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Connecting families with troops live via the Internet

Connecting families with troops live via the Internet. Showing the troops that “America Cares”. Our purpose: Facilitate live communication between Americans and loved ones serving in harms way abroad. This provides a means for Americans to show we care about our troops.

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Connecting families with troops live via the Internet

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  1. Connecting families with troops live via the Internet Showing the troops that “America Cares”

  2. Our purpose:Facilitate live communication between Americans and loved ones serving in harms way abroad. This provides a means for Americans to show we care about our troops. We ran many of the videoconferencing events with the troops and families you read about in the press recently. http://www.OperationAmericaCares.org Who is America Cares?

  3. InfraSupport builds and manages computer networks. We are proud to provide the IT expertise required to make videoconference meetings happen. Our extremely unglamorous firewall system forms the base for all the excitement. Think of InfraSupport as the plumbing company, building the pipes to feed data to the faucets. http://www.InfraSupportEtc.com Who isInfraSupport? InfraSupport CORPORATION

  4. We bring families and loved ones serving our country overseas together

  5. We have an opportunity to build one or more videoconference sites in Iraq. You have an opportunity to support our troops in a tangible way. It costs roughly $84,000 per year per site in Iraq for equipment and bandwidth. With your help, we can make face to face family meetings almost as common as phone calls. And we need your help

  6. Here are a few highlights of what we’ve done so far…

  7. At the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce on Memorial Day 2005

  8. …with the St. Paul Chamber’s own Larry “High-Tech” Dowell

  9. St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly

  10. Tony Oliva

  11. And families

  12. The press was keenly interested that day

  13. So were the politicians (hi Mike!)

  14. Twins vs. Tampa Bay July 3, 2005

  15. Touch ‘em all, John Gordon!

  16. Happy Birthday, son, from Iraq!

  17. Thank you, Minnesota Twins . . .

  18. . . . For the suite

  19. We made people around the world happy that day.

  20. Independence Day with theSaint Paul Saints

  21. A great day for baseball at Midway Stadium

  22. And in Iraq

  23. Pitching Coach Randy “Mayor” Kelly offers some pointers for that first pitch

  24. A bit of network improvisation . . .

  25. So LCpl. Kiehl could talk to his expecting wife

  26. Karen Lungstrom sings the National Anthem

  27. And let’s play ball!

  28. L. Cpl. Kiehl’s son was born on Labor Day, 2005. He was in the delivery room.

  29. Mom, Dad, and family are all doing fine.

  30. Minnesota Vikings Sept. 11

  31. Bringing more families together

  32. Marines in Iraq on the scoreboard at Halftime

  33. Thanks for the suite, Minnesota Vikings!

  34. The Cheerleaders were great too!

  35. Minnesota Gophers Sept. 17

  36. Kickoff

  37. Cheerleaders supporting our troops

  38. Thanks, Coach!

  39. We look forward to when our people come home

  40. But until that time . . .

  41. We have the technology . . .

  42. . . . To stay in touch

  43. And with your help, we can do more.

  44. Thank you for your support

  45. From all of us

  46. Operation America Cares appreciates your tax deductible donations. And America Cares’ sponsors and partners appreciate your business. One last commercial…

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