Another pro-troop effort underway

Yesterday an effort was launched to send “the largest single shipment of care packages in U.S. history” to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. I’ll allow the Move America Forward group to pick up the story from here:

A team of patriotic leaders are working together in a historic undertaking with the goal of sending the largest single shipment of care packages to U.S. troops in American history.  The care package drive will result in the shipment of not just 1,000 care packages — a feat accomplished by the Grand Ole Opry in October 2007.  Organizers similarly won’t settle for just the 10,000 packages shipped as part of an impressive effort undertaken by the Nevada Girl Scouts.  And they plan to surpass the efforts of the terrific organization, Operation Gratitude, which undertook a multi-day effort to pack and ship 50,000 care packages last year.

Move America Forward, the nation’s largest pro-troop organization, has launched this historic drive to rally Americans to show our troops in Iraq & Afghanistan just how much support they have from the American people back home. The effort kicked off today, Memorial Day – and will run through the months of May and June.

The grand finale for the push will take place on June 26th when a Jerry Lewis style 8-hour Internet Telethon (“From the Frontlines”) will take place. This cutting edge production “From The Frontlines” will be broadcast live online by UStream.tv and hosted by Melanie Morgan & Michelle Malkin. Live and taped reports will be broadcast from our troops serving in Iraq & Afghanistan during the historic 8-hour event.

Americans can sponsor the care packages from Move America Forward by ordering via this link from MAF’s online webstore partner: TheCampaignStore.com.

If all that isn’t enough, this is the part I like best:

The Jelly Belly candy company (maker of President Ronald Reagan’s favorite candy) has donated 100,000 bags of their gourmet jelly beans that will be included in the care packages to assist in the effort.  While the jelly beans shipped in the past were warmly received by the troops, military members say their real value comes in being able to hand out the candy to the children of the war-torn nations in which they are serving. These 100,000 bags of gourmet jelly beans are now being used to launch a “Candy Diplomacy” program as gifts to Iraqi and Afghani children. Each bag is printed with the following message (in both English & Arabic): “A gift from the American people in hopes that your country will one day enjoy the freedom and opportunities that we have in the United States.” (Emphasis in original.)

Not only will the June 26th internet “telethon” feature the aforementioned Melanie Morgan and Michelle Malkin (lots of M’s there) but radio personalities Sean Hannity and Mark Levin, WorldNetDaily CEO and columnist Joseph Farah, Human Events editor Jed Babbin, Chris Ruddy of NewsMax, and others involved in various pro-military charities. Hopefully the tote board can be lit up to a high number, and although I don’t believe it’s possible to support the troops without supporting their mission this is an opportunity for anyone to help out. 

And I may be on a diet, but I think I can spare a few calories to pick up a package of Jelly Bellys. A gesture like that deserves a few extra sales, so I’ll pick one up and maybe you should too.

May 30: Name dropping update from Move America Forward:

Rush Limbaugh made headlines in 2005 when he traveled to Afghanistan to meet with U.S. troops serving in the war on terror.  As he reported to his huge listening audience, he witnessed first-hand the “awe-inspiring” jobs our troops were doing there.

Now Rush has signed on to help the pro-troop organization, Move America Forward to send the largest single shipment of care packages to U.S. troops in history.  The drive will culminate in a June 26th 8-hour web-a-thon called “From the Frontlines” that will feature video reports from our troops serving in Iraq & Afghanistan – and Rush has agreed to participate in the program that will be hosted by Move America Forward Chairman, Melanie Morgan, and blogger extraordinare, Michelle Malkin.

Author: Michael

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6 thoughts on “Another pro-troop effort underway”

  1. Michael
    Joe Albero’s Blog link has been removed from “Andy Harris for Congress” website!
    Yours is still there. but I always knew who the better man was.
    Keep up the good work.

  2. Well, you may be The Truth but I found out your info is incorrect. For some reason Andy Harris still links to Salisbury News and Crabbin’, which is now defunct.

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