FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Operation Helmet Outreach Group Talks to
South Carolinians
Volunteers from Operation Helmet will be providing information
about free helmet upgrade kits for our troops at local exposition.
Greenville, SC (PRWEB) Sep 1, 2006 -- Volunteers from Operation
Helmet's Upstate South Carolina Chapter (Anderson,Greenville &
Spartanburg Counties) will staff an outreach booth at the South
Carolina Arms Collector's Association Gun & Knife Show.
Dr John Cobin, Michael Carmany, Jenni Messel, Lee Ott and Doug
Taylor will talk to attendees about the need to provide these life
saving helmet upgrade kits to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The volunteers will be at the Palmetto Expo Center in Greenville
S.C. on September 9 and 10 from 9am to 5pm.
“We get e-mails every day from young troopers with families who
can’t afford to buy their own helmet kits,” says Robert Meaders,
M.D., who founded Operation Helmet after his Marine grandson
requested upgrade kits to make his company’s helmets safer in Iraq.
We need ongoing donations right now from the American people to keep
this effort alive!
About Operation Helmet
Operation Helmet is a nonpartisan, 501(c)3 charitable grassroots
effort that provides helmet upgrade kits free of charge to U.S.
troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Operation Helmet depends on
tax-deductible donations and is a team member of
AmericaSupportsYou.mil. For $70-$100, depending on the manufacturer,
added safety and comfort can be provided for a trooper. But
donations of any amount are welcome. The donation can be designated
for a specific branch of the military, a particular unit or an
individual trooper. 99% of donations go toward helmet kits. There
are no salaries or payroll costs deducted and the Operation’s books
are available for inspection at the home office. To date, Operation
Helmet has sent upgrade kits to over 24,000 troops.
Contacts:
Doug Taylor
2 Durham Dr
Williamston, SC 29697
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864-847-9820
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