Veterans’ Day is next Tuesday and I am writing to ask your help to mark this occasion in a new way. Every day, those that serve in our armed forces sacrifice to keep us safe and to protect our freedoms. Throughout the year, many of us honor them in small, simple and private ways; Veterans’ Day is a day where we can and should do more.
Project Promise is a non-profit organization dedicated to help returning warriors and their families. Often times, physical or psychological wounds can make transitioning home difficult and sometimes being away for so long, puts a serious financial burden on families that takes time to overcome. Project Promise can help.
One of the inspirations behind forming Project Promise was how we fell in love with the stories told by different people about what soldiers, veterans and Veterans’ Day meant to them and people’s desire to say thank you to those who serve in our armed forces.
Whether it was the man who speaks with awe about his father’s service in World War II, or people who talk about the pain they still feel about the treatment soldiers returning from Vietnam received, or the little girl who told us how her mother took her and her siblings to the Veterans’ Day parade every year to teach her the importance of saying ‘thank you’. The stories span generations and location and are unique in every way except one: they all speak of the need to say thank you and keep an unspoken promise to those that fight to protect us. That unspoken promise factored strongly into our mission.
Everything we do, involves these stories.
We’d like you to share your story. Whether you are or have been serving in the military, know someone who has, or simply wish to say thank you; we’d like you to tell us your story. It doesn’t need to be fancy. It can be long or short. It can be your story or one you’ve heard. Even forward your favorite youtube clip that honors our fighting heroes.
Email your story to chunsinger@projectpromisesoldier.com or call 401-368-9875 for more details. Tell your friends and family to do the same. All of this will help Project Promise to hold their first fundraising event, beginning November 7th and running through November 12th and you don’t have to leave home to participate. The kick-off event will be a virtual gathering on the website projectpromisesoldier.com where visitors can read essays, watch videos and offer their own comments on what Veteran’s Day means to them. The site is set up to take donations.
If you make a donation of $15.00 or more, you will receive a Project Promise pin or medal. Check out the website for more details.
