Support our Troops

Memorial Day Weekend is a time to honor all the brave men and women throughout our history who have served in our armed forces, especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice to safeguard our freedom.

Each of us has a responsibility to act, a duty to our troops and to each other. Support the troops.

Get local, get active. Walk the streets of your neighborhood. Get everyone you know to sign a petition to your local government body—for instance, your town or city council or neighborhood association—to pass a resolution requesting that Congress use its funding authority to support our troops and end the Iraq war. Bring the petition to the next meeting.

Send our troops a care package. Go shopping with your kids, your friends, your neighbors, and buy a whole bunch of stuff that would make a soldier happy to receive (check for restrictions). Then go through a site like Anysoldier.com, OpGratitude.com, or TroopCarePackage.com to send your package to a soldier in Iraq.

Give2TheTroops, Inc. •NC Branch
Barbara Whitehead, NC Branch Director
3109 Landmark St.
Greenville, NC 27834
E-mail: Barbara@Give2thetroops.org
Tel. 252.321.8227

NORTH CAROLINA Volunteer Center Hours:

Mondays 2:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Thursdays 2:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Saturdays 9:00 am - 12:00 am

Donate a phone card. Donate a calling card to help keep service members in touch with their families at http://www.operationuplink.org/

Say thank you. Send a thank-you note to our troops through organizations like Let's Say Thanks, A Million Thanks, or Operation Care Packages.

Help an injured vet. Before Memorial Day Weekend gets underway, contact your local VA Hospital and learn how you can volunteer.

Greenville Clinic
	800 Moye Blvd Greenville, NC 27858

Durham VA Medical Center

508 Fulton Street
Durham, NC 27705

Greenville Vet Center
	150 Arlington Blvd. Suite B Greenville, NC 27858

Make your voice heard in Washington. Call President Bush at (202) 456-1111 or email him at comments@whitehouse.gov. Call your Representative and U.S. Senator and ask them to use their funding power to support our troops and end the war.