Please donate to Project Valour IT

To the right of this post, you can see a large thermometer which measures how much people have been donating to the Navy team competing in the Project Valour -- IT fund raiser. To remind you, Project Valour -- IT is committed to providing laptop computers to severely injured troops. Computers aren't free however, and it takes public support to make the program happen.

Fund raising this year has been low, so Soldiers' Angels, the marvelous service organization that sponsors the fund raiser, has added an incentive: if you donate more than $25.00 using one of the Make a Donation buttons on this page, you'll get a special Soldiers' Angels gold colored coin with the insignia of the branch of the services that represents your team. (At least, that's what I've been told, although I can't guarantee that.)

So, if you feel that today would be a good day to make a profound difference in someone's life -- and, more specifically, in the life of someone who was willing to put his or her life on the line for you -- please head over to Project Valour and make a donation. If I'm right about the incentive, you'll get a gold coin for your efforts, and if I'm wrong, you'll still have the knowledge that you helped someone in a direct and meaningful way.

Go, Navy!

Have you heard about Project Valour -- IT? It's a fund raiser that uses the monies donated to purchase laptop computers for service men and women who have become severely disabled. Every year, there's a big fund raising, that's made a bit more exciting by turning it into something like a horse race. Each branch of the service is designated as a "team." Bloggers sign up for a specific team and urge their readers, not only to donate to Project Valour -- IT, but to donate through their team link. So, if you're reading this and you would like to donate to Project Valour, I urge you to GO NAVY!

Right now, the Army is in the lead, so the Navy has some work to do. And time is short, because the whole fund raiser ends soon.