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COMFORT ZONE
By Terry Anzur
Our war heroes are hurting. So
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DA HÄGG SEES TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES TAKING
too are their families. Even as the
direct aim at America’s troops.
“We have soldiers and Marines waiting in
economy sags, there are ways for
line to be adopted,” says the military mom
all of us to reach out and help.
who runs Adopt a Platoon from her ranch
near Brownsville, Texas. “We’re fi ghting wars in Iraq and “Our requests for phone cards have climbed dramati-
Afghanistan, and the bottom line is that fewer people are cally,” says Bob Bergquist of Cell Phones for Soldiers.
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stepping forward to help because they think they don’t “Families are struggling just to stay in contact.”
have the money for a box of cookies and postage.” As confl icts in the Middle East drag on, many military
TY IMA
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Requests for help from Adopt a Platoon, which sends families are applying for emergency donations to keep up
cards and care packages to military units overseas, have with basic needs such as rent, mortgages, and utilities.
skyrocketed. Donations to the nonprofi t group, mean- In addition to routine daily expenses, veterans returning
while, have slowed to a trickle, Hägg tells Newsmax. with disabling injuries often need fi nancial assistance
ARMY TIMES-POOL/
From coast to coast, charities that support America’s and expensive modifi cations to make their homes handi-
military men and women face similar concerns in a stag- capped accessible.
nant economy. Charitable giving drops between 3 percent For those looking to help make life easier for the troops
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and 5 percent in years with at least eight months of reces- and their families, the Department of Defense has set up
sion, a recent Philanthropy Journal study found. a Web site (www.americasupportsyou.mil) to screen SOLDIERS
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