Friday, April 24, 2009

Tweet To ReMIND and Support Our Wounded Warriors

Tweet To ReMIND is a Twitter celebration of support for the United States service men and women created by the Bob Woodruff Foundation, ReMIND.org. Through donating dollars and tweets they aim to demonstrate the power of the social media by raising $1.65 Million dollars by Memorial Day, May 25, 2009. By focusing on the physical and psychological wounds of war, the Bob Woodruff Foundation is ensuring our heroes return home to the assistance they need to successfully integrate back into society.

More often than note, the injuries we can see are coupled with the injuries we cannot. Hidden injuries, by their very nature, routinely go unnoticed. The Bob Woodruff Foundation is bringing these hidden injuries to light, so that they can care for all our wounded—and address all of their wounds.

1.65 million U.S. service members have been deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq since 9/11. More than 35,000 service members have been physically wounded. It is estimated that more than 320,000 have sustained traumatic brain injuries and more than 300,000 have psychological wounds.

Tweet to ReMIND empowers Twitter users to donate dollars and tweets in service of our injured service members, veterans and their families so they received the local support and resources they deserve as they heal and reintegrate into their communities.

How do I participate?


1. TWEET YOUR SUPPORT:
Share how can we help the 1.65 million service men and women returning from duty with all your Twitter followers. How can we serve the people that served us? Be sure to include the #tweettoremind hashtag and a link to http://bit.ly/remind

2. GIVE:
Make a donation in honor and in service of our courageous men and women returning home. Please consider donating $1 and 4 tweets or whatever you wish.

3. SPREAD YOUR SUPPORT:
Follow @remind_org to fill your Twitter stream with support, then retweet!

4. STAY TUNED:
Vist ReMIND.org to learn more about what Bob and Lee Woodruff are doing to help war veterans.

See what other people are grateful for across twitter in the live search of #tweettoremind!

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If you've been searching for a way to
support our troops easily, now you can. Participate in one of our many projects or register with eMOM and sign up to correspond with service members one-on-one.

Connect with eMail Our Military (eMOM) on twitter at: @MailOurMilitary or follow the blog feed at: @eMOMs. If you're reading this via email or in your feed reader, stop by and add your comments.

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1 comment:

Florian said...

Happy to re-tweet. Another way, I'm supporting our troops...now through Memorial Day, 100% of proceeds from my book, Yoga in America support our next trip for wounded warriors to Florian Villa http://www.yogainamericaonline.com Thank you Soldiers and Marines for your service and sacrifice.