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  • 2009 totals - MARINES WIN!

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    Thanks to all who participated and or contributed to this campaign. A lot of technology for our wounded heroes will be purchased because of you!

    Total brought in for all teams, including donations not designated to any team: $113,124.90
    By team -
    Air Force: $15,662.17
    Army: $32,758.80
    Marines: $43,060.89
    [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:24pm EST
    by Greta Perry

  • Another successful campaign!

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    2009 marks another huge success for our 5th annual Soldiers' Angels Project Valour-IT internet fundraiser. We broke the 100K mark and had a smooth campaign from Oct 26th through November 11th. The official tallies will be available next week as all the checks sent in are calculated into' [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:13pm EST
    by Greta Perry

  • Video Contest Winners

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    We would like to take this time to thank all those who created and submitted videos for the first annual Valour-IT video contest. We hope that all participants will promote these on their blogs as we enter into the final days of our fundraiser. Congratulations to our winners!!!

    1st [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:10pm EST
    by Greta Perry

  • Valour-IT Continues

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    Soldiers' Angels leadership and the Valour-IT team leaders discussed today's events and decided that the Valour-IT competition will continue through November 11th as originally planned.

    We remember that though we enjoy friendly competition, underneath it all we are always united in spirit and support of each other.

    For [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 10:11pm EST
    by Greta Perry

  • Jump on board Project Valour-IT

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    Seems it is all the rage to have an armed force Soldiers' Angels Valour-IT thermometer widget on a blog or website right now! It is not too late to join in, the fundraiser does not end until November 11th.

    1.There are a variety of items up for Valour-IT' [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:15am EST
    by Greta Perry

  • All-in_one for the New Week

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    We're gearing up for another full week of fundraising, and lots of exciting things are happening! Here's your one-stop shop for Valour-IT activities, resources, and info...

    Activities
    Auctions: We're over 30 items now, and more will be added later today. There is some fantastic stuff in there!Video' [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 12:41pm EST
    by FbL

  • Giving a Percentage

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    A number of business people have stepped up to provide their unique support to Valour-IT. From jewelry to books to clothing, people are doing what they can to help wounded warriors reconnect as they recover.

    Vision-Strike-Wear.Com, designers and printers of military t-shirts for domestic and deployed military [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 12:14pm EST
    by FbL

  • AUCTIONS BEGIN

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    We are very excited and pleased to announce the kickoff of the annual Valour-IT auctions. Teams who put items up for auction will be credited with the amount of the sale towards their final total.

    There will eventually be over a hundred items up for auction, raging from [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 10:37pm EDT
    by Greta Perry

  • Video Contest

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    UPDATE: Contest deadline extended until Friday November 6th midnight central time. Winners announced the 7th.

    Goal: Make a 3 minute or shorter video about Project Valour-IT (keep it clean folks)

    To Qualify: Your video must be posted by midnight central time November 3rd on one of the [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 4:05pm EDT
    by Greta Perry

  • One Face of Valour-IT

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    Awhile back, Soldiers' Angels received a heartwarming thank you from a Valour-IT recipient. At the time, we kept his privacy by only revealing that he was a lieutenant colonel, but now we have an update.

    He gave us permission to share his note and' [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 12:12pm EDT
    by FbL

  • Here We Go!

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    Midnight is the official kickoff!!!! First off, thank you to our our team leaders. This fundraiser would not even happen without their dedication and commitment. And thank you to all are stepping up to help spread the word on blogs, email and websites!

    Don't' [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2009, 7:56pm EDT
    by FbL

  • Angels, Laptops and Cartoons

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    The highly-talented Damon Shackelford has penned a fantastic series of cartoons featuring Soldiers' Angels. His latest installment of Delta Bravo Sierra drills down to Valour-IT:

    Rusty also featured Valour-IT in his cartoons around last year's fundraiser. See the list below for his other recent [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 6:43pm EDT
    by FbL

  • Online Registration

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    Online registration is up and running!

