If we can't bring our troops home for Christmas, we can at least help them phone home. Apparently it costs soldiers out of their own pockets to make phone calls. (Typical that our government has billions for everything else!) The USO is having a drive called "Operation Phone Home" to provide our men and women overseas with phone cards. Please help support this effort. You can do so through the USO or through MoveOn below.
Thanks!
| We're helping the USO to provide thousands of phone cards to servicemen and women stationed in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world, so that they can call their friends, family and loved ones this holiday season. Can you give $15 to buy a phone card for our troops?  Contribute |
This winter, thousands of U.S. servicemen and women are spending the holidays far away from their families, and calling home can cost them a large part of their paycheck. Troops stationed in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the globe actually have to pay for phone calls to the U.S.—and many of them just don't have a lot of money to spare. Imagine being stuck in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Korea and being unable to afford a call to your spouse or kids on Christmas or New Year's Eve.
That's why we're helping the USO to provide thousands of phone cards to troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and around the world to let them call their friends, family and loved ones this holiday season.
These phone cards don't cost a lot—only $15 each, but they are incredibly valuable, providing about 45 minutes of talk-time and holiday wishes for service members.
Can you give $15 to buy a phone card for troops stationed overseas? Click here to chip in:
https://civ.moveon.org/donatec4/holiday_troops.html?id=11829-4506833-a9taG3&t=2
MoveOn members are committed to seeing our troops come home as quickly as possible, and we'll keep working to make that happen. But right now, supporting the USO is a simple way to make a genuine difference in the lives of brave men and women who've sacrificed a lot for our country.
Can you chip in to buy phone cards for troops stationed overseas this holiday season? Click here to contribute:
https://civ.moveon.org/donatec4/holiday_troops.html?id=11829-4506833-a9taG3&t=3
Happy holidays from all of us and thanks for all you do.
–Nita, Adam G., Karin, Marika, Noah, Laura, Joan, Wes, Justin, Jennifer, Anna, Eli, Matt, Ilyse, Daniel, Adam R., Carrie, Tanya, and the MoveOn.org Civic Action Team
Thursday, December 20th, 2007
P.S. To learn more about the USO, a non-governmental, non-partisan organization, please visit www.uso.org.
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