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Old 04-27-2005, 09:00 AM   #1 (permalink)
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America Supports You (Our Military Men and Women)

http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/


Click on "How You Can Help" to view a list of
organizations that support the troops.




Gifts from the Homefront

http://www.aafes.com/docs/homefront.htm


Purchase and donate gift certificates the troops
can use at any military exchange. These military
exchanges are the sole retail support for service
members in such areas as the Middle East and
Southwest Asia.

Can donate by phone, fax, regular mail, or
online.

Call 1-877-770-4438 for more information.


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This is a really great program....


NEWS RELEASE: 05-013 -- March 17, 2005 --
AAFES MEDIA CONTACT: JUDD ANSTEY -
anstey@aafes.com


AAFES' "Gifts from the Homefront" Tops $800,000
as Program Approaches Second Anniversary

DALLAS - Since the Army & Air Force Exchange
Service (AAFES) began the "Gifts from the Homefront"
program March 21, 2003, people from all walks of
life have rallied around America's troops by
contributing $805,555 towards the program
designed to lift the morale of deployed troops around
the
world. The certificates, which can be purchased
by any individual or civic organization, allow
service members to purchase items of necessity
and convenience at PX and BX facilities around the
world.


"Gifts from the Homefront" certificates can be
addressed to "any service member" or individual
service members. AAFES' charitable partners have
been integral in the distribution of certificates
earmarked for "any service member." The USO,
American Red Cross, Air Force Aid Society and Fisher
House have distributed 14,476 certificates,
totaling more than $242,000, to deployed troops.
Friends and family have purchased $562,795 of
"Gifts from the Homefront" certificates for
individual service members.


"Working with the USO, American Red Cross, Air
Force Aid Society and Fisher House has allowed
AAFES
to get certificates into the hands of service
members who need them most," said AAFES' Commander
Maj. Gen.
Kathryn Frost. "AAFES' relationship with these
charitable partners allows any American to have a
direct impact on the morale of a deployed service
member, even if they don't have a name or address
for a particular Soldier or Airman."


Because the gift certificates can be used for
merchandise already stocked at contingency
locations,
"Gifts from the Homefront" are a safe alternative
to traditional care packages that place
unnecessary strain on the military mail system
and present Force Protection issues. Service
members
can purchase exactly what they need with the
certificates because they can be applied to a wide
range of products. Reports from Operation Iraqi
Freedom indicate that certificates are being used
for the latest CDs and DVDs, Red Bull Energy
drinks and Military Exchange Global prepaid phone
cards for those all-important calls home.


Those wishing to send a "Gift from the Homefront"
can simply log on to aafes.com or call
1-877-770-4438 to purchase gift certificates in
$10 or $20 denominations. From there, the "Gift
from the Homefront" may be sent to an individual
service member (designated by the purchaser) or
distributed to "any service member" through the
USO, American Red Cross, Air Force Aid Society or
Fisher House.


"Gifts from the Homefront" gift certificates can
be redeemed at any AAFES facility in the world
including Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom
locations. To date, AAFES operates some 55 stores
throughout central and southwest Asia, serving
troops and lifting morale of those soldiering in
austere, harsh conditions.

____________________________


The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) is
a joint command of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air
Force, and is directed by a Board of Directors
who is responsible to the Secretaries of the Army
and the Air Force through the Service Chiefs of
Staff.

AAFES has the dual mission of providing
authorized patrons with articles of merchandise and
services and of generating non-appropriated fund
earnings as a supplemental source of funding for
military Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR)
programs.

To find out more about AAFES' history and mission
or to view recent press releases please visit our
Web site at http://www.aafes.com/pa/default.asp.

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