Veterans giving call cards to soldiers.Byline: Matt Cooper Matt Cooper may refer to:
Area veterans are shrinking the distance between Iraq and Oregon down to the size of a phone call. The Oregon Paralyzed Veterans of America The Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) is a congressionally-chartered veterans' service organization in the United States of America, founded in 1946. It describes itself as having "developed a unique expertise on a wide variety of issues involving the special needs of our members are buying phone cards for the Oregon National Guard, recognizing the hardships faced by these soldiers who leave civilian lives to serve overseas, said Kevin O'Reilly Kevin O'Reilly is Hurling player for Dublin Senior Team and Lucan Sarsfields. Kevin was named on the 2007 3rd Level All-Star XV for DIT due to his performance in the Fitzgibbon Cup.[1] O'Reilly was named on the Dublin Blue Stars team for 2006 as a substitute. , advocacy director with the veterans' state chapter. The veterans will present 140 phone cards in Corvallis today to staff of Bravo Company, a Corvallis company of the 2nd Battalion 162nd Infantry, which has its headquarters in Eugene. That's enough for the entire company, O'Reilly said. The veterans also hope to raise $24,000 to buy more phone cards for Oregon guardsmen and reservists in Iraq and Afghanistan. There are 750 Oregon National Guard soldiers serving in Afghanistan and Iraq and, between Thanksgiving and the end of January, 900 more will be shipped to Iraq in support of "Operation: Iraqi Freedom," said Kay Fristad of the Oregon Military Department The Oregon Military Department is an agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon, which oversees the armed forces of the state of Oregon. Under the authority and direction of the governor as commander-in-chief, the agency is responsible for planning, establishing, and . War is hard on all soldiers, O'Reilly said, but the burden is especially difficult for the citizen-soldiers who, unlike their active-duty counterparts, leave jobs to fight. "There's more stress on their families, they're giving up an already established civil life," O'Reilly said. "They're taking cuts in pay and in some cases in medical benefits, and with these cuts, they're leaving their families behind." The veterans also plan to buy phone cards for Oregonians in the Idaho National Guard The Idaho National Guard consists of the:
• • [ and, if there is money left over, for active-duty personnel. Soldiers who call home "are either calling collect or throwing quarters into a machine or using a credit card or something," O'Reilly said. "It gets pricey Pricey Term used for an unrealistically low bid price or unrealistically high offer price. pricey Of, relating to, or being an unrealistically high offer. An offer to sell a security at $50 when the current market price is $47 is pricey. . The ultimate goal is to give them at least an hour's worth of talk time, so they can call home every couple of months and say, `Hi, baby, I love you, how's the kid?' ' HOW TO HELP Checks may be sent to Oregon Paralyzed Veterans of America, 3700 Silverton Road N.E., Salem, OR 97305. On the envelope, include the letters "TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. " - troops need to talk. For more information, call (800) 333-0782. |
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