November 23, 2004

Spirit of America
Help support the champions of Freedom, Peace, Democracy and Friendship in Iraq and Afghanistan by contributing your dollars to the Spirit of America in your Christmas and end-of-the-year charitable giving.
SoA allows 100% of your donation to go to the project you choose from among 13 they have planned, including Gifts for Iraqi Children, the Iraqi Democracy Project and one to buy tools for Iraqi tradesmen.
Give the gift that will last long past the Holidays, perhaps forever with just a small effort on our part!
(And Kudos and blessings to our servicemen and women and the willing Iraqis who are working to make these projects happen.
I like to think that SoA is doing for us over here what we'd like to do for our new Iraqi and Afghan friends if we could be over there!)
Don't forget our troops, either!
Set aside a few dollars to donate to Soldiers' Angels, a support organization for our military whose motto is "may no soldier go unloved."
Let our homegrown heroes know we love and support them by adopting a soldier (if you don't know one already) and giving them a pre-paid phone card to call home for Christmas, donating airmiles for leave, or by contributing to buy care packages for active military or comfort "backpacks" for the wounded.
You can help make this Holiday Season merry and bright for our sons and daughters who are defending freedom for us all in a place that isn't as merry or light-filled as it ought to be, should be or can be.