Support Our Injured Troops, Without Spending a Penny – and Double Your Donation During Memorial Day Weekend
May 24, 2007 by Lillie
Operation Hero Miles provides an opportunity for ordinary citizens to support our troops by donating their unused frequent flyer miles. Ten airlines participate in the program, and the frequent flyer miles go to the Fisher House Foundation. The Foundation then gives free airline tickets to injured soldiers to go home on leave from their medical treatment and to family members to visit their injured loved ones.
If you donate your frequent flyer miles between 6 AM Friday, May 25th and 11:59 PM Monday, May 28th, the participating airlines will match your donation mile-for-mile. Read the details of the Memorial Day 2007 Promotion, and if you have frequent flyer miles – a few hundreds or tens of thousand – consider donating them to benefit injured soldiers and their families.
[tags]Operation Hero Miles, support our troops, Fisher House, Memorial Day[/tags]
What a great plan this is, Lillie. Until recently, I had no idea that military families were left shouldering the burden of flying to their loved ones. I am glad that ten airlines are helping to lift the burden through the generosity of those able to give.
Matt,
I’ve learned a lot about what our military and their families go through from my friend, Fr. Jerry, who was our parish priest when he felt called to service as a chaplain. He has a blog that shares some of the things the soldiers and their families go through – and how faith helps. He’s recently returned from Iraq. I’m editing an book by one of the founders of Adopt-a-Chaplain, an organization that provides spiritual support for chaplains as well as providing treats for the troops that the chaplains request and distribute. I’m also editing a book about the spiritual journey of a woman who had a spiritual reawakening after she was widowed and later married a chaplain. He’s also getting involved the the book. And I’ve done a little editing for a college professor who is in the reserves and is currently deployed to Afghanistan. So through these people, I’ve gained a better understanding of the sacrifices our military families make.