Bookworm on Nov 10 2007 | Filed under: Military
My particular favorite branch of the service — the Marines — is celebrating its 232nd birthday today. Happy Birthday, Marines!
If you’d like to help the Marines celebrate their birthday in style, I can’t think of anything better for you to do than to go over to the Project Valour — IT donations page and click [...]
Bookworm on Nov 08 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
If you haven’t yet donated to Project Valour IT, which is holding a fund raiser so that it can continue to donate laptop computers to badly injured troops, your procrastination might have paid off. Holly Aho, the Marine Team coordinator writes with this news:
As of today, anyone who donates more than $25 to the [...]
Bookworm on Nov 08 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
I have been shamefully remiss about reminding readers who come here that Project Valour — IT is in the midst of a fund raising drive so that it can deliver computers to severely injured service people. The numbers at the fund raising drive are slumping, with only a quarter of the hoped for donations having [...]
Bookworm on Nov 01 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
I hate to sound like a broken record here, but we’re looking at another day when the Army is trouncing the Marines. The supporters of the “few and the proud” are not doing well in comparison to the Army Strong people. As the great Jimmy Durante would so, “It’s so humiliating.” Come on, come on. [...]
Bookworm on Oct 30 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Okay, it’s time to get serious here. I just went over to the pledge and information page for the Project Valour — IT fund raiser and discovered to my immense chagrin that the Marines are trailing the Army. At this moment, all I can do is quote Claude Raines: “I’m shocked! Shocked!”
If you’ve been thinking [...]
Bookworm on Oct 29 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
I can’t get any of the clever visuals to work in Word Press, but I can tell you that, as of 22:34 p.s.t., the Marines are in the lead on Project Valour - IT. Let’s keep the momentum going. We want all the teams to win, of course, but we want the Marines [...]
Bookworm on Oct 29 2007 | Filed under: Military
It’s the annual Project Valour — IT fund-raiser, which raises money to buy laptops for severely wounded service members. Here’s a little more info about the fund-raiser:
As of October 2007, Valour-IT has distributed over 1500 laptops to severely wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines across the country.
Valour-IT accepts donations in any amount to support the [...]
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