USO Supporter,

November is Military Family Appreciation Month, and I can’t think of a better way to spend this month than honoring the contributions and sacrifices of our country’s military families.

This is personal for me. During my deployments to Afghanistan after 9/11, my wife and daughters had to navigate long stretches without me when I was deployed on and off over the next seven years.

As the COO of the USO, it’s part of my mission to ensure that military families receive the support they need, whether through our 250 centers worldwide where our service members can focus on connecting with their loved ones before returning to the challenges they face every day, or our USO Warrior and Family Centers where families can reunite during times of healing.

Will you please give $29 now in honor of Military Family Appreciation Month?

At the USO, we believe it’s not just the service member who serves — it’s the entire family. And that’s why we’ve set a goal to raise $50,000 via email and text messages this month to support service members and their families.

But we can’t do this without supporters like you. Our heroes in uniform and their families are counting on us — especially this time of year, when so many of them will be spending the holidays apart.

That’s why I’m personally asking, will you give $29 now to help us hit our $50,000 goal to honor our service members and their families who have sacrificed so much as we celebrate Military Family Appreciation Month?

From someone who knows how much it matters, thank you for supporting military families.

—Christopher Plamp, COO, USO