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Getting a Haircut Helps Troops Call Home

Posted at 08:00 AM on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 by VFW News

GEORGETOWN, Texas, Oct. 19, 2008--From now until Veterans Day, November 11, Sport Clips locations across the country will once again offer clients the opportunity to help soldiers call home, via the Veterans of Foreign Wars Operation Uplink phone card program.

This year's effort will culminate with what the company is calling "The Biggest Haircut Day of the Year," a National Cut-a-Thon on Veterans' Day, Tuesday, November 11, when $1 from every haircare service will be donated to Operation Uplink, the VFW program that keeps military personnel and hospitalized veterans in touch with their families and loved ones through free phone cards and free call days. Last year's efforts raised $90,000, enough for 800,000 minutes of talk time for a December 25 VFW Free Call Day.

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