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1st annual Golf Outing result are in!! 

   Check out the Microsoft Slideshow  that they made of the pictures taken at the Outing.

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--4-6-07--Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 6:45 PM
Subject: A million thanks

Hello Mrs. Brown,
    My name is SPC KR and I am one of many wounded soldiers in a medhold area in Ft. Dix, NJ and I had a chance to read about what you are doing for my fellow soldiers. On behalf of myself and all the other soldiers injured by one means or another and our families, I would like to thank you for what you are doing. No one has ever tried to do what you are doing now and please know that we appreciate all you are doing. While I read your story, I had an idea that may help you ideas. Perhaps you can contact the different computer companies and let them know what you're doing and if they are a good company, they will usually help you by donating more computers or at least cut you a great discount on the computers because it helps get their name out there as well and most companies jump at any kind of good opportunity to advertise, expand, and circulate their products, especially Hewlett Packard. Perhaps you can look into it and see what they say. Thank you again for everything and please keep up the good work. Soldiers and families all over the world thank you.
 
Sincerely,
 
SPC KR

--10-11-06--

Urgent Message:

Debra and some of her friends in Jersey City, NJ took it upon themselves to become angels to LFTW and our troops. The $20,000 50-50 they held, with the drawing appropriately on Veteran's Day, all tickets were sold so LFTW will receive $10,000 and the winner also won $10,000 and I sure hope the winner has great plans for that amount of money!!!! Thanks Debra and her team of angels!!

--12-9-06--

$10,000  has been donated by Debra and friends. 

   Raised from their 50/50 raffle. 

  Debra and friends, we can't thank you enough for your great successful fundraising with your 50-50;. You are really great.

10 more laptops have been ordered because of you and your efforts to help the troops!! 

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

-- ANYBODY who has a source for inexpensive - even reconditioned - laptops, I would LOVE to hear about it!!!

-- I have been very active in supporting the troops since 2002 (maybe because my son was in Mosul, Iraq for a year in 2003-2004).

-- Donations are tax deductible.

-- PC games that you may have on hand that are not being used anymore are needed, and original PlayStation games - we have one placed at Walter Reed

-- January 4th, 2006 - See the articles on the bottom of this webpage.  The first article is a write up in the northwest region January 2006 issue of Thunder Press, a free Harley Davidson magazine.  The Laptops for the Wounded part of the article starts towards the bottom of the first column (look for the blue star).  The second article is from the Cody Enterprise.

-- March 2006 - Click here to see the February 2006 newsletter.  We have now placed 4 laptops at Walter Reed and sent a full 2-controller Playstation with 6 games that was donated to me by a woman named Nicole (who is one of our original donators) in Georgia. We also have placed 2 laptops/webcams at Balboa Naval Medical Facility in San Diego.

-- July 2006 - On 7/8/06 I was set up at the Rally in the Alley in Cody, Wyoming selling  raffle tickets, patches, and my pipe bead chokers that I make myself, and held a 50/50 that netted us $61.   I will also be selling Patches and Pipe Bead Chokers.

SUMMER RAFFLE RESULTS:

August 2006 - The raffle was a huge success. All prizes were donated except for one Army teddy bear, which I paid for. Following are the prizes and winners:

First prize –Handcrafted wooden eagle (Created/donated by USAF CMSgt Chris Arnold, Cheyenne, WY)  Value – $350 -  Won by Paige K of  Morgantown, WV

 Second prize -  Harley Davidson eagle wall mirror (Donated by Beartooth Harley Davidson, Cody, WY) Value -- $135 – Won by Kelly C of Cody, WY

Third prize – Pipe-bead Indian Choker with buffalo tooth embellishment (Handmade and donated by me) and 1 dream catcher (Donated by H&B Trading Post, Cody, WY)                Value - $80 – Won by Kevin O of W. Palm B, FL

Fourth prize – Harley Davidson auto window sunshade (Donated by Cody Custom Cycle), 1 $25 gift certificate for Sierra Trading Post of Cody WY, and a box of 8 art gallery quality photo bears note cards (Donated by an art gallery in Cody - I'll find out which one...not in the phone book) Value 62.50 – Won by Ron M of Cody, WY

Fifth prize – 1 $25 gift certificate for Sierra Trading Post of Cody, WY and 1 8-pack of photo note card (described above) Value $37.50 – Won by James M – Arnold, MD

Sixth prize – 1 very heavy metal, western themed, 5x7 desktop picture frame (Donated by Cody Custom Cowboy, Cody, WY) Value - $35  - Won by Ron M of Cody, WY

Seventh prize – 1 Tony Lama Garment bag with a separate section to place cowboy boots (Donated by Wayne's  Boots, Cody, WY Value - $30 – Won by Dennis H of Cody, WY

Eighth prize – Army Teddy Bear that reads a beautiful letter Purchased for $25 – Won by Don P of Lake City, FL

Ninth prize – 1 $25 gift certificate for Sierra Trading Post, Cody, WY  Value - $25 – Won  by Jona V of Cody, WY

Tenth prize – 1 $25 gift certificate for Sierra Trading Post of Cody WY Value - $25 – Won  by Randy S of Cody, WY

11^th prize – 1 decorative fold/locking pocket knife Value - $15 – Won by “Scotty” of Cody, WY

12^th prize – 1 decorative fold/locking pocket knife Value - $15 – Won by Linda F of Gillette, WY