May 26, 2008 -- A team of patriotic leaders are working together in a historic undertaking with the goal of sending the largest single shipment of care packages to U.S. troops in American history.
The care package drive will result in the shipment of not just 1,000 care packages -- a feat accomplished by the Grand Ole Opry in October 2007 (
Source Link). Organizers similarly won't settle for just the 10,000 packages shipped as part of an impressive effort undertaken by the Nevada Girl Scouts (
Source Link). And they plan to surpass the efforts of the terrific organization, Operation Gratitude, which undertook a multi-day effort to pack and ship 50,000 care packages last year (
Source Link).
Move America Forward, the nation's largest pro-troop organization, has launched this historic drive to rally Americans to show our troops in Iraq & Afghanistan just how much support they have from the American people back home. The effort kicked off today, Memorial Day - and will run through the months of May and June.
The grand finale for the push will take place on June 26th when a Jerry Lewis style 8-hour Internet Telethon ("From the Frontlines") will take place. This cutting edge production “From The Frontlines” will be broadcast live online by
UStream.tv and hosted by Melanie Morgan & Michelle Malkin. Live and taped reports will be broadcast from our troops serving in Iraq & Afghanistan during the historic 8-hour event.
Americans can sponsor the care packages from Move America Forward's by ordering via this link from MAF's online webstore partner:
TheCampaignStore.com
The Jelly Belly candy company (maker of President Ronald Reagan's favorite candy) has donated 100,000 bags of their gourmet jelly beans that will be included in the care packages to assist in the effort. While the jelly beans shipped in the past were warmly received by the troops, military members say their real value comes in being able to hand out the candy to the children of the war-torn nations in which they are serving. These 100,000 bags of gourmet jelly beans are now being used to launch a “Candy Diplomacy” program as gifts to Iraqi and Afghani children. Each bag is printed with the following message (in both English & Arabic): “A gift from the American people in hopes that your country will one day enjoy the freedom and opportunities that we have in the United States.”
Among those already confirmed to appear
in the June 26th "From the Frontlines" telethon:
MELANIE MORGAN: Co-host of broadcast, Chairman of Move America Forward.
MICHELLE MALKIN: Co-host of broadcast. Columnist, blogger, TV analyst, founder of HotAir.com
SEAN HANNITY: Television & radio personality, and organizer of the pro-troop "Hannity Freedom Concert" series.
MARK LEVIN: Nationally syndicated radio talk show host.
JOSEPH FARAH: Founder, Editor & CEO of WorldNetDaily news website & Whistleblower magazine.
JED BABBIN: Editor of Human Events newspaper and news website.
CHRISTOPHER RUDDY: CEO of NewsMax Media.
PATTI PATON-BADER: NBC's "America's Favorite Mom" and the founder of the pro-troop charity Soldier's Angels.
DEBBIE LEE: Gold star mother whose son was the 1st Navy Seal killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
CAPT LARRY BAILEY: Chairman of the military veterans/pro-troop organization, Gathering of Eagles.
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Note: You can sponsor packages to help this drive, and ask others to join this effort by visiting our care package drive sponsorship page:
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Additional information will be continuously posted in the days to come at the Move America Forward website: [url=http://www.moveamericaforward.org]http://www.moveamericaforward.org[/url]
