11 November 2011

Veteran's Day Valour-IT Fundraising Auction


The eBay auction with items donated to Soldiers' Angels in support of Project Valour-IT is now LIVE! There are 23 items up for bid, with auctions ending anywhere between early Sunday morning and mid-day Monday.  Auction items include handcrafted jewelry, a handmade camo-print purse, and consumer electronics. Today, Veteran's Day, 100 laptops will be awarded to warriors recovering at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. Thank you for supporting our wounded warriors!

About Soldiers' Angels Valour-IT
Project Valour-IT provides technology to service members recovering from serious injuries. Technology supplied includes:
- Voice-controlled and other adaptive Laptops allow wounded service members to maintain connections with the rest of the world during recovery.
- Wii Video Game Systems which are used as part of physical therapy program, and
- Personal GPS, to build self-confidence and independence by compensating for short-term memory loss and organizational challenges related to severe TBI and severe PTSD.

To date, Soldiers' Angels Project Valour-IT has supplied over 6,000 severely wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines with adaptive laptops and other devices to aid their recovery and reintegration.

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