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   We are non-profit organization with a goal to provide laptop computers WITH WEBCAMS for the wounded military personnel in hospitals, so they can have access to family and friends when they cannot be there with them.  Unlike the other organizations that do similar work, our laptops will stay at the participating hospitals so they can continue to be used by the next wounded soldiers in those hospitals.

Background:

   Imagine your day starting like this. You're going about your morning routine chores and breakfast when a big shiny government Yukon pulls up in front of your house. Or the phone rings and it is an officer from the military. You have a loved one at war. Your heart simply comes to a halt. Your breathing stops. You are frozen where you stand. You know it is bad news, but how bad? OK, you got 'lucky". Your warrior is seriously injured and on their way to Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany after stabilization and any emergent surgery before hopefully being transported to a facility in the USA; probably Walter Reed in Washington DC or Brooks Army Medical Center in Texas. Your life has just been turned upside down. You are terrified because nothing is more frightening than the unknown. You HAVE to find a way to see your beloved son, daughter, husband, wife, father, mother, brother or sister. But the closest they might get to your home is MAYBE 1500 miles away - if you are lucky. You may have minimal savings, if any, living paycheck to paycheck, like most Americans these days. Worse, you have none - or not much - paid time off available. And the mortgage is due next week. 

   Your helplessness mounts by the second. What can you do to see your child when he or she arrives in the USA even for a couple of days? The government does pay for the wife to be there. And how are you EVER going to be able to leave him behind when you must return to your own jobs and bills? How will you pay the mortgage if you have to suddenly use that money for one or two plane tickets at FULL price (war injuries do not give you a two week notice to get more affordable rates). You will find a way - somehow - but then your fears mount with not knowing how your warrior will do, mounting financial hardships, fears of how you will manage your own emotional stability - and theirs - when you have to leave your son or daughter, brother or sister behind to go home? Very fortunately, we now have technology available to us, such as internet and instant messaging with webcams and microphones. Our beloved troops are AMAZINGLY courageous and hearing them tell you over the phone they are fine and not to worry, your just not sure if they are being straight up with you. They've learned to be very stoic. But being able to SEE your soldier by webcam can really help the whole family spend true quality time together face to face, if you can't be skin-to-skin. In many facilities these amenities are not necessarily as available as you might think. Seeing their faces while they are talking to you can provide the chance for the soldier and family to feel more involved, comfortable, and allow life to continue as normally as possible considering the circumstances. Think about it - that ability could actually provide the chance for a soldier to see face-to-face their own newborn baby if it is too close to the birth for the mother to fly, or too soon after.

   Laptops for the Wounded is a non-profit organization developed by one woman in Cody, Wyoming to help make this possible through donations. Laura Brown was blessed to have her own son return from Iraq following the first year of the war and this provides her with a measure by which she can help those not so fortunate. But it takes a lot of dedication and assistance with this work. Please close your eyes and really try to put yourself in that scenario. Please then contact Laura for more information.

Here is video of a soldier that we interviewed. It take some time to download depending on your bandwidth:

An Amazing Story of a Soldier's Survival - Brooke's Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas - June 2007

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   The Tri-for-the-Troops has been run

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   Thanks for all the help everyone and a special thanks to Brad,  Brian and Lucos Hamilton brothers for your help. It is greatly appreciated. You guys did great!!!  Walter Reed will be getting a new laptop thanks to you guys!

Please donate by contacting Laura Brown:
E-Mail: Laura Brown
Checks made out to: Laptops for the Wounded
Address: 1526 19th St., Cody, WY, 82414

Telephone/Voice Mail: 307-587-9371

PayPal will be available again eventually when our 501c3 is completed & approved. We are REALLY sorry for the inconvenience. Please send any checks or money orders to the address above, made out to "Laptops for the Wounded

               Here is a full mall for your shopping needs - please remember to check here first for online shopping - everyting from Tigerdirect and Verizon to health and beauty products, to OC Choppers!!! All purchases made on Ayopah mall at this address will have donation assistance sent directly to Laptops for the Wounded!!!! Just create an account with Ayopah (it will guide you) & nearly everything imaginable is at your fingertips!!!

 

Please check the banner above to compare prices for your magazines when your renewals come around - see what we have available with significant donations coming directly to LFTW (at least $6 for each item ordered - and can be significantly more). This product line is mostly books and magazines - COMPARE PRICES with what you are currently paying - remembering that a portion of that is going to a great non-profit organization for our troops!!!
 

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