Soldiers' Angels Volunteers Raise Money for Support Projects

PASADENA, Calif., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Across the country this weekend, Americans are uniting in support of the troops through the First Annual Soldiers' Angels Sale-abration. In metropolitan areas, small towns and on military bases, from Alaska to Florida and Southern California to Vermont, patriots are raising money for troop support activities through community-based yard sales. Angel volunteers organizing each Sale will be donating a percentage of their profits to Soldiers' Angels, helping to support deployed or wounded soldiers.

The grassroots Sales are sponsored by military support nonprofit Soldiers' Angels, whose motto is "May No Soldier Go Unloved." An award-winning organization with nearly 200,000 hands-on volunteers around the world, Soldiers' Angels assists active duty, wounded, veterans, military families through over 30 separate teams and projects.

Angels participating in Sale-abration are working on two missions: raising money for the Soldiers' Angels Holidays for Heroes and Project Valour-IT, and introducing their neighbors to the variety of hands-on ways they can demonstrate their support for America's military men and women. At each Sale, customers will find blankets and 300 holiday cards on which to write greetings for the troops, and Soldiers' Angels bracelets will go to the first 25 customers at each site.

Sale-abration coordinator Greta Perry has been amazed by the response Soldiers' Angels has received to this first-time event. "We figured 10 would be a good goal for the first year. To have 80 is just fantastic. Our volunteers really want to bring attention to Soldiers' Angels in their community, to draw others into actively supporting the troops. So many people are looking for ways to support our heroes, and this is a great opportunity to learn how by connecting with people who are already doing it."

For more information, including a list of Sale-abration locations, see www.soldiersangels.org.

Established in 2003, Soldiers' Angels is a nationwide volunteer-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing aid and comfort to the men and women of the United States Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard, as well as veterans and military families. For more information, see www.soldiersangels.org or call 615-676-0239. Tax ID# 20-0583415, CFC#25131.

SOURCE Soldiers' Angels

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