Jack Daniel’s Operation Ride Home
The good folks at the happiest place on earth, The Jack Daniels Distillery, in Lynchburg, TN, wrote to tell us about the launch of their program “Operation Ride Home” in which they’ve contributed $101,000 to help Fort Campbell soldiers spend the holidays with their families. You can watch the video here.
In honor of the decorated 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Jack Daniel’s has donated $101,000 to launch the campaign and is encouraging its friends to visit www.JDOperationRideHome.com and contribute what they can to assist in the effort. The Armed Services YMCA will be purchasing plane tickets and providing pre-paid debit cards for gas, lodging and food for soldiers and their families to travel to their family homes. The 101st Airborne Division has members serving from all over the U.S. and has been on multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
“There are so many enlisted soldiers with families who would love to go to their homes for the holidays, but just don’t have the means to do it,” said Jeff Arnett, Jack Daniel’s Master Distiller. “These heroes have been serving our country on multiple deployments overseas and we just want to do what we can to help reunite them with their families during this special season. After all, it’s not what is under the Christmas tree, but who is around it.”
So, if the feeling moves you, you can donate at this link.
Category: Support the troops
Thanks Jonn, n thanx to my old drinking buddy Jack Daniels.
I am 101st to the bone, and this is so great for my brothers in arms.
yet another reason why I love Jack Daniels.
Amen, Doc Bailey. This June 21st will mark 20 years since ol’ Jack n I quit drinking together,(medical, not moral choice, believe me.), and this is a great opportunity for us that appreciates where our gifts come from, to support them. The hell with the imported stuff, buy American, buy Jack Daniels.
Y’all who Facebook, take this post over there so your non-military friends, n those 2 or 3 who don’t read TAH can see what they’ve done.
My liver and I have donated a lot over the last few years to Jack Daniels.
This is a very cool, and wonderful, gesture from JD. Kinda gets my allergies acting up.
Its good that they have done this, so many companies pay only lip service. If GO1 was gone tomorrow you know what I would Drink!!
Anyone care to translate that?