Links to Support Our Troops
AAFES Gift Certificates
http://www.aafes.com/docs/homefront.htm
The Army and Air Force Exchange Services is
where most servicemen and women do their shopping. You can purchase gift
certificates for those in Iraq and
those hospitalized.
Adopt a Platoon
http://www.adoptaplatoon.org/
Adopt a Platoon has several
ongoing projects to ensure that every soldier overseas does not walk away from
mail call empty-handed.
AnySoldier
http://www.anysoldier.us/index.cfm
Any Soldier is a non-profit organization that helps people
send care packages to members of the armed services in Iraq.
AOLbyPhone
aol://4344:3449.abpSPLSH.16722104.784567724/
AOL users can record up to a
3-minute voice mail and send it to military personnel who are in their Address
Book. The recipient will receive the message as an e-mail attachment and can
listen from their computer. This is free through January 15.
Appreciate Our Troops
http://www.appreciateourtroops.org
Purchase a Support Our Troops
mug and a free personalized mug will be given to a current or former service
member.
Blue Star Mothers
http://www.bluestarmothers.org
The Blue Star Mothers was
founded by service members' moms during World War II. Any mother with a son or
daughter in the military can join.
Books For Soldiers
http://www.booksforsoldiers.com/
Help the troops escape boredom
by donating some books. You can also donate DVDs and CDs requested by soldiers.
Camp
Doha
http://www.campdoha.org/
Camp Doha provides valuable
information for those about to deploy, their friends and families and anyone who
wants to support the troops.
Cell Phones for Soldiers
http://www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com/pages/1/index.htm
Donated cell phones are recycled and turned into cash. The cash is used to
purchase calling cards for soldiers in Iraq.
Defend
America
http://www.defendamerica.mil/nmam.html
Thank any service member stationed throughout
the U.S. and the world with an
e-mail.
Fisher House
http://www.fisherhouse.org/
The Fisher House Foundation
donates comfort homes, built on the grounds of major military and VA medical
centers. These homes enable family members to be close to a loved one during
hospitalization for an unexpected illness, disease, or injury.
Freedom Calls
http://www.freedomcalls.org/
The Freedom Calls Foundation is helping families
videoconference with their loved ones in
Iraq. You can donate money to help keep this
project going.
Groceries for Families
http://www.commissaries.com/certificheck/
The men and women who lay down
their lives for us are terribly underpaid. Help a family by purchasing gift
certificates to the commissary.
Homes for Our Troops
http://www.homesforourtroops.org/
Homes for Our Troops assists
injured veterans and their immediate families by building new or adapting
existing homes with handicapped accessibility.
Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund
http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/foundation_heroesfund.html
The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund provides grants
to the families of servicemen and women who died in
Iraq. You can donate online, through mail or by
calling a toll-free number.
Military Moms
http://www.militarymoms.net/index.html
This site provides support to
all of the moms out there who has a son or daughter in the military.
Operation: A Bit of Home
http://www.operationabitofhome.com/
Operation: A
Bit of Home supports over 150 different soldiers per day by providing necessary
and hard-to-get toiletries.
Operation Air Conditioner
http://www.operationac.com/
Operation Air Conditioner provides not only air
conditioners but space heaters (the desert is cold in the winter) for soldiers
in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Operation Call Home
http://www.platoonphone.com/
Operation Call Home's mission is
to provide each platoon with their own satellite phone.
Operation Dear Abby
http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/
The U.S. Navy and Dear Abby have
teamed up. Their site allows you to send e-mail messages of support to service
members.
Operation Give
http://www.operationgive.org/
Operation Give provides toys, clothing and
school supplies primarily to the children of
Iraq and Afghanistan.
Operation Hero Miles
http://www.heromiles.org/
You can donate your unused
frequent flier miles to help soldiers travel on emergency leave. They are also
used to help families fly to hospitalized soldiers.
Operation Interdependence
http://www.oidelivers.org/
Operation
Interdependence supplies care packages to deployed soldiers. You can help out by
providing goods, coordinating efforts or donating funds.
Operation Iraqi Children
http://www.operationiraqichildren.org/
Many soldiers are rebuilding schools in
Iraq and scrounging around for school
supplies. Help by donating a school supplies kit.
Operation Military Pride
http://operationmilitarypride.org
Operation Military Pride is a
volunteer organization that sends cards letters and care packages to troops.
Operation Uplink
http://www.operationuplink.org/
Donate money to Operation
Uplink. The money is used to purchase phone cards so servicemen and women can
call home.
Soldiers' Angels
http://www.soldiersangels.org/heroes/index.php
Become some soldier's angel by
adopting a service member.
Treats for Troops
http://www.treatsfortroops.com/
Treats for Troops helps get you
provide packages to your loved ones overseas. If you don't know anyone, the
Foster-A-Soldier Program matches you with a registered soldier by branch of
service, home state, gender, or birthday - or you can choose to sponsor a group
of soldiers.
USO Cares
http://www.usocares.org/
You can sponsor care packages
provided by the USO with a $25 donation.
Voice from Home
http://voicesfromhome.org/home.html
Voices From Home
allows military members and their families and friends to send and receive
immediate voice e-mail messages in remote locations around the world.
