New to the sidebar is a button linking to Operation Give, a new website set up to assist with Chief Wiggles' toothbrushes and toys drive for Iraqi kids that I've been linking to lately. Thanks to Michele, Dean and everyone else who took on this project. It appears that they've stopped taking direct cash donations (drat!) for now, but the site still contains lots of useful information for anyone who might wish to give. Here is the site's mission statement:
Operation Give was founded as a not-for-profit corporation in answer to a call from a soldier stationed in Iraq, known affectionately as Chief Wiggles. His request? To send toys and other goods to help the children he encountered every day in Iraq. Operation Give is grass-roots, non-partisan, volunteer-driven, and non-political. All we want to do is help children of Iraq in their recovery from years of depredation, and make the world a better place.Our main coordinator in Iraq is the man who created this project, Chief Wiggles (who is, indeed, a real person). We are also inspired by an earlier American military man, Gail Halvorsen, also known as Uncle Wiggle Wings.
If you have toys or other appropriate goods you want to send to Iraq, we can help you figure out how to get them there. If you want to give money, we'll use your money to ship more kid stuff to Iraq. If you have an organization that would like to help promote our efforts, we can help you with that as well.
It's another terrific idea, and a great way to show the people of Iraq our good will.
Posted by oscarjr at October 7, 2003 09:57 PM | TrackBack