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November 14, 2006Blogging competition raises $186,000 for military charity
By Karen Jowers
Staff writer
More laptops than expected will be going to wounded troops, thanks to the efforts of Internet bloggers who raised more than $186,000 in a friendly but fierce Veterans Day competition that began Oct. 30.
Each of four teams of military and civilian bloggers had a goal of raising $45,000. The “Marine” team racked up more than $51,000, while the “Navy” and “Army” teams each raised more than $47,000. The “Air Force” team pulled in $40,000.
Combined, these totals topped the overall goal of $180,000 for the charity Soldiers’ Angels Valour-IT project, which buys laptops for wounded troops.
The total far surpassed a similar effort last year, which raised $100,000.
Valour-IT’s mission is to provide laptops to severely wounded troops to help them correspond with family and friends, furthering their ability to function as independent and effective members of society.
The Department of Veterans Affairs provides voice-activated software to veterans; groups such as Valour-IT have been donating laptops to troops to run the software.
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