans Who Support Our

Military) to send words of gratitude and support to

these troops who've put their lives on the line after

being called to duty. They've made the *choice* to

serve their country and for that I know that I'm

personally grateful.

Their mission is to " Show the members of our

military that Americans love and support them " . Here's

their message:

 

>Operation AWSOM

We have been inundated with images and reports from

the media of citizens protesting war and the presence

of our military in and around Iraq. These messages are

getting through to our military loud and clear. It

portrays to them a nation with many of their own

people who berate their existence and purpose ~ to

protect and serve the United States Americans.

 

As you can imagine, their morale is not at their

highest and they feel set apart from the American

people in this time where we need to unite. Just a

line of thanks or support would lift the spirit of

many military members so far from home.

 

Will you please help to strengthen the morale of our

military who have been apart from their families and

called to serve? Please send a separate email to

OperationAWSOM with a note of thanks or

support. This is not an issue of whether you support

war or not, this is an issue of counteracting the

effects of protestors who have brought down the morale

of the men and women who are called to serve and fight

for all American rights.

 

All emails will be printed and pasted to banners,

which will be sent to troops and ships already located

in the Middle East. No email address or header will be

printed, but you may include your name and your state

or country in the body of your message, if you wish.

 

Help us boost the morale of our American Military.

Please forward this message to everyone you have

listed in your email address book.<

 

They've also got a group at:

http://groups.msn.com/OPERATIONAWSOM

 

Sorry for posting all of this to the list, but I know

that there are so many of you wanting to help right

now and I wanted to pass along everything I've run

into so far. (This all stemmed from a small effort in

a private group that quickly grew into something

bigger).

 

Take care,

Stacey

 

 

 

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