TROOPS - We've received your requests, however we need to get enough Pledges on the map to be able to accomodate all requests ... Please stand by.

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By request ~

PLEDGING FOR DUMMIES ...

1. Fill out Pledge Form & submit
2. Share the link with every first responder you know
3. Now stand by & feel good about yourself for doing this for our troops
4. Respond when contacted by Hero To Hero, as this means a troop has asked for a shirt from you
5. Make contact with your troop via the info we provide
6. Using the address we send, fill out a customs form and send them your shirt
7. Let us know you've shipped & send us copies of any photos/messages that would be good for the site

Pretty darned easy, eh?

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FIRST RESPONDERS: We're populating the map to get as many home towns as possible. Please take 2 minutes & Pledge for your hometown!

Will YOUR hometown desert-deployed troops find THEIR hometown on the PLEDGE MAP?

"To you it's a shirt. To us ... It's HOME."

~ We need every hometown First Responder Department to fill out the Pledge.
~ Your Pledge commits you to a signed hometown Department/Union shirt.
~ Your shirt will be for one of your own deployed hometown troops.
~ We ask for your zip code & local High Schools closest to your stations.
~ Once the request is confirmed, you are given your troop's request contact info.
~ You will have personal contact with your troop, & will send the shirt directly to your hometown troop.
~ You are only obligated to a signed department shirt, you are free to send more if you choose - Your call.
~ You may get one request, several, or none - You are helping us build the contact list.

*One pledge per dept is all we need, but don't hold back because you think someone else has already stepped up. Better we have 50, than none. Let us handle the redundancies.

CIVILIANS: Want to help? Ask your families to ask the hometown fire/police/ems to fill out this Pledge form. Soon as we have a broad enough database we will open the request forms.

Sign the Pledge form below. It says, that if called, at least one member of your department is willing to give a desert-deployed hometown troop the very shirt off their back. Long held is the belief that this gesture is the highest form of support & respect a person can make.

By doing this we can hone in on the closest department to their neighborhood, or where they grew up. This has been the biggest question over the years, "How can we know if a hometown troop will get one of our shirts?" Now you will know, because once the connection is made, we hand it over to you and them to take it from there. Your shirt might end up with a troop you didn't even know you knew!

Since they are local, you can try to arrange to be there when they come home, or put something on your reader board to welcome them home. Invite them over for dinner at the station, give them a ride-along, a bbq ... However you do it in your hometown for your own. You won't be bored, they all have great tales to share.

Once we make the connection, you mail your shirt directly to the hometown troop you have adopted. You can make this a community effort, or keep it in-house. You can send to just your requesting troop or discuss with them if they might like some extras for others deployed with them. You can send shirts, hats, patches ... Whatever you like. Let the kids get involved by drawing pictures, or writing letters. Remember you are only obligated for one shirt.

Nice touches include adding your photos holding up the shirt at your station - Let them see who you are. This program has the bonus feature of being able to personalize your shipments. Is your troop in Afghanistan? It gets unbearably cold there, why not send sweatshirts to them?

* Required fields

Name *

E-mail Address *

Your title & rank *

Local/Union (IF applicable) *

Contact phone number *

City & State of your agency *

Department Zip Code *

What High Schools are nearest your department? *

Which one applies to this Pledge? *
American First Responder - This is my Pledge
Canadian First Responder - Please get me connected

By sending this Pledge we agree to: *Adhere to ALL OPERATIONAL SECURITY guidelines as pertains to the troops. *Send ONE shirt per troop request. *Send photos & messages from your troop to be posted on the HeroToHero.US site to be shared with all. *
Understood & Agree

IF we don't get all the hometowns possible there is a chance we could ask you to adopt a "next town over" troop. Please check which troops you are willing to give a shirt. *
Ours only
Any in our county (ADD YOUR COUNTY IN THE ADDITIONAL INFO BOX)
Any from our state
Any deployed troop

Any additional Info we need to know?

How did you hear about us? *

Today's Date *

Any words of encouragement for your own deployed hometown troops?

I have read and agree to the Privacy Policy *

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Remember in your messages to always adhere to the guidelines of NO Politics ~ NO pro/antiwar stances ... It is about the warrior, not the war & it is all about positive morale

IF you filled out the form and have not been contacted by us directly, within a week of your PLEDGE - Please use this link to contact us directly.

Even though we have gone to a one-to-one program, we still ask you to continue to share the messages & photos you receive from the troops so that they can be posted to the site to be shared with everyone. Send your messages & photos to: From the desert

**Please do not take any advantage of the program, this is a selfless cause. Do this from the heart and it will mean more for all involved.