Project Promise Update

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. .- ProjectPromiseSoldier.com is in the final days of its first virtual fundraiser to help homeless and wounded veterans through the Soldiers' Angels/Valour IT project. The virtual fundraiser allows people to contribute with ease without needing to leave their home. "This fundraiser is more than just money; it is about thanking the men and women who serve every day to protect our freedoms." Christine Hunsinger, Project Manager for Project Promise Soldier.

Project Promise partnered with Rhode Island Company, Premier Legend, to design and produce Project Promise pins and medals to reward those who make donations. The design is based on a photo taken by AP photographer Laura Rauch.

"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," Hunsinger said. "Whether it is 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 about how her mother took her and her siblings to the Veterans' Day parade every year to teach her the importance of saying thank you."