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226 The Distance CD's by Taylor Hicks have been sent to the troops so far in Part 6 of the Proud Of Our Troops drive!

Proud Of Our Troops Drive

Part 6 of the Proud Of Our Troops has begun with Taylor Hicks' new CD titled "The Distance."  Jewelry Sprout is sponsoring the Proud Of Our Troops drive.  We are asking everyone to please support and uplift our troops by sending them the CD from American Idol winner Taylor Hicks.  The CD is titled "The Distance."  Show your love and thanks to our troops and give them something that will lift their spirits and give them musical enjoyment during their off time.  Some of our troops do not receive any mail.  It is very sad.  Please show you care and join in our drive.  Soldiers' Angels, at www.soldiersangels.org, is taking care of shipping the CD's to the troops.  We appreciate everything that Soldiers' Angels does to help with the Proud Of Our Troops drive!

This CD includes a great song for the military titled "Nineteen."  Such a touching tribute to the heroes of our military who gave their lives for our country.   Nineteen - Taylor Hicks Downloading is strictly prohibited as per management.

This CD includes a great song for the military titled "Nineteen."  Such a touching tribute to the heroes of our military who gave their lives for our country.  

All information on how to send the CD's is below.  Thank you very much! 

Instructions:

You no longer have to ship each CD separately. Also, you no longer have to pack each cd in a manilla envelope before inserting it in a box. You can put all the cd's in one box. The purpose of individual packing was so that each soldier received a note or letter with the cd.  You can still do it that way if you choose, however it is not mandatory.

If you would like to ship the CD's from an online store directly to Soldiers' Angels, that is fine too. Amazon.com and other sites have a free gift card option. Please utilize this feature so you can add a little note for the soldier who receives the CD. It's nice for them to have something to read to go along with their CD.

Please do not send anything else besides CD's. Our drive is only for the "The Distance" CD by Taylor Hicks. We do not want to be responsible for anything sent that is illegal or that other countries might consider offensive material being shipped into their country.

Please do not send homemade CD's or anything that is burned. They are considered bootlegged CD's and are illegal.

Many people have asked if it is okay to send CD's that have been opened. That is fine, as long as there are no scratches on the CD.

You do not need to fill out a customs form, as Soldiers Angels is taking care of all the shipping to our troops.

If you have any questions or comments about the Proud Of Our Troops drive, please email customerservice@jewelrysprout.com  

Please ship CD's to this address only:

Soldiers Angels

914 Tourmaline Drive

Newbury Park, CA 91320

Jewelry Sprout is the children's jewelry department of Francesca Fine Jewelry

Breakdown of the Proud Of Our Troops drive:

The Proud Our Troops drive started June 26, 2006.  Part 1 of the drive ran for 21 weeks.  3,157 "Do I Make You Proud" CD's by Taylor Hicks were sent to our men and women overseas!  Part 2 of the drive ran for 27 weeks.  2,751 "Taylor Hicks" CD's were sent to U.S. troops overseas, and also to soldiers recuperating in hospitals who were wounded in active duty.  Parts 3 and 5 of the drive were with Heart Full Of Soul books by Taylor Hicks.  203 Heart Full Of Soul were sent to the troops, and also a portion of that were sent to Walter Reed military hospital in Washington, DC.  Part 4 of the drive ran for 20 weeks.  94 Taylor Hicks CD's were sent to the troops.

6,205 of Taylor Hicks CD's and books sent to soldiers in two years!

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Lots of other projects sponsored by the Proud Of Our Troops drive have also been done that do not include sending the soldiers CD's.  Below are some of them:

The Proud Of Our Troops drive teamed up with Books For Africa to donate used books for the children of Africa.  The drive ran for two weeks in Oct of 08.  264 books were sent directly to the Books For Africa warehouse in MN.  The books will go to children all over Africa.

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The Proud Of Our Troops drive sponsored a drive for the Kacy Hardenbrook Fund for the month of March.  $360.00 was collected.   Contributors sent the money directly to Peoples Federal Savings Bank in Auburn, IN.  You can read all about Kacy Hardenbrook and her family here.

The Proud Of Our Troops drive sponsored a drive for the Dream Foundation.  The Dream Foundation grants wishes to terminally ill adults.  One of the recipients, who has since passed away, was given lots of goodies from fans of American Idol contestants.  Fans from many contestants participated in this drive and sent their music and other American Idol items directly to the Dream Foundation.  The Dream Foundation put everything together and presented the gifts to the recipient.  The recipient received CD's , pictures, videos on DVD's, and lots of other goodies from fans of Taylor Hicks as well as from fans of other Idols.  The recipient and her son enjoyed watching American Idol together.  Now the recipient's son is enjoying everything that was sent to his mother, and he has many beautiful keepsakes to remind him of her.  You can read all about the Dream Foundation here

The Proud Of Our Troops drive has teamed up with Taylor's Angels many times, and some great projects included sending lots of soldiers to Taylor Hicks concerts.

Thank you to the following:

A great, big thank you goes out to Soldiers' Angels at www.soldiersangels.org.  They distribute the CD's to U.S. soldiers in each branch of the Armed Forces who are overseas, and also soldiers who were wounded in active duty and are recuperating in hospitals.   People send the CD's directly to Soldiers' Angels.  The CD's will go to US troops who are all over the world.  Our troops are not only in Iraq, but in many other places too.  Jewelry Sprout appreciates everything that Soldiers' Angels is doing to help with our drive!

Thank you to everyone who has sent CD's to the troops!

Thank you to Redstone Properties for their very generous donation of 1,000 Taylor Hicks CD's to the Proud Of Our Troops drive!

Thank you to Random House for their very generous donation of Heart Full Of Soul books!

Thank you to Sony/BMG for making the troop drive banner and gifting the troop drive with it!

Thank you to Barlow Hartman and the Brooks Atkinson Theatre for their generous Grease merchandise for troop drive contest prizes!

Thank you to the corporation that wishes to remain anonymous for their very generous donation of 50 The Distance CD's to the Proud Of Our Troops drive!

And a very special thank you to Taylor Hicks, for supporting the military, for all his kindness shown to the troops, for supporting the Proud Of Our Troops drive, and for brightening the world with his beautiful music!

Video of "What's Right Is Right" from the Taylor Hicks CD titled "The Distance."  Click here to purchase the CD.

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