A Big Thank You!

Oregon War Veterans Association (OWVA) in conjunction with KATU, Channel 2 TV raised all of the money needed to bring the stranded National Guard Troops home for the holidays on Thursday, December 10, 2009. Nearly one thousand people called into the KATU broadcast station during the OWVA “Save Christmas/Airlift” telethon Thursday helping OWVA to raise more than $61,000.00. The funds were raised to purchase plane tickets for 105 stranded Oregon National Guard (ORNG) Troops, whose deployment to Afghanistan was delayed during the Holidays. The delay allowed the troops to come home for Christmas, but there was no plan or money...