Knee Deep in the Hooah!

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Donors who have contacted me to say they are giving to Project Valour-IT in honor of the Veteran’s Day Classic 5K run.

R in Alabama
C in Wisconsin
Ky Woman (L) in, well Kentucky of course!
One from a fellow “mom in arms!”
I just got a note from P, and she has chipped in a donation too!

That is a total of $133!

I am running in my first certified 5K on the day before this fund drive for Project Valour-IT ends. I know one thing that would make me run a little faster — if you will donate $10 per mile (or more… more is good!) that I am committed to running — remember that is a “5K” as in five-thousand… just kidding. I am not Forrest Gump. It is a 3.1 mile run. If you donate please let me know, and we can keep a running tally of how we did. For clarity sake, I am not collecting funds… I am asking you to GO HERE and make a direct donation to Project Valour-IT and then let me know when you do!

GO ARMY!!

The information below was taken from the Soldier’s Angels website.

Project Valour-IT

(Voice-Activated Laptops for OUR Injured Troops)

It was the first time I felt whole since I’d woken up wounded in Landstuhl.
–Chuck Ziegenfuss, on using a voice-controlled laptop

The annual fundraising competition will be begin on Monday, October 29 and run through Sunday, November 11. Watch this page for more info, beginning Sunday, October 28!

Project Valour-IT, in memory of SFC William V. Ziegenfuss, helps provide voice-controlled and adaptive laptop computers to wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand wounds and other severe injuries at major military medical centers. Operating laptops by speaking into a microphone or using other adaptive technologies, our wounded heroes are able to send and receive messages from friends and loved ones, surf the ‘Net, and communicate with buddies still in the field. The experience of MAJ Charles “Chuck” Ziegenfuss, a partner in the project who suffered serious hand wounds while serving in Iraq, illustrates how important these laptops can be to a wounded service member’s recovery.

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