Operation S.O.U.N.D.

For several years now, my sister and I have been writing letters regularly to deployed soldiers. When I was around 12 years old, and we were just beginning to really understand that we were at war, we were very eager and impatient to really support troops; we felt that sitting at home writing letters was not enough. Well, when you realize just how much our troops accomplish for America, it really isn't enough to measure up. But writing personal, hand-written letters has been and continues to be one of the best ways to convey a heartfelt thanks to our troops.

My family and I live in a small town of roughly 1,400 people. Even for such a small town in what I consider the safest place in the world (Nebraska!), there are several families from the area who are closely connected in the war on terror, as their children, husbands and fathers are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. So after several years of collecting care packages at Christmas and writing letters year round, Emily and I started a Military Directory for our small town; calling families of soldiers and adding their names to our list as we tried to get the community involved in supporting them. Well, not long after we had just created our military directory, Emily says "hey; let's start an organization for all of Nebraska!". At first I thought this might be a bit too much for us to handle, but not a few weeks later we were building a website for Operation S.O.U.N.D., which stands for "Supporting OUr Nebraska Deployed".

Everything worked out perfectly as we were offered the creation of a free website, and we are hoping that this is an organization that really takes off and supports the troops of Nebraska.

Take a look and let me know what you think!
Jennifer