Friday, October 26th 2007
The Bob & Tom Show Brings the Laughter Home for Third Year
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The Bob & Tom Show Brings the Laughter Home for Third Year
Bob & Tom Show partners with NAPA &USO to send love and laughter
to deployed service members
Indianapolis, IN - For the third year in a row
The Bob & Tom Show and NAPA Auto Parts are joining forces with the United Service Organizations (USO) this holiday season to provide a jovial treat to deployed service members. The past two years
The Bob & Tom Show have raised over
$500,000 and sponsored more than
36,000 care packages to our troops!
Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold of
The Bob & Tom Show have put together a comical compilation in efforts of bringing many laughs and smiles to the U.S. armed forces overseas. The CD, which is entitled "Radio Rations", is due for release on November 9th. A total of 20,000 CDs will be shipped to deployed service members, with the goal of Bob & Tom listeners to sponsor 10,000 Operation USO Care Packages that will accompany them. The event is scheduled to commence on November 26th, continuing through December 25th. The album is underwritten by NAPA Auto Parts, who is noted as being the world's largest auto parts network.
The Bob & Tom Show is a comedy-based, nationally syndicated morning program that reaches out to over 150 stations across the country. They are also well known for their charitable work - they have generated millions of dollars, which they have raised and donated to various local charities.
Approved and endorsed by the Department of Defense, the Operation USO Care Package program provides a way for the American public to support the members of the U.S. armed forces who are separated from their families this holiday season, fighting the war on terrorism. Radio audiences can send a deployed service member a care package full of requested items, such as pre-paid calling cards, toiletries, disposable cameras, and sunscreen. Each donor can also include a personal message thanking them for their service and sacrifice.
"We are extremely pleased to support Operation USO Care Package this holiday season," said Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold. "The men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces risk their lives every day and we are proud to offer our audience the chance to personally thank our deployed service members for their service and sacrifice."
Bob & Tom Show listeners can send care packages to deployed service members by visiting
www.bobandtom.com and clicking on the "Operation USO Care Package" logo. There, listeners can purchase as many care packages as they wish and include their own personal message of support.
"The USO Care Package program is possible because of the support of
The Bob & Tom Show and its audience," said Elaine Rogers, USO-Metro President and Worldwide Administrator for Operation USO Care Package. "With the support of Bob & Tom's listeners, service members around the world will know they have not been forgotten this holiday season."
About the USO
The USO is chartered by Congress as a nonprofit charitable corporation and is not a part of the United States Government. The mission of the USO is to provide morale, welfare and recreation-type services to uniformed military personnel. The USO currently operates 124 centers around the world, including five mobile canteens, with 70 located in the continental United States, three in the Caribbean and 46 overseas.
About the Bob & Tom Show
The Bob & Tom Show was established in 1983 by Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold, partnering with WFBQ Radio in Indianapolis. This early-morning program is among the highest rated in American radio, and has been nationally syndicated since 1995. Bob & Tom have been recognized repeatedly for their achievements by the National Association of Broadcasters, and noted as the only program to become a five-time winner of the NAB Marconi Radio Award.
