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Thursday, November 16, 2006

$204K for Soldiers in real need

From tcoverride blog:

FbL tells me that the total for Project Valour-IT is over $204, 000! Matty O’Blackfive shares that the other services (The navy and the naval infantry) assisted team Army and Team AirForce after they made their service goals, with the Navy (uncharacteristically) being the first to arrive on the objective.

In a week where the American people lost control of the house of commons and the house of lords, it is good to know that the true victors were the service members, who, because of your donations and untiring support, will be well taken care of. Your contributions will allow Project Valour-IT to support over 300 service members with voice-controlled laptops, and more importantly, help them on their long road to recovery.

Again, thank you.

http://tcoverride.blogspot.com/2006/11/mazing-simply-breathtaking.html


Project Valour-IT, in memory of SFC William V. Ziegenfuss, provides voice-controlled laptop computers to wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand and arm injuries or amputations at home or in military hospitals. Operating laptops by speaking into a microphone, 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 without having to press a key or move a mouse. The experience of CPT Charles "Chuck" Ziegenfuss, a partner in the project who suffered severe hand wounds while serving in Iraq, illustrates how important this voice-controlled software can be to a wounded servicemember's recovery.

http://soldiersangels.org/valour/index.html