Wow, already got my first donation of $85.00! Can't believe it!!! Thank you, thank you! :pdt12:

Well holy cow there Jean. Thanks so much for jumping right in and for your great generosity. I could just hug ya!

I sent out a newsletter to everyone on the NEWSLETTER list. Please make sure to check your inbox and spam box, for every time I send one out, I only get half the people (approximately 125) who actually open/read them.

If you are not opening or simply deleting them, it would be prudent for me to remove you from the list, for it helps me keep my costs down. :pdt12: Looks like time to do some pruning on my end.

My campaign is not even a week old, and I am already at 14% of my goal. So many people have stepped in to help get the word out. Even complete strangers. One man tweeted to his 4000 followers on Twitter. How's that for community?

If I can get each of our 1000+ members to pass the word along for me, I know I can make my goal. Thanks in advance for your help.

Can I get 1000 likes on this campaign? Please like and pass along the info. :waving:

Where are all my "peeps"? Really counting on all my members of my WWII community to help me get the word out!

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Marion,

Please keep us posted here as to how the campaign is doing!

I am so excited that you are doing this.

I think it would be useful if you kept this topic up on the front screen where we all will see it when we sign in.

Are there any Engineering Unit Associations where at no charge they will put up a notification that you doing this! If the notification does not come out in time (before the campaign ends), you can always do another campaign.

It is so important that this project and all of the future ones you come up with get completed. It is very important material that needs to be recorded and shared for generations to come.

I get so excited everyday as I check to see how it is coming.

Jean

If you click on the campaign link, it will show how much has been collected and how many people have donated. That's a nice feature.

I have contacted several hundred people via the newsletter I sent out a few days ago, Facebook, LinkedIn and other sources.

AH, just reached out to the Army Engineer museum at Fort Leonard Wood and sent a letter to several of the Colonels and Generals, I've been in contact with over the last 10 years. They always told me to reach out if I ever needed anything, and this would be the perfect opportunity.

Special thanks to Colonel Roscoe Heath, current commander of the 36th Engineer Brigade and Professor Michael Brodhead. :pdt12:

Up to $890.00, thanks to my many generous supporters. Thank you, thank you!

Please help by sharing this topic with everyone you know in the WWII community. Right now am at a standstill with my campaign. Sure would appreciate help from my 1000 plus, forum members.

Things are going great. I just may get to my goal later this year! Many thanks to all who have contributed.

Received this wonderful letter this morning. Ed, I don't know what I would do without you. And yes, funding has come to a standstill, so I thank you for any help you can give me.

Hi Marion;

 

I noticed that funding seems to have stalled. Brian is going to run No Bridge Too Far every day in July for me in prime time. I thought if I contacting the American legion and VFW posts in Bergen County to tell them to watch the documentary with a suggestion that helping the funding will add 4 hours, it might generate a new burst of funding.

 

Would you provide a copy to my cousin if he runs it on their local community Las Vegas cable channel. He has been interviewing WW II vets for that channel and maybe we can get some lucky gamblers to contribute.

 

Regards,

Ed Pittarelli