    Start here, where you can also find links to Twitter and Facebook, and the new Valour-IT graphic--just click on graphic for the team you want to join. If you already registered directly with your team leader, you'll still want to go through' [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 10:41am EDT
    by FbL

  • October 26th -Nov 11, 2009

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    Register for the 2009 Fundraising Competition!

    Follow @valourit on Twitter and Facebook!
    (email campaign@soldiersangels.org for more information)

    We are gearing up for the 4th annual Soldiers' Angels Project Valour-IT Internet fundraiser! Our team leaders are...

    Air Force: Mudville Gazette - greyhawk@mudvillegazette.com[...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 11:40am EDT
    by Greta Perry

  • Still Going Strong!

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    Between the online fundraiser and the big Soldiers' Angels Gala in DC, things got pretty crazy last Fall...

    I just wanted to let all of you know that the latest info on Valour-IT can always be found on the official Soldiers' Angels Valour-IT pages.

    We have now [...]
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    Posted: July 09, 2009, 6:22pm EDT
    by FbL

  • Preliminary Totals

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    The competition aspect of the fundraiser officially ended at midnight Pacific on November 27, and the team totals at that time (plus checks received by mail) will be the totals used for the standings. However, the widgets will remain active until Monday (Dec. 1) when the main website will be [...]
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    Posted: November 28, 2008, 1:13pm EST
    by FbL

  • Standing Up

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    "It really lets me know that there are people out there that still care about the troops and what they are sacrificing for this country."

    "Words cannot convey how very much this means to me."

    "It was the first time I felt whole."

    "I am proud to" [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2008, 12:47am EST
    by FbL

  • Latest Totals

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    Due to unaffiliated donations (donations made to Valour-IT but not in the name of any team), our fundraising total is over $6,000 higher than the widgets show. As always, there are other reasons for any variations between this and the widget totals, plus we still have checks to count. [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2008, 11:56pm EST
    by FbL

  • Valour-IT Fundraising Totals - Day 11

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    Here are the official totals at midnight on Day 11, November 21 (once again, these may be larger than the widget totals at that time, for reasons outlined here). In fact, these totals do not include all checks received, so the actual total is even larger.


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    Posted: November 22, 2008, 1:20pm EST
    by FbL

  • Valour-IT Fundraising Totals - Day 10

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    Here are the official totals at midnight on Day 10, November 20 (again, these may be larger than the widget totals at that time, for reasons outlined here). In fact, these totals do not include all checks received, so the actual total is even larger.


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    Posted: November 21, 2008, 12:06pm EST
    by FbL

  • Valour-IT Fundraising Totals - Day 9

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    Here are the official totals at midnight on Day 9, November 19 (again, these may be larger than the widget totals at that time, for reasons outlined here). In fact, these totals do not include all checks received, so the actual total is even larger.

    There has definitely [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2008, 7:06pm EST
    by FbL

  • Valour-IT Fundraising Totals - Day 8

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    CORRECTION: The totals were matched to the wrong teams. They have been corrected. I must've scrambled something when I copied it over from the Excel file. My apologies for any confusion or alarm.

    Here are the official totals at midnight on Day 8, November 18 (again, these may be' [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2008, 12:39pm EST
    by FbL

  • Autographed books for auction!

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    Team Army has been very busy collecting authors to assist them in their plan to come from behind and beat Team Navy.

    Seven autographed science fiction and techno-thriller books are already up for bid on the Soldiers' Angels eBay account. Check it out! If you're not a [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2008, 3:25pm EST
    by FbL

  • Valour-IT Fundraising Totals - Day 7

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    Here are the official totals after exactly one week of fundraising (again, these may be larger than the widget totals at that time, for reasons outlined here). In fact, these totals do not include all checks received, so the actual total is even larger.

    We have 10 more [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2008, 3:07pm EST
    by FbL

  • Valour-IT Fundraising Totals - Day 6

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    Here are the official totals through Day 6, November 16 (again, these may be larger than the widget totals at that time, for reasons outlined here). It looks like the Marines have pulled up into 3rd place. Watch out, Navy! ;)


    Total Donors Total Raised [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2008, 11:10am EST
    by FbL

  • Resources for Supporters

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    Thank you to all who have worked so tirelessly on this competition!

