Today, as we reflect on the sacrifices of those who fight for our freedom, it’s good to remember there’s plenty we can do to thank them. I’ve been part of the fund-raising crew for Project VALOUR-IT for several years now, and we’re at it again, raising money to get voice-activated laptops to wounded troops. Computers and other spirit-lifting electronics can make more of a difference than you know, according to Chuck Ziegenfuss, whose 2005 injury in Iraq was the inspiration for the program, which has since supplied more than 1,500 computers to troops:
“Not only could I not get out of my bed to walk down there (to the hospital computer), but my hands were all blown up, he said. “I only had really one finger on each hand that I could use, and one of those was in a cast…I was really incapable of communicating.”
A computer with voice-activated software changed his outlook:
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