Instead of buying a Count Me Red bracelet to counter the moonbats selling the Count Me Blue bracelets, buy a bracelet that stands for something truly meaningful, and—more importantly—supports a truly worthy cause.
An Austin-based ad agency is selling Hero braceltes engraved with the names of fallen US Soldiers. Proceeds of the sales go to the Fallen Heros Fund:
The Fund provides unrestricted grants to the families of military personnel who have given their lives in the current operations in defense of our country. The gifts, $10,000 to each dependent family and an additional $5,000 per child, are intended to help these families through any immediate or long-term financial difficulties they may face. This gift is made quietly and without fanfare, to protect the privacy of the families. Our goal is to support them in their time of need, and to ensure that they know that our nation appreciates the sacrifice they have made for us.
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Hear, hear!
While I got riled up about the red and blue bracelets…I couldn’t agree more with putting the politics aside and doing something positive for our fallen military members.
I highly encourage you to purchase one of these bracelets for yourself…and maybe some more for your friends and family. Can you honestly argue with the good that the money will do…based on the sacrifice of the man or woman that has his/her name engraved on the bracelet?
See you on the high ground…you’d better have your bracelet. That’s an order!
MajorDad1984
I want to thank you for supporting us with the HeroBracelet project. In the two short months that the Web site has been up, we’ve raised almost $40,000 for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.
The money we’ve raised is great, but to me the most powerful thing we’ve done is show our troops currently deployed in the Middle East that we are honoring thier hard work, and honoring those that have lost their lives. We’ve had hundreds of email from troops thanking us for putting this project together. We’ve even had quite a few people donate to buy bracelets for these guys. We’ve been able to send bracelets for a whole Marine unit that lost a man, as well as an Army unit that lost 6 men. All paid for by total strangers.
We’ve had a lot of response from families that have lost loved ones and we’ve been able to provide them with bracelets too, paid for by total strangers.
Overall, the project has been a very humbling experience for everyone involved. For me personally, it has been the most powerful thing I have ever done. The thousands of email and letters have proven to me that we are a country of good souls, wanting to reach out and help people we have never met. The letters we’ve received would change the mind of the toughest cynic.
So thank you all for your overwhelming support. We will keep making bracelets and hope to send a lot of money to the families that have lost the most.
Thank you,
Chris
HeroBracelets.org
Chris,
I just got my three bracelets in the mail today. Thank you and all of your staff and volunteers for what you are doing for our fallen soldiers.
I’ve had nothing but problems trying to order hero bracelets. I placed my order a month ago and have sent multiple e-mails to the company to try to find out what’s going on. The first response I received said they should arrive in 3 weeks maximum. Then a week ago, I contacted them again and got a response stating that I should have received my order by now and they’re looking into it. Now, a week later, I finally just gave up and told them to cancel the order and refund my money. I understand that they are very busy but their customer service has been so poor and impersonal that I am loathe to deal with them again or to recommend anyone else to order from them.
Betty,
I’m sorry to hear that you have had a bad experience with Hero Bracelets. I live just a few miles from their shop here i Austin, and it still took nearly a month before I received my order.
If you would like, I would be happy to mail you a bracelet (I ordered three, but alas, I have but two wrists). If you’d like one, send me an email with a mailing address to:
robbiecooperATgmailDOTcom
And I’ll mail it to you right away.
I have had problems with the Hero Bracelet. I placed an order in Jan. of this year and as of this date, April 6th, I have not received the bracelet. What is up????? I have an order receipt #2399
Betty and Judith:
Some good news concerning your bracelets—I contacted Chris Greta, the Director of HeroBracelets.org, and informed him of your comments.
He responded with the following email:
Contact Chris and I’m positive that he’ll resolve your problems quickly.
I would like to see the bracelets of how they look cause i WOULD LIKE TO BUY TWO OF THEM FOR ME AND MY WIFE CAUSE WE LOST OUR SON IN AFG LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME OF THE YEARSO WILL YOU PLEASE GET HOLD OF US AT 801-8405196WERE FROM SALT LAKE CITY UTAH