Making Lemonade for the Troops

by: Jay Lassiter

Tue Dec 23, 2008 at 11:20:35 AM EST

Ok so by now you all know the Scrooge tale of a burglar who ransacked the office of Reed Gusciora and Bonnie Watson and stole dozens of gently used mobile phones destined for US Troops in Iraq.

When I asked Assemblyman Gusciora what can the blogger community do to help his advice was simple:  "make lemonade."

Sadly, according to Gusciora,  this phone drive "was a staff project and they tried to do something good for holidays." And now the generous staff is in no position to make said lemonade as they are orphaned from their office which is now a crime scene!!

I think this incident is a great opportunity for the Blogosphere to step up.  And with tools like blogs and other social networking sites, replacing the 40 or so phones should be pretty easy.  In theory, anyway.

Wanna help?  Got a cell phone to give to a soldier abroad?  You can pitch in by going to  to www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com.

Got another idea how to help?  Leave it in the comments.  Got a friend who can help with this drive?  Pass this on or post it on your Facebook profile.

Let's aim high:  100  99 phones by Christmas EVE!!!!