Be a Secret Santa for a Wounded Service Member's Child

Dear Patriotic American,

My name is Major General John K. Singlaub, U.S. Army (Ret.).

I parachuted into Nazi-occupied France during WWII to prepare French Resistance fighters for the Allied invasion, trained Chinese guerrillas for operations against the Japanese, ran covert operations against the North Koreans and the Chinese, and commanded all U.S. Special Operations Forces in Southeast Asia.
  
Now I’m working with the Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes, an excellent nonprofit organization that provides emergency aid to our troops who have been severely wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan.

As the Christmas Season approaches, many of our seriously injured troops with small children desperately need your help.

Perhaps you've seen news media reports about the problems at the VA. Because of the sluggish government bureaucracy, and as reported by the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, our wounded troops are now waiting one year, on average, for their first disability check to arrive after leaving the hospital and being discharged from the service.

Compounding the problem is that many of the spouses of our wounded troops have quit their jobs to take care of them. Others have cut back to part-time hours to become caregivers. But now, with the national unemployment rate over 9 percent, many spouses who are able to work have lost their jobs as well. With rent, mortgage, food and utility bills staring them in the face it becomes extremely difficult to put presents under the tree on Christmas morning.

As Christmas approaches their No. 1 job will probably be finding a way to get caught up on rent or utility bills – and buying Christmas gifts for their children could be entirely out of the question.

That’s why the Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes created the Secret Santa Project, which surprises wounded troops with gift cards to help provide presents from Santa.

So please make a special, tax-deductible donation right now, because our goal is to send more gift cards this Christmas season.

You can also send a Christmas THANK YOU and GET WELL card to show your patriotic support to a disabled serviceman or woman and let them know their sacrifice hasn’t been forgotten.

Please give generously.

They were there for us and now it’s out turn to be there for them.

Major General John K. Singlaub

U.S. Army (Ret.).