Please help a severely wounded serviceman feed his family this Christmas

Please donate now Dear Patriotic American, Please don't miss this LAST CHANCE to show your support for our troops wounded in battle by making a tax-deductible Christmas donation to the Merry Christmas Meals Project, sponsored by the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes. Many of our troops who have been severely wounded in Afghanistan or Iraq have empty refrigerators. And their children have empty stomachs. Your gift can help provide these financially strapped military families with $60 to buy groceries over the Christmas holidays, or even go out to a restaurant for dinner. I'm Major General John K. Singlaub, U.S. Army (Ret.). I've commanded our brave soldiers in three wars, and today I'm proud to be working with the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes, which provides emergency financial aid to our troops who have been severely wounded in Afghanistan or Iraq. So far the Coalition's patriotic donors have responded with emergency financial aid to 18,548 requests from our severely wounded troops and their families. In the process we have provided our disabled heroes with more than $22 million to avoid utility cutoffs, evictions, home foreclosures and other financial crises, as well as to provide them with food, clothes and other support services. You may be unaware of how hard the ongoing recession has hit our wounded troops. Even before the recession, many of the spouses of our wounded troops had quit their jobs to take care of them. But now, with the unemployment rate around 10 percent, many spouses who were able to work have lost their jobs as well. No wonder these military families are having trouble putting food on the table! A gift of $60 can help provide Christmas dinner with all the trimmings for one severely wounded serviceman or woman and his or her family, $120 can help feed two families, $180 can help provide dinner for three families, and so on. And a gift of $15, $25 or $35 can be combined with other donations to feed a family in need. Your gift to the Coalition's Merry Christmas Meals Project could help a serviceman who lost almost all his hearing as a result of an injury suffered while serving in Iraq. Despite not having enough money to buy groceries for his wife and daughters, Joshua W. was too proud to ask for help from anyone. Desperately, his wife called the Coalition hoping for a miracle that would keep their daughters from going hungry. As Joshua told us later: "When my wife told me she had contacted the Coalition I was almost ashamed, but the Coalition was so helpful and understanding that it made it easy." The Coalition rushed emergency aid to Joshua so he could feed his family. "I thank God for each and every one of you," he said. But there are thousands more families like Joshua's who may spend this holiday season praying for a miracle of their own. Someone like DaMon Clemons who contacted the Coalition and said: "My wife just had two surgeries within two months so she is unable to work; we are now behind in rent and utilities and barely have food to eat." That's just not right, and I'm sure you agree. The good news is it's not too late to let a wounded hero like Joshua or DaMon know you respect and honor the painful sacrifice they've made by helping to provide their family with meals during the Christmas Season. Let's face it: Our paralyzed, blinded or brain-damaged servicemen and women won't have the same kind of Christmas you and I will, no matter what. But your continued kindness can help make their Christmas the best it can be, given the circumstances. Please don't miss this LAST CHANCE to send a generous gift to help put food on the table this Christmas Season for those who have made a painful, lifelong sacrifice while protecting your family's freedom. Thanks for your continued support, Major General John K. Singlaub U.S. Army (Ret.) P.S. Thousands of servicemen and women who have been severely wounded in Afghanistan or Iraq may have trouble putting food on the table over the Christmas holidays, and they desperately need your help. Your tax-deductible donation to the Coalition's Merry Christmas Meals Project will be greatly appreciated by a disabled serviceman or woman who used to be able to feed their family, but can't anymore. P.P.S. Here's an easy way to double the power of your gift: After making your donation to help provide Christmas meals for our disabled troops and their families, please forward this email to your friends who also may want to help.