During the holidays, nothing brings the comfort of home like the tail-wagging, sweet love of a dog.

If you have someone left on your Christmas list, please consider dedicating the gift of canine companionship for our service members in their name.

This is an especially important program at this time of year. More than 200,000 service members are deployed during the holidays, and they face higher rates of loneliness and isolation. That also means there are 200,000 families missing their loved ones who are serving.

Remember, thanks to the generosity of our friends at FedEx, all gifts will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $100,000.

Please rush your Christmas gift today, while it will be matched, to help bring the comfort and love of a therapy dog and other critical support to our heroes who have given so much for us.

On behalf of our troops,

The USO