    For bloggers and supporters who want to spread the news about the fundraiser, here are some things that might be helpful...

    Basic resources:
    Blogrolls and code (scroll down and click on the signup for a [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2008, 8:22pm EST
    by FbL

  • Valour-IT Fundraising Totals - Day 5

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    Here are the official totals through Day 5, November 15 (again, these may be larger than the widget totals at that time, for reasons outlined here).

    In this coming week we'll need to reach out strongly beyond the milblogs in order to draw in other people. We'll have [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2008, 2:52pm EST
    by FbL

  • Valour-IT Fundraising Totals - Day 4

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    Here are the official totals through Day 4, November 14 (again, these are larger than the widget totals at that time, for reasons outlined here). Note that some but not all checks are included. I will be looking into that today:


    Total
    Donors Total [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2008, 1:11pm EST
    by FbL

  • Valour-IT in Words and Pictures

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    Our first Valour-IT artwork from this year's fundraising competition has come in, thanks to DBS:



    Thanks so much for a great cartoon, DBS!' [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2008, 12:14pm EST
    by FbL

  • Totals - Day 3

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    Here are the official totals through Day 3, November 1 (again, these are larger than the widget totals at that time, for reasons outlined here):


    Daily Donated
    Total Donors
    Total Raised
    Air Force 385
    40
    3257 [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2008, 9:18am EST
    by FbL

  • Totals - Day 2

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    Here are the official totals through Day 2, November 12 (again, these are larger than the widget totals at that time, for reasons outlined here):


    Daily Donors
    Daily Donations
    Total Raised Navy 19
    1230
    4972 Army 32 [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2008, 9:26pm EST
    by FbL

  • Totals - Day 1

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    Great news! The total donations for yesterday are even larger than depicted on the fundraising page, for two reasons: 1) There are over $1000 in non-team donations (made in general to Valour-IT) and 2) If someone donating through PayPal doesn't wait and allow the computer to redirect them to the' [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2008, 11:38am EST
    by FbL

  • Wii for the Wounded?!!

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    Teenagers and families aren't the only ones going wild for Wii. Whole-body video game systems like Wii can help wounded warriors recover! As part of its expanded mission, Project Valour-IT is working to ensure the wounded have access to the Wii systems and other technologies that support their recovery.
    [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2008, 11:22am EST
    by FbL

  • Give it Up for the Troops!

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    The need is great right now--the accounts are empty and the only way the wounded will get laptops, Wiis or handheld GPS from Soldiers' Angels to assist their recovery is through the money raised by this competition. Financial times are uncertain, of course, but that doesn't change the needs out [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2008, 11:18am EST
    by FbL

  • Fundraising Competition 2008

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    It's that time of year again, and the wonderful bloggers out there have stepped up to raise money for Valour-IT (the mission has expanded recently, so make sure you're up-to-date). This year we are particularly proud to have a Coast Guard team aboard.

    Here are the [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2008, 10:57am EST
    by FbL

  • Changing Times

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    In its three short years of existence, Project Valour-IT has delivered over 2,700 voice-controlled laptops to severely wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines. Now it is expanding its mission to meet the technological needs of the wounded in additional ways that support their physical and psychological recovery. While continuing to [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2008, 9:53pm EST
    by FbL

  • Chuck Wins!

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    Major Chuck Ziegenfuss, inspiration and co-creator of Valour-IT has won an award for describing how the ability to operate his computer by voice changed his life.

    After he was wounded (and before Valour-IT was even an idea), Soldiers' Angels helped Chuck get a laptop, and a reader of' [...]
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    Posted: August 10, 2008, 12:27pm EDT
    by FbL

  • Trike for the Troops AAR

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    It was a smashing success, though fortunately that was only a figure of speech!

    Rick White had promised some new innovations this year, and he didn't disappoint. His adult-size tricyicle with shelves holding a keyboard, telephone and other office materials, turned heads! And this year he more than' [...]
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    Posted: July 02, 2008, 11:07am EDT
    by FbL

  • 2600!

