2008 Year in Review

Sign Up Now for “See Your Soldier” Video Visits

University of Illinois Extension is again sponsoring “See Your Soldier” – giving dozens of Illinois families the chance to visit face-to-face with their soldiers in Iraq on Monday and Tuesday, January 12 and 13 via University of Illinois Extension’s videoconferencing system.

Soldiers at Al Asad Airbase (Air Force), Camp Taji/Cooke (Army), Camp Fallujah, Camp Taqaddum and Camp Victory will be able to see and talk with family members in private 30-minute “See Your Soldier” sessions hosted by U of I Extension offices in 15 communities. There is no charge to participate.

Illinois site locations include Amboy, Bourbonnais, Carbondale, Champaign, Decatur, East Peoria, Effingham, Galesburg, Grayslake, Macomb, Morrison, Mount Vernon, Princeton, Rockford and Springfield.

The live audio/video linkages are being offered in collaboration with the Freedom Calls Foundation, which provides the videoconferencing equipment and satellite connection in Iraq.

To start the process of requesting a visit, a family member must submit information through the “See Your Soldier” website by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, December 23 to be eligible for a time slot. Reservations will be made on a first-come, first-served basis.

by  Editor, theCity1.com
November 17, 2008