ONE HUNDRED MILITARY FAMILIES RECEIVE EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS -- FREE REFURBISHED COMPUTERS
Donated, Refurbished Computers Allow Families
to E-mail Their Deployed Loved Ones;
Operation Homelink is “Looking for a Few Good Corporations
Dan Shannon, President/Founder
Operation Homelink
312-560-1280 (cell)
312-863-6337 (office)
dan@operationhomelink.org
Contact: Christy Whitman
(571) 213-5302
christine.whitman@ngc.com
McGuire Air Force Base, Dec. 8, 2005– Operation Homelink, in cooperation with Northrop Grumman, presented one hundred refurbished computers to military families from various NJ installations including McGuire AFB, Fort Dix, Ft. Monmouth and Lakehurst Naval Air Station. The computers were distributed today at the Family Support Center at McGuire Air Force Base.
Most soldiers have e-mail access on ships and even in desert outposts. Lower-ranking military families, however, are often not able to afford computers, and must rely on slow postal service or expensive phone calls to stay in touch. Operation Homelink, an all-volunteer, non-profit organization, strives to link American soldiers deployed overseas with their families back home through e-mail communication using donated computers.
“This is a Godsend.” said Jennifer Lahn whose husband Michael is a Private in the Army National Guard’s 117th Cav unit out of Vineland, NJ, adding “ Thanks for making the miles disappear”.
"Northrop Grumman understands the importance for military families to have the ability to communicate with their deployed service men and women,” said Kent Schneider, president of Northrop Grumman Information Technology sector’s Defense Enterprise Solutions business unit. “We support the mission of Operation Homelink and can’t think of a better way to ‘recycle’ computer resources."
“Operation Homelink is Looking for a Few Good Corporations, to support our military families by simply sending us their old computers. No additional monetary donation is required.” said Dan Shannon, President and Founder of Operation Homelink. “We are especially appreciative of the support that Northrop Grumman has provided, donating over 350 computers to date”.
Operation Homelink accepts donations of qualified end-of-life computers from corporations. Large donations (minimum 25) of used computers (minimum Pentium II laptops, Pentium III desktops) are needed to effectively connect the thousands of military families wishing to communicate with their soldiers. This donation is tax-deductible and has the added benefit of reducing the number of computers filling landfills.
About Operation Homelink
Operation Homelink is an all-volunteer, non-profit 501(C) 3 organization founded in February 2003 with a mission of facilitating e-mail communication between American soldiers deployed overseas and their families back home. Operation Homelink addresses this problem by providing a free, refurbished computer to the spouse or parents of troops within the lowest level pay grades (E1-E5). To date, Operation Homelink has successfully linked more than 1,200 families. Corporations nationwide are encouraged to participate by donating end-of-life computer assets. To learn more about making monetary or used computer donations please visit www.operationhomelink.org.
About Northrop Grumman Information Technology
Northrop Grumman Information Technology, headquartered in McLean, Va., is a trusted IT leader and premier provider of advanced IT solutions, engineering and business services for government and commercial clients. The company’s technological leadership spans such areas as homeland security solutions, health IT solutions, secure wireless, cyber and physical assurance, IT and network infrastructure, managed services, knowledge management, modeling and simulation, and geospatial intelligence solutions.
