SPC Gerardo Llamas Receiving Blankets

Last week our generous Spirit of America donors responded to a request from SPC Gerardo Llamas, who needed blankets for the children in Afghanistan near his base of operations. The supplies are flowing in. Catch his letter here, courtesy of our friend Ms. Phyllis Zimbler Miller at her blog: MRS. LIEUTENANT: A SHARON GOLD NOVEL.

Phyllis also directed me to the website of an interesting guy, Andrew Lubin. You can learn more about him at http://www.andrewlubin.com/, but he's a writer and news commentator with some interesting insights and comments. On his blog, The Military Observer, you'll find an interesting post that is an open letter to President Obama regarding the war in Afghanistan.

Today is Saturday at Spirit of America, and I received a special email from Marine Major Meredith Brown, Women's Affairs Advisor serving in Iraq. I met Major Brown indirectly through this article that appeared in the LA times on January 2, 2009. Mr. Tony Perry, the article's author, put me in touch with Major Brown and today I heard back from her. She delcared her interest in moving forward with a Spirit of America effort to fund more cows for Iraqi widows. I'm very excited about this project and I'm positive that our donor constituency will come through in a big way. Stay tuned for more information on this project.

Dennis