Project Valour IT – a worthy cause

Air Force flyboy Jay at Stop The ACLU has blogged about a worthy cause for our men and women in uniform called Project Valour IT. Here’s what it’s about:

Project Valour-IT, in memory of SFC William V. Ziegenfuss, provides voice-controlled laptop computers to wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand and arm injuries or amputations at home or in military hospitals. Operating laptops by speaking into a microphone, our wounded heroes are able to send and receive messages from friends and loved ones, surf the ‘Net, and communicate with buddies still in the field without having to press a key or move a mouse. The experience of CPT Charles “Chuck” Ziegenfuss, a partner in the project who suffered severe hand wounds while serving in Iraq, illustrates how important this voice-controlled software can be to a wounded servicemember’s recovery.

Every cent raised for Project Valour-IT goes directly to the purchase and shipment of voice-activated laptops for wounded servicemembers. As of October 2006, Valour-IT has distributed nearly 600 laptops to severely wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines across the country.

What a wonderful idea! The Internet is such an important, powerful communication tool, and a contribution to this cause will help our honorable men in uniform who can’t utilize it now be able to do just that.

Interested in contributing? Click here to find out how.