This is just a quick diary ... and related to Netroots For The Troops in that this effort is also focused on helping our troops and veterans.
Today, in the Boston Globe, was this article: ‘Songs for Soldiers’ a care package that rocks
It's a story about a group doing a fund raising CD and concert, and if you're in the Boston area on July 7th, you might just want to stop by and help out:
[Emily] Smith, who just graduated from Emerson College, and her friend Isabel Thottam, an Emerson undergrad, are the cofounders of Hold On Another Day, a nonprofit venture that hopes to inspire healing through music. In effect, they want their target audiences to stop and rewind.
On Sunday at Church, the label will hold its first CD release party (yes, they’re producing CDs). “Songs for Soldiers” is a compilation of music intended for men and women in the military, as well as the friends and family committed to their well-being.
For every CD sold, Hold On Another Day will donate another CD to a cause — in this case, Operation Gratitude, a California company that sends 100,000 care packages annually to service members overseas and in hospitals, and to family members left behind.
In case you can't get behind the Boston Globe firewall, some other information about the concert can be found here:
SONGS FOR SOLDIERS
Church, 69 Kilmarnock St., Boston 617-236-7600.
http://www.holdonanotherday.org, http://www.churchofboston.com
Also performing: Ali Pimentel, Julia Easterlin, Colour, Joe Merrick, Amory Sivertson
Date of concert: Sunday, 7 p.m.
Netroots For The Troops
Netroots For The Troops® is raising funds to send Care Packages to our soldiers stationed overseas.
We are asking all of you to support our efforts and to also make a contribution for this worthwhile cause.
Over the years, many soldiers have sent letters to express their appreciation for these Care Packages and even posted thanks at Daily Kos
It was in the middle six months of my assignment in Afghanistan that the packages started arriving. I received an array of things from them… letters, candy, toothpaste, floss, baby wipes, razors, food, socks, books, dvd’s. The list could go on and on. It was amazing. Netroots for the Troops was always there... The packages were a reminder that our country knows about our fight. Every day, because of their support, I knew that if it was going to be my last day, I would be remembered and I would be honored.
Please make a donation HERE. Thank you from the entire 2012 NFTT Team.
Netroots For The Troops® is a project of Netroots for the Troops, Inc., a Virginia non-profit corporation. The organization raises money for the assembly, mailing and delivery of Care Packages to American military in war zones and to provide assistance to military families in the United States. Netroots For The Troops, Inc. is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization.
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