Supporting the Troops on Independence Day: Help out ‘Give 2 the Troops’

For those of you who’d like to celebrate the Fourth of July by doing something to truly support U.S. Troops, here’s something from my WorldGolf.com blog that may interest you:

Recently, I was contacted by Jim Best of The Best Balls. Having read the posts, Jim generously offered 10,000 golf balls to be shipped overseas.

With the help of the North Carolina Branch of Give 2 the troops, we’ll get these balls to a bunch of brave men and women, who truly appreciate the diversion.

“The golf clubs are VERY popular and with the many military bases in N.C., the troops are all going to be playing golf soon!” wrote Barbara Whitehead of Give2theTroops in an e-mail.

Currently, Give2theTroops is running its “Tee Time for the Troops” campaign, just for this very purpose – to get a diversion, and a slice of home (no pun intended) to American soldiers.

Especially in Iraq, troops have gotten a great deal of pleasure from golf gear and balls. There’s one problem, however. As you can imagine, setting up a driving range in the Iraq desert is one thing. Retrieving the balls is another.

“After they hit (and lose) all of their golf balls, they are often left with just clubs. Of course, being bored, they resort to hitting rocks,” wrote Whitehead.

So with the help of Jim Best and The Best Balls, troops will have at least 10,000 more swings to take. And now that’s where you, gentle golfer, comes in.

“We also can continue to accept golf clubs, especially left hand and women’s sets,” wrote Whitehead. “Other items needed are mats, nets, gloves, tees, and practice plastic balls. We appreciate your help in getting the word out to donors to please only donate clean and good condition clubs and balls. We do not have the resources to repair clubs.”

Here’s the information of where you can ship your gear, be it bags of tees, golf balls, clubs, etc.

NC Branch Give2thetroops, inc
3109 Landmark St
Greenville NC 27834

Also, don’t be afraid to open up your checkbook. According to Whitehead, last month Give2thetroops spent $4,000 in shipping fees.

Click here to read the whole post.

Give2thetroops is a great organization, filled with volunteers who only want to do something tangible to help a lot of great Americans doing the hardest jobs there are. They gladly accept things other than golf equipment, and definitely could use donations so they can pay for their valuable shipments, so head to their Web site at www.give2thetroops.com to find out more.

If you want more info, feel free to e-mail me at wkw(at)williamkwolfrum(dot)com.

–WKW