connecting families with troops live via the internet showing the troops that “america cares”
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Connecting families with troops live via the Internet
Showing the troops that Showing the troops that “America Cares”“America Cares”
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Who is 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.
• We ran many of the videoconferencing events with the troops and families you read about in the press recently.
• http://www.OperationAmericaCares.org
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Who is InfraSupport?• 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
InfraSupportCORPORATION
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We bring families and loved ones serving our country overseas together
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And we need your help
• 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.
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Here are a few highlights of what we’ve done so far…
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At the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce on Memorial Day 2005
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…with the St. Paul Chamber’s own Larry “High-Tech” Dowell
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St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly
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Tony Oliva
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And families
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The press was keenly interested that day
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So were the politicians (hi Mike!)
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Twins vs. Tampa Bay July 3, 2005
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Touch ‘em all, John Gordon!
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Happy Birthday, son, from Iraq!
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Thank you, Minnesota Twins . . .
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. . . For the suite
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We made people around the world happy that day.
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Independence Day with theSaint Paul Saints
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A great day for baseball at Midway Stadium
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And in Iraq
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Pitching Coach Randy “Mayor” Kelly offers some pointers for that first pitch
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A bit of network improvisation . . .
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So LCpl. Kiehl could talk to his expecting wife
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Karen Lungstrom sings the National Anthem
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And let’s play ball!
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L. Cpl. Kiehl’s son was born on Labor Day, 2005. He was in the delivery room.
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Mom, Dad, and family are all doing fine.
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Minnesota Vikings Sept. 11
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Bringing more families together
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Marines in Iraq on the scoreboard at Halftime
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Thanks for the suite, Minnesota Vikings!
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The Cheerleaders were great too!
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Minnesota Gophers Sept. 17
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Kickoff
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Cheerleaders supporting our troops
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Thanks, Coach!
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We look forward to when our people come
home
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But until that time . . .
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We have the technology . . .
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. . . To stay in touch
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And with your help, we can do more.
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Thank you for your support
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From all of us
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One last commercial…
• Operation America Cares appreciates your tax deductible donations.
• And America Cares’ sponsors and partners appreciate your business.