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During the holiday season, family connections are more important than ever. Yesterday, I heard Josh Groban sing “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” on the radio. During the instrumental parts of the song, the prerecorded voices of our military personnel spoke about how much they miss their families back home. One female soldier talked about spending Christmas apart from her four-year-old daughter, and how sad she feels as a mother to miss out on witnessing her daughter as she experiences new things every day. Such a personal, meaningful story - even one that was told in no more than five seconds - put a face on the war for me.

Georgetown is home to one of the fastest growing franchises in the nation, Sport Clips. Founder and CEO Gordon Logan is a veteran, and he is committed to supporting our troops. The employees and clients at almost 500 Sport Clips stores across the country raised funds, enabling Sport Clips to donate $80,000 to the VFW’s Operation Uplink program. If you’d like to make a donation, click here.