How to Support Operation New Year's Eve

When someone talks about New Year's Eve, it conjures up visions of parties, new beginnings and new resolutions. What better way to start off your New Year than to text message your support for our troops through Operation New Year's Eve. Visit the website to learn more about how you can support our troops with New Year's Eve text messages.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• A message for our troops
• A mobile phone
• $.99 for the call

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   Visit Operation New Year's Eve website. Link is below in the resource area. Visit the center section of the website's home page, on the left-hand side.

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   Follow through the message instructions: text "94444" on your mobile phone, next type the word "CARE" and place a space after the word CARE. You are now setup to write a message to the troops who will be spending their New Year's Eve fighting for peace. Once you have completed your message for the troops, press the "SEND" button on your phone.

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   Beginning December 28th through December 31st, text messages will be shown on video at the top of 4 Times Square, the tallest building in Times Square, New York. The live feed will also be available for viewing at the Operation New Year's Eve website link below. Net proceeds from the text messages will benefit the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.

Tips & Warnings

• All text message cost $.99 cents

Resources

• Operation New Year's Eve
• Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America