Authors Note: I was sent an editorial that appeared on the 4th of July in the the Kansas City Star authored by Michelle Malkin. I responded like this:
Michelle,
Good morning from Radcliff Kentucky!
I read with interest your editorial on those in the entertainment business who are or are not making an effort in showing their respect for the services of those in our armed forces. As a retired Command Sergeant Major and that father of a serving Marine Corporal, and the founder of USA Cares, I have to echo your same suspicions and more.
I don’t know if you are aware or not, but Dennis Miller has recently become our National Spokesperson and has done a wonderful job in helping us find more families at risk (our weekly record breaking totals of new calls is a testimony to the power of the television) and raising the awareness of the sacrifice and courage of not only those who serve, but those who wait. I can also tell you that Tom Hanks and Michael O’Hearn have been wonderful supporters of groups like ours.
I think another group who might be considered in the same context, are the defense contracting companies. In the past five years of work, those of us here at USA Cares have been very mystified as to the lack of real commitment in terms of support or financial support of not our charity but military support charities as well.
When you peel back the onion on corporate support, you often find that it was a local small representation of a defense contractor who is supporting the cause as opposed to the corporate giants who are, as you can imagine, doing good business with our nation at war.
It comes as a pleasant surprise that companies like Cardinal Health and Pride Mobility who are stepping up to the plate and assist organizations like ours, but the Boeing and Grumman kinds of companies are conspicuously absent. You would think that after 11,000 families coming to us, and our granting over $5.5 million to families in all 50 states and some overseas along with one of the only organization saving military family homes from foreclosure you would think they would notice.
Thanks for all you do for organizations like us, and congratulations on the recent Internet effort on behalf of Move America Forward. That was pretty cool.
BTW, when will you be back on O’Reilly? I miss your observations!
Regards,
Roger
Good morning from Radcliff Kentucky!
I read with interest your editorial on those in the entertainment business who are or are not making an effort in showing their respect for the services of those in our armed forces. As a retired Command Sergeant Major and that father of a serving Marine Corporal, and the founder of USA Cares, I have to echo your same suspicions and more.
I don’t know if you are aware or not, but Dennis Miller has recently become our National Spokesperson and has done a wonderful job in helping us find more families at risk (our weekly record breaking totals of new calls is a testimony to the power of the television) and raising the awareness of the sacrifice and courage of not only those who serve, but those who wait. I can also tell you that Tom Hanks and Michael O’Hearn have been wonderful supporters of groups like ours.
I think another group who might be considered in the same context, are the defense contracting companies. In the past five years of work, those of us here at USA Cares have been very mystified as to the lack of real commitment in terms of support or financial support of not our charity but military support charities as well.
When you peel back the onion on corporate support, you often find that it was a local small representation of a defense contractor who is supporting the cause as opposed to the corporate giants who are, as you can imagine, doing good business with our nation at war.
It comes as a pleasant surprise that companies like Cardinal Health and Pride Mobility who are stepping up to the plate and assist organizations like ours, but the Boeing and Grumman kinds of companies are conspicuously absent. You would think that after 11,000 families coming to us, and our granting over $5.5 million to families in all 50 states and some overseas along with one of the only organization saving military family homes from foreclosure you would think they would notice.
Thanks for all you do for organizations like us, and congratulations on the recent Internet effort on behalf of Move America Forward. That was pretty cool.
BTW, when will you be back on O’Reilly? I miss your observations!
Regards,
Roger
