WANT TO HELP REUNITE INJURED SOLDIERS WITH THEIR FAMILIES?
Its easy! Simply donate your unused frequent flier miles to the Let Them Go First designated charity, Operation Hero Miles. Operation Hero Miles uses your donated miles to purchase airline tickets to fly families to hospitalized service members injured because of their service in Iraq, Afghanistan or the surrounding area. Want to do it? Visit [ Operation Hero Miles ] today and tell them that Let Them Go First sent you.
You can now purchase "Let Them Go First" as a download! Proceeds are donated to The 'Let Them Go First' campaign seeks to encourage airline pilots and passengers to "let the soldiers go first" when disembarking from the plane so that the soldiers might be reunited with their families, because every moment matters when you're home again.
Operation Hero Miles is the designated charity for the planned fundraiser. Operation Hero Miles permits people to donate their frequent flier miles so that families may be flown to be with injured soldiers. The funds are used to pay for related costs such as aiport fees, taxes on the tickets, airport security, etc.
The "Let Them Go First" song is based upon a true story that happened on Continental Airline Flight 50 on January 1, 2006, from Houston, TX, to Newark, NJ. This captain will be interviewed in the near future regarding his decision to Let Them Go First!
You can read the touching story about the "Let Them Go First" song, information about the campaign and fundraiser as well as beautiful e-mails in support of LTG1 from folks like you on the "Let Them Go First" website:
www.letthemgofirst.org
WHO ARE MY INFLUENCES? The Captain Gary W. Butler of Continental Flight No. 50, who unknowingly started this movement, and 3rd-grader Charles McDaniel, who inspired the song "Let Them Go First" by his story about Flight No. 50, and every passenger on Flight No. 50 who LET THEM GO FIRST!!!
AND EVERYONE SERVING AT THE FRONT AND THE HOMEFRONT!
MY NEWEST HERO: JOHNNIE BUBAR
Below is an example of what we can do to help us promote Let Them Go First and support our soldiers and their families. Just do what our friend Johnnie Bubar did:
"I'd like to know more about this. I happened to be at the airport in Nashville on Sunday 9/10/06 and there was a soldier there returning from Iraq. I asked him if he had seen the emails going around or any info on this and he said "no".
"So I took it upon myself and went to the front of the line and made an announcement about this very thing and got him to the front of the line AND got him a standing ovation from all the folks there. I didn't have any authority to do a thing like this, I seized the moment!
"I figured that the worst that would happen is I get laughed at or shouted at or something. Quite the contrary! He was also made an announcement of by the Captain onboard over the plane's PA system. He was bought drinks and/or anything else he wanted.
"To make a long story a bit shorter, the folks aboard that flight tried to make his flight a memorable one. One gentleman shouted out, "He does what he does so we can do what we do". Best wishes friend!!" - Johnnie Bubar
Johnnie shows the spirit of the LTG1 grassroots campaign! Let us know what you've done, too, or if you are a soldier, if anyone let you go first!
FEATURED LTG1 HOMECOMING FOR CALIGIRL AT HEART!
Watch the vido of the actual homecoming and read the story at the following link: CapitalNews9 Video
We're getting the "Let Them Go First" campaign and fundraiser up and running. If you'd like to help, you could send a bulletin to your myspace page friends and play "Let Them Go First" on your site once in a while. Your support will help make this happen!
You can read beautiful e-mails and comments from people just like you who support the LTG1 song, campaign and fundraiser by visiting www.letthemgofirst.org
LET THEM GO FIRST SONG NOW AVAILABLE AS A FREE DOWNLOAD! Take as many copies as you'd like - and share with your friends and families to spread the word about Let Them Go First. Thanks!
THANK YOU TROOPS AND FAMILIES FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR SACRIFICES! WE SUPPORT YOU - WE REMEMBER YOU!!
OFFICIAL LTG1 FUNDRAISER BEGINS!!
July 4, 2006, is the official start of the "Let Them Go First" fundraiser for Operation Hero Miles, the designated charity for LTG1 that permits you to donate frequent flier miles to the families of soldiers injured during service in Iraq and Afghanistan. Your unused frequent flier miles are used to fly injured soldiers families to the military hospital where they are being cared for, wherever that might be.
July To donate your frequent flier miles to this noble cause, visit the Fisher House Foundation at HeroMiles .
Why should we let them go first? Read this beautiful blog called "A Hero ... Back Home, by Ollie24 (Superman, below) about his recent flight home from Iraq for R&R. It put's it all into perspective:
You can now purchase the song "Let Them Go First" as a download! $1.00 from each download sold is donated to Fisher House Foundation/Operation Hero Miles.
Let Them Go First is available for sale as a download on the official LTG1 website at www.letthemgofirst.org , or you can
Proceeds donated to Operation Hero Miles from the sale of "Let Them Go First" will be used by Operation Hero Miles to pay for related flight expenses, such as ticket taxes, airport fees and airport security for the families so that the families do not incur any expenses, and a small portion of the funds goes to support Operation Hero Miles. Operation Hero Miles works in conjunction with the major U.S. airlines, and is operated by the Fisher House Foundation.
Thank you for all of your support of the Let Them Go First campaign and fundraiser. If you see soldiers on a plane, let them go first to be with their loved ones, because every minute matters when youre home again! LTG1!
NOTE FROM FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION/OPERATION HERO MILES!
"Fisher House Foundation is delighted to be the beneficiary of this project," said Jim Weiskopf, Foundation Vice President.
"We started the Hero Miles program in early 2004 because we recognized the importance of having loved ones by ones side while recovering from grievous wounds or injury.
"In 2-1/2 years, we have provided nearly 6,000 free airline tickets to Americas heroes its wounded service members and their families.
"The proceeds from the song will help pay the airport security fees and any taxes on the tickets so they can be provided free of charge, and the visibility will let airline passengers know that they can donate frequent flyer miles to the Hero Miles program.
"We are grateful for the support."
Jim
James D. Weiskopf
Vice President, Communications
Fisher House Foundation, Inc.
Rockville, Maryland 20852
(V) (301) 294-8560 or (888) 294-8560
(F) (301) 294-8562
Songwriter and Vocals: Anne Freeman. Guitarist: Arlon Bennett
Why should we Let The Go First? Read a beautiful blog by SSGT Ollie Arivso (Superman24, below) about his flight home from Iraq. Just click onto his photo and then read his blog "A HERO ... Back Home" and it'll all make sense to you then.
Watch this very short video for a few more reasons why we should LTG1!!!
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