Troop Support Group Program Series

How are you doing:) I was not sure if this would be of interest to you. I hope you are all doing great and wish you and your family and friends a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.   I am sending this to corporations, organizations, ministries and individuals who we know are involved in some way in supporting our troops, their families, the wounded, those with PTSD or TBI, Gold Star Families and More.   In case you did not see our end of the year newsletter go to: http://talkingwithheroes.com/product_info.phpcPath=49&products_id=1346    We are launching a new series on Talking With Heroes mid February 2009.   Our 2009 Troop Support Group Program Series is for  Military Support Groups and Veterans Groups who have projects to help our troops, their families, the wounded and more. This will also include Corporations, Ministries and more who are doing their part in supporting our troops.   This Troop Support Group Program Series will be  similar to what I have been doing with some military support groups two years in a row where they have an entire hour on Talking with Heroes to present to our listeners about who they are, what they do, new projects coming up  and how people can get involved.   You would choose who your guests are. All the interviews will happen via phone line. And we will do these all LIVE over the internet on one of our audio networks.   This series will be as many as 10 or more one hour programs depending on how many of you receiving this decide this would be a benefit to you. This Series will air over a two to four week period during week nights so that we have more listeners.   I do not make a profit on what I do with Talking with Heroes. Everything we have accomplished in the past three years has been mostly a result of sponsors and some loans.   Most people know that I have not had a car for three years, I have no furniture here where I work and live, no personal income and any savings I brought into this project was gone over two years ago. Yet in the past two years we have brought back more progress stories from our troops and Iraqis than most of the media combined. And those interviews and footage along with the events with military support groups over the past two years are still being listened too and now being watched on www.myfbn.com channel 4.   On some of the programs I agreed to do in 2008 I ended up having to borrow money to fulfill a commitment I made to the group after I found out a few weeks before their events that they were in fact not going to be able to find the sponsors to cover my costs. I can not do that anymore.   The troops who I was supposed to embed with late 2008 and early 2009 have great progress stories to share with all of America. Most of these units who have been deployed from 12-15 months away from their families  will be heading back home in the first quarter of 2009. Some have already started coming home. Many thousands of families like mine are eagerly looking forward to welcome home our loved ones. I have offered to some of these units to give their soldiers and leadership a forum after they come back from their leaves to share their stories.   The following is how you can be a part of our Troop Support Group Program Series for early 2009:   You would  have one of these one hour programs and you would choose who I interview. Your guests could be your leadership, some of your volunteers, some of your sponsors and some of the troops who you have helped. Based on our previous experiences you would probably not want to have more than 8 guests including yourself.   We have been working on what the costs would be for us to launch this series. The cost for each one hour program would be $240.00. This does not have to come out of your groups troop support account but could come from one or more of your current sponsors who would then be the sponsors of the program.   For Corporations perhaps as you are now building your troop support budgets for 2009 you could add this to your budgets.   As soon as your one hour program is over I will send the MP3 of the program to you. You can then use this as a promotional or infomercial type of help to your ongoing efforts in 2009. You could send it out to all your supporters, link to it from your home page and use it any way that would help you do more in 2009.   My plan is to start this new series of programs mid February. We will go live with them during week nights. Once they air they are there for people to listen to 24/7 plus I will air them on my regular Sunday night program on Sunday nights.   The next series of programs will be with those units who have been serving in Iraq or Afghanistan over the previous 12-15 months who would like to get their stories out. I will either go to their bases or do those interviews over the phone.   Part of your $240 will pay for the troop interviews programs. Your organization will then be listed on one of those programs as the sponsor of the program.   Please send me your thoughts as soon as possible. Once we have an agreement on doing your program we will post get the bios and a picture of each of your guests on your talk show page as quickly as possible so that there is time to promote your program.   I am believing that together we are all going to do even more in 2009 to support our troops and their families.   Merry Christmas and Happy New Year   Bob Calvert, Host www.talkingwithheroes.com www.talkshoe.com/tc/19487  - Audio of third trip to Iraq programs and 80+ Programs  www.myfbn.com  Channel 4... Videos from Iraq Trip and More www.myspace.com/youngheroes   email: bobc9246@yahoo.com   phone: 719-310-7814