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    This is actually a case of good news and bad news...

    Good News: as of the end of March, Project Valour-IT has distributed 2,600 laptops to the wounded! Besides using the voice-control software to do typical computer tasks, people are discovering that the laptops are [...]
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    Posted: April 16, 2008, 11:23pm EDT
    by FbL

  • Trikes for the Wounded Troops?!

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    Actually...1 trike + 1 determined (crazy?) supporter of the troops + pledges from around the country = more laptops for wounded troops
    Trike for the Troops is a fundraising effort by Rick White, held in conjunction with Colorado's yearly Bike to Work Day. He gathers' [...]
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    Posted: February 16, 2008, 1:11pm EST
    by FbL

  • Valour-IT and World War IV

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    The influential blog and long-time Valour-IT supporter Powerline* recently announced its 2007 Book of the Year. As part of the award, $25,000 was donated anonymously to Soldiers' Angels in the name of the winner, Norman Podhoretz. He received the honor for World War IV, a book about what [...]
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    Posted: February 14, 2008, 3:19pm EST
    by FbL

  • Media

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    In order to clean up the sidebar a bit, I've transferred our older Media links to this post. It is linked on the sidebar along with the most recent press coverage, and more links will be moved from the sidebar as they are replaced by newer coverage.

    Baltimore [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2007, 10:36am EST
    by FbL

  • Fundraising and Thanksgiving

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    One of the unintended--but welcome--consequences of having a fundraising competition that ends on Veterans Day is that the dust starts settling right around Thanksgiving. And so each year we come to Thanksgiving with a full heart for all that has happened in recent weeks.

    This year is no different.
    [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2007, 11:12am EST
    by FbL

  • Final Fundraising Totals

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    The standings remained unchanged from the preliminary totals, with Team Army taking the prize this year (more about that, later). But most importantly, our final totals are very good:

    $192,193.02!
    At the current cost of the laptops we're purchasing, that means we have enough [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2007, 9:56am EST
    by FbL

  • The BoBs

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    Friends, visitors from around the world are dropping in on our humble abode.

    Why? We seem to have won an award. A "BoB." Unbeknownst to me until very recently, we were nominated for "Best English Blog" in an international blogging competition sponsored by German news agency Deutsche [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2007, 11:45am EST
    by FbL

  • Chuck Tells Us Why

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    Major Chuck Ziegenfuss, the inspiration for Project Valour-IT, tells us why a laptop matters so much:
    “Not only could I not get out of my bed to walk down there [to the hospital's computer], but my hands were all blown up,” he said. “I only had really one finger on [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2007, 1:46pm EST
    by FbL

  • Preliminary Totals and Team Standings

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    This hasn't been the easiest fundraiser Valour-IT has had, but the preliminary numbers are very encouraging.

    We're still awaiting check totals, but here is what we have so far.... As of midnight Pacific Time, these were the standings...

    Army: $53,023.00*
    Marines: $39,673.00
    Air Force: $25,638.34
    Navy/CG: $20,081.75

    [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2007, 10:29pm EST
    by FbL

  • Laptops Save Lives?!

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    That's what Chuck Z says, and he would know. As Noah Shachtman of Wired puts it,
    Suddenly, he [Chuck] was able to connect to the outside world. He was able to take up his blog again, too. And from that, he was able to muster the self-esteem [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2007, 4:12pm EST
    by FbL

  • Gift for Donors

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    Beginning today, Soldiers' Angels is offering the following gift to donors who give more than $25 to Valour-IT through the team competition. Donors must use a team button to receive a coin.


    This military-style challenge coin is available marked for each of the [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2007, 8:49am EST
    by FbL

  • On Politics

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    Valour-IT is grateful for ALL our donors and supportive bloggers, who come from all levels of fame, walks of life, and political backgrounds.

    Valour-IT was conceived and founded by a soldier and a teacher, members of two professions that require service to all citizens, regardless of political affiliation. [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2007, 10:58pm EST
    by FbL
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