Swooping in for a quick “TOUCH AND GO” are tonight’s radio program guests MRS. GREYHAWK of MUDVILLE GAZETTE and
– BETH (Fuzzybear Lioness), who reminds us:

It’s that time again.

What time?

Time for ruthless competition, endless inter-service snarkage, and constant meter-watching. Oh, and we raise some money for a good cause, too!

It’s the 2007 Valour-IT Veterans Day Fundraising Competition, the yearly slugfest in which milbloggers and friends compete to see who can get to the fundraising goal first. Last year our merry band raised over $230,000 dollars. This year, need among the wounded hasn’t changed, with as many as 100 laptops going out each month. But every year, the amazing bloggers who participated have exceeded Valour-IT’s wildest hopes. Let’s do it again!

Here’s the who, what, where, when, why and how of the competition:

Who: Bloggers of any and all stripes who support the U.S. Military
What: Raising $240,000 ($60,000/team) for Project Valour-IT, the non-profit Soldiers’ Angels program that helps supply voice-controlled and other adapted laptops to severely-wounded troops.
Where: Starting on the blogs, then spreading through your community and into major media
When: Monday, 29 October through Saturday, 11 November (Veterans Day)
Why: Because reconnecting the wounded with the world is a vital part of their recovery
How: Signing up for your favorite military branch, blogging, auctioning, emailing, and spreading the news

For more info, see the important competition websites listed below.

Team Leaders: Blackfive - Army, Chaotic Synaptic Activity - Navy/Coast Guard, Mudville Gazette - Air Force, SA Holly Aho - Marine Corps

Official Website: history and background on Valour-IT, official donation info
Bulletin Board: general competition info, tech help, team planning, announcements, etc.
Auction Site: donated items for sale
Project Blog: background, interesting links, daily donation tracking, public relations

Let’s make this happen! There are wounded men and women out there who need us, and to whom we owe so much.

It’s a quick two-week whirlwind campaign and tonight these amazing Project Valour IT “pilots” will tell you how you can help us reach the stratosphere. Zoom with us!

Added bonus! Mrs. Greyhawk recently met with the President at the White House with other military bloggers. We’ll get her impressions of the President and the meeting tonight.

Click the above button at 9 to hear us live. (Hit it before then and you’ll hear last night’s archived show with guest co-host David Marron and our guest Paul Kengor and his interesting insight into Ronald Reagan and his closest advisor Judge William Clark, and the latest about Iraqi donations to victims of California’s wildfires with Richard S. Lowry.) We get underway at 9 p.m. ET — and in case you miss it, ALL my shows are archived for your convenience.

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Others posting about tonight’s show:
THIRDWAVEDAVE
Arrgh! The Home of Two Jonahs
Mudville Gazette

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