Worth spreading the word on Veterans Day!
Gamepolitics highlights a new nonprofit called Fun For Our Troops, created by military wives, that passes video games on to US troops. The group was recently profiled in the Bucks County Courier Times. They're looking for money, gift cards, and donations of game devices from 2005 or newer.
From the group's website:
Our founder, Stefanie Shea, recently married SGT Michael Shea who became stop-lossed and is now serving his second tour in Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division. Despite his contract expiring mere weeks after he was scheduled to deploy, SGT Shea was sent overseas to serve the entire fifteen-month deployment. He, like many others, will miss two Halloweens, two Thanksgivings, and two Christmases, and two New Years. Stefanie wanted to do something special for her husband and the other service men and women serving overseas. After speaking with her husband, Stefanie learned that what the service men and women truly need is fun, relaxation, and an overall way to decompress. Luckily, the high-tech game systems of the 21st century can do just that! Stefanie embarked on a grassroots campaign to send these systems overseas to deserving troops. Stefanie asked Dana Brady, to lend her expertise to the cause. Dana partnered with Stefanie to establish "Fun for Our Troops," a non-profit organization (501c3 status pending). Dana has a special connection to our troops, as her husband, Jason M. Brady served in the First Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment and still has many friends in the military.
Link: GamePolitics.com » Blog Archive » Military Wives Form Non-Profit to Equip Troops with Video Games.
This is a good idea, I play halo 3 with a couple buddies in military now when they have time.
Posted by: anthony | July 05, 2008 at 10:00 PM