Here are some great ways to support our troops overseas:

• Donate a calling card to help keep servicemembers in touch with their families at Operation Uplink at http:/www.operationuplink.org/
  
  
• Send a greeting via e-mail through Operation Dear Abby at http://anyservicemember.navy.mil/ or http://www.OperationDearAbby.net
  
  
• Sign a virtual thank you card at the Defend America Web site at http://www.defendamerica.mil/nmam.html
  
  
• Make a donation to one of the military relief societies http://www.aerhq.org/links.htm
  
  
• Army Emergency Relief at http://www.aerhq.org/
  
  
• Navy/Marine Relief Society at http://www.nmcrs.org/
  
  
• Air Force Aid Society at http://www.afas.org/
  
  
• Coast Guard Mutual Assistance at http://www.cgmahq.org/
  
  
• Donate to"Operation USO Care Package" at http://www.usometrodc.org/care.html
  
  
• Support the American Red Cross Armed Forces Emergency Services at http://www.redcross.org/services/afes
  
  
• Volunteer at a VA Hospital http://www.va.gov/vetsday/ to honor veterans who bore the lamp of freedom in past conflicts.
  
  
• Support families whose loved ones are being treated at military and VA hospitals through a donation to the Fisher House at www.fisherhouse.org http://www.fisherhouse.org.
  
  

• Reach out to military families in your community, especially those with a loved one overseas.