The Valour-IT Fundraising Competition

Posted on October 27, 2005

Project Valour IT, in memory of SFC William V. Ziegenfuss, provides voice-controlled software and laptop computers to wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand and arm injuries or amputations at major military medical centers. Operating laptops by speaking into a microphone, our wounded heroes are able to send and receive messages from friends and loved ones, surf the ‘Net, and communicate with buddies still in the field without having to press a key or move a mouse. The experience of CPT Charles “Chuck” Ziegenfuss, a partner in the project who suffered hand wounds while serving in Iraq, illustrates how important this voice-controlled software can be to a wounded servicemember’s recovery.

And now there is a competition to raise money for this coming soon. Teams will be divided by military branches. While I am in the Air Force, I have been asked by Holly, to join the Marines team. Whatever, all the money is going to the same cause. We need more team members. Put a post up on your blog letting people know about the Project Valour-IT Fundraising Competition. Leave a trackback to Holly’s post or leave a comment there to let us know you are officially on the Marine Team.

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Simian7 on October 28th, 2005 10:55 am

Does the voice activated software also allow the wounded vet to communicate with his buddies serving as prison guards or is it only members in the field ?