Thankasoldier.net is very excited to announce The Gratitude Project, a series of YouTube videos showing a collage of images from supporters of our men and women in uniform from all countries of the coalition. Thank A Soldier started as a ‘Cause’ page on Facebook and in just over a year has surpassed 3.4 Million members from all over the world.

Too often you hear “If you support the troops, you support the war”, but this couldn’t be further from the truth, it is about our men and women from all branches of the force and from all allied nations doing their job. This project is for our troops assisting with disaster relief in Haiti, assisting with the fight against piracy in Somalia, on guard here
at home ready to go when needed.

Thank A Soldier has received tremendous support with this project too, most recently Rock Legend Gene Simmons and his wife Shannon Tweed submitted a photo holding a “Thank You” sign with Gene saluting. Other organizations that support our troops in various ways have come onboard as well, such as Operation Gratitude and Hero to Hero USA & Canada.

Showing gratitude to our men and women doesn’t cost a penny. All you have to do is take a photo that says “Thank You” and people can interpret that however they wish. Once you take the photo just send it to thankyou@thankasoldier.net and it will be featured in the video. The deadline for photo submissions for the first video is February 28, 2010.

Thank A Soldier has received photos from all over the world: United States, Canada,Britain, Australia, and even Argentina and Turkey, truly amazing! Also as a nice surprise, they have received over 40 photos from Soldiers in
Afghanistan and Iraq who have heard about this project and are sending us “Thank You for the support” photos.

The project’s promotional video on YouTube had over 7000 views the first week and it is picking up steam fast. To view the video search YouTube for “The Gratitude Project – Presented by Thank A Soldier” or click here. 

Brief history of the Support Our Troops efforts by Thank A Soldier:
2007 – Tim Horton’s for our troops was started and has sent over 40,000 cups of free coffee to soldiers
2007 – Operation Pen Pal launched and to date has paired over 7000 people with soldiers as pen pals
2008 – Petitioned to Canada post for a “support our troops” stamp and it was released in Oct 2009
2008 – Support & networking site launched for families of military personal

2009 – Thank A Soldier cause launched and has 3.4 Million members to date

2009 – www.thankasoldlier.net designed and donated by Chris Shave of Mister Six Studios

2009 – Thankasoldier.net remains advertising free & donation free
2010 – The Gratitude Project launched

For more details contact: info@thankasoldier.net or visit http://www.thankasoldier.net..