Home Feedback Contents Search

GrassRoot Troop Support

 

 

News
Products
Services

 

Welcome to the Home page for GrassRoot Troop Support.   This organization was formed as a means for the general public to show real and meaningful support for our troops overseas.  While car decals make us feel good, they do little to help the men and women of our armed forces who are in harms way.  Donations to this organization will have a positive and DIRECT impact on our soldiers.

Our current mission is to provide our ground troops with safety glasses. We learned recently, that for many of our soldiers these are not standard issue.  we are asking for contributions that will be used to purchase glasses and have them shipped directly to the troops in the field.

Click on the Product Link on the left to see the types of glasses we will be shipping


Why? - A Mom's letter

Because – a  yellow ribbon stating “We Support our Troops”  is not enough.

 As a mother of a young soldier who is in Iraq – I am praying he comes home in one piece.  Regardless of my feelings toward the war –love for my son and his soldier compatriots is driving my campaign.

 I am raising enough money to send  EVERY soldier in the (   ) battalion – PROTECTIVE EYE ARMOR  According to doctors and ophthalmologist serving in Combat Support Hospitals in Iraq, approximately 10% of all American troops they treat for battle-related wounds have some form of eye damage, almost always associated with other blast injuries.   A senior military ophthalmologist says U.S. troops sustaining combat-related eye damage in Iraq may be higher than in any other previous conflict.

 According to a recent report in the New England Journal of Medicine on battlefield wounds in Iraq and Afghanistan, surgeons looking into “a dismayingly high incidence of blinding injuries” found that many soldiers weren’t wearing eye protection that had been given to them.  The reason:  The goggles were just too ugly.     I am seeking to purchase 2,000 pairs of protective ‘cool-looking glasses’ which has already gained acceptance by some military groups.

 The eye armor I am seeking your help to purchase, is currently issued to U.S. Special Forces, such as the Army Rangers, Navy SEALS, and other ELITE military units.

My goal is one Army battalion – but hopefully, my initiative will encourage Moms to join this crusade and help equip their son/daughter’s fighting unit with eye armor.   With your help – we can make a difference.

Colleen Spaner - June 2005

 


Contact Information

Please do not hesitate to contact us with questions, suggestions, or to offer assistance.

Telephone
555-0199
FAX
555-0199
Postal address
St Petersburg, FL
Electronic mail
General Information: ray.rannala@theoffice.net
Sales:
Customer Support:
Webmaster: ray.rannala@theoffice.net

 

Send mail to ray.rannala@theoffice.net with questions or comments about this web site.
Copyright © 2005 Grassroot Troop Support