More from The Tentacle
Friday, December 7, 2007
How do you ship 5,000 two-foot live Christmas trees to a war zone? Early last Saturday morning over 300 volunteers figured it out as they braved the wind and cold and turned out for “Operation Christmas Tree” at the
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Just as a forklift whizzed behind us, Jim Ward explained that this all began last year when his family decided to send his daughter, Specialist Luisa Gonzalez, an Army medic deployed in Iraq, a decorated live, five-foot Christmas tree.
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Just then Mr. Ward looked up to answer a question from the national office of Fox News Channel. Fox will be airing the story nationwide on Christmas. As soon as he finished with Fox News, Mark Simkin with the Australian Broadcast Network popped into the tent with a videographer.
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At the suggestion of 6th District Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, Operation Christmas Tree has teamed up with the Armed Forces Foundation, a registered non-profit in Washington, started in 2001, to collect donations for this project.
The foundation’s honorary board of directors includes over 150 members of Congress and 96.5 percent of all “outside donations (go) directly to military families…,” according to Lindsey Brothers.
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Patricia Driscoll, president of the foundation, said that the Armed Forces Foundation has a broad range of programs for military families “and this is one of our favorites.” Other services include helping pay for hotel rooms for families of wounded troops in the hospital.
Read the entire column here: Operation Christmas Tree
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
The President and Community Initiatives
To commemorate World AIDS Day last Friday, President George W. Bush and his wife Laura met with representatives of faith-based groups in a roundtable discussion at
What a Difference a Year Makes – Part 2
In yesterday’s column I wrote that with the passage of this tax package by the General Assembly, there are now more than ever two
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
What a Difference a Year Makes – Part 1
The ink had hardly dried on Gov. Martin O’Malley’s signature on November 19 when the peripatetic gerbils powering the
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Not that it seems important compared to all the political news were being slammed w/ daily but could someone tell me why there is no rule for any kid who plays football in the MVYFL to get any guaranteed playing time at any age level? I heard MAYAA is going to unsafe no limit weights for young athletes to compete.
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