{"id":35,"date":"2005-12-13T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-13T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2005\/12\/thank-a-solider-week.html"},"modified":"2005-12-13T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-13T12:00:00","slug":"thank-a-solider-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2005\/12\/thank-a-solider-week.html","title":{"rendered":"Thank a Solider Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While most of us will enjoy a nice, safe, holiday season with our family and friends, many of the men and women in the armed forces won’t be, especially those serving abroad. With this in mind, Townhall.com<\/a> has started Thank a Solider Week <\/a>(December 19-25), which encourages Americans to \u201cstop for a moment and give thanks to the men and women risking everything for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their website challenges us to do four things: send an email to a solider (the site provides an email form); tell a friend about the site so he or she may do the same; say \u201cthank you\u201d to at least one member of the armed forces as you pass him or her on the street; and lastly, make a donation<\/a> to a charitable organization providing comfort to the troops and their families. The site also provides video<\/a> of various country music stars–including George Strait, members of Lonestar, Keith Anderson, Brad Paisely, and Miranda Lambert–giving thanks. My personal favorite is a message from Fred “Two Foot Fred<\/a>” Gill, of the band Big and Rich, which sings “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy<\/a>,” my vote for song title of the decade.<\/p>\n

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