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Support the Troops This Holiday Season Through the USO |
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- As the holiday season nears and service members around the world are separated from their families both in the United States and at other locations worldwide, the USO is offering ways the American people can show their support for our men and women in uniform.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031119/USO ) Special programs include: * USO Operation Phone Home: Prepaid international calling cards distributed by the USO to service members, especially those stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. * Operation USO Care Package: Care packages filled with toiletries, snacks and other needed items delivered to service members in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as other overseas locations. * United Through Reading: A pilot program where deployed service members are taped reading bedtime stories to their children. The USO sends the tape or DVD and a copy of the book back home to their families.
General donations to the USO support a network of 123 centers in the United States and abroad. The services the USO provides include free Internet and e-mail access, libraries, refreshments and travel assistance. The USO also operates mobile canteens and airport centers. Family and community centers stateside and abroad help military families adjust to new surroundings and offer support to families separated by deployments.
To support these special programs and other services the USO provides to military personnel and their families at centers overseas, individuals can call 1-800-USO-7469 or log on to the USO World Headquarters' Web site at http://www.uso.org/. Stateside, individuals can contact local USO centers to volunteer their time and services, or to make monetary contributions. Locations and Web links can be found on the USO World Headquarters' Web site.
For nearly 65 years, the USO (United Service Organizations) has been providing morale, welfare and recreational services to U.S. military personnel and their families. The USO is a nonprofit, charitable organization, relying on the generosity of the American people to support its programs and services. The USO is supported by World Partners AT&T Corporation, Avon Products, Inc., BAE SYSTEMS, Bass Pro Shops, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Clear Channel Communications, The Coca-Cola Company, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., Lockheed Martin Corporation, Military Channel, National Football League, S&K Sales Company and TriWest Healthcare Alliance. Other corporate donors, including Walgreens and the United Way and Combined Federal Campaign (CFC-0600), have joined thousands of individual donors to support the USO. For more information on the USO, please visit our Web site at http://www.uso.org/.
CONTACT: Donna St. John of USO, +1-703-908-6458, or dstjohn@uso.org.
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CONTACT: Donna St. John of USO, +1-703-908-6458, or dstjohn@uso.org
Web site: http://www.uso.org/