Netroots For The Troops Challenge Diary
Tuesday, May 28, 2013, 2:30 pm Eastern Time
A HUGE Netroots For The Troops® Challenge Diary will be posted on Tuesday, May 28th at 2:30 pm EDT/11:30 am PDT. An anonymous NFTT ANGEL is offering $5000 for matching funds. We're hoping that this angel's generosity is emulated by others inspired to add their funds to the challenge.
Please join us. And bring your wallet! If you'd like to do so in advance, do make a donation HERE. Thank you from the entire 2013 NFTT Team.
Why should you contribute to NFTT? The below diary is by someone who not only knows a thing or two about combat, but fully understands the concerns of soldiers stationed abroad thousands of miles away from home.
by John Kerry
Just a quick post about your "Netroots for Troops" annual care package drive:
Simply: I hope you know it matters. And please don’t just take my word for it, and yes, one of the things I love about the netroots is that you don't take anyone's word for it — you think for yourself, you debate, you disagree, and you make your own judgments — and that's why this movement has changed politics and political dialogue.
But on this topic, I know of what I speak. In my Senate office I have a shelf of scrapbooks filled with emails, letters and photos from soldiers who have received the care packages, Christmas stockings, Easter baskets, and Halloween candy that our team, led by our office manager Mary, has been sending since American forces first arrived in Iraq and Afghanistan. And the words of the troops say it all.
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