Take Pride and BOOST! this

Currently, I personally have no friends or family members serving in our armed forces but as a Mom of a 20 year old daughter and an almost 18 year old son, I am concerned and I care about those risking life, limb and their mental health overseas.  I care also for their families here at home who needless to say, worry endlessly.  I read Milo's blog and worry about him.

Today I found this and I think this blog deserves its' own BOOST!:

If you're the least bit interested in supporting US Troops, and who isn't, then WE ALL need to give this blog a BOOST!  Please take the time to explore these links.  On it I found this video  (You may want to have a tissue handy) and the link to this web site from which I've borrowed the following:

"TakePride was founded by a group of friends who wanted to start a business and at the same time, try to do some good.  Some of us have military experience, others don’t – but we all share the common belief that the more difficult the mission facing our military, the more deserving they are of our thanks and support.  We feared, however, that to some extent, the opposite might be happening: That because of the duration of the conflicts, distressing news of casualties and frustratingly slow progress (especially in the case of Iraq) that some Americans were beginning to tune away from the story.

Our two goals were to help people re-connect to the experiences of those serving overseas and to create a symbol of support that people, especially younger Americans genuinely enjoyed putting on.  T-shirts, we hope, allowed us to accomplish both.  Each shirt design provides a glimpse into the life of a different US Service member who served in Iraq or Afghanistan.  Although we really admire the individuals we profile – they are not in our eyes greater heroes than others.  We think most everyone over there is a hero – these just happened to be the people we knew or contacted and are meant to give a human face and be representative for all the Americans currently serving in war zones."

* 20 percent of profits to charities and causes that assist combat veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.

I decided to write to these folks and in case they hadn't *met* him online yet, introduce them to Milo over at the Calm Before the Sand.  He too deserves a BOOST! don't you think?

BOOST IT! Forward... This is our attempt to  give a blog a boost by "paying it forward"...
You can support this effort by visiting the referenced blog and if you like what you see (we're assuming you will) perhaps you too can give it a BOOST!  This might be a new blog that could use a BOOST! Or it might be a blog with many readers that just happens to be new to us, therefore we're not sure you've seen it.  Or, we might just BOOST! a blog because we like a post.

Comments

[Janet]

Thanks for the link.

[Georgia Whitney]

I sent the hyperlink to my friend Gretchen, whose son is serving in Iraq.

Georgia

[Connie & Steve]

Oh Good. Our thoughts and prayers to Gretchen and her son.