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The USO is of such importance that it would take pages and volumes to express my gratitude. I urge you
to support this organization with your time, as well as financially.

“Our Mission Statement:

The USO lifts the spirits of America’s troops and their families.

We will work by these core values:

• Mission First
• Do the Right Thing
• Respect
• Excellence
• Collaboration
• Accountability
• Gratitude
• Innovation

Throughout our country’s history, Americans have felt profound appreciation and gratitude for the
dedication and sacrifice of our troops and their families. The USO provides a tangible way for all of us to
say thank you, as it has for 70 years.

Thanks to your generosity, the USO fulfills its mission of lifting the spirits of America’s troops and their
families. Through the USO, you touch their lives through an extensive range of programs at more than
160 locations in 27 states and 14 countries, and at hundreds of entertainment events each year.

Thousands of USO volunteers do everything possible to provide a home away from home for our troops
and to keep them connected to the families they left behind.

The USO makes sure your help goes to those who need it the most: troops serving in combat, their
families, our wounded warriors, and their families, and families of the fallen.

As a nonprofit, non-political organization, the USO is now, and always will be, about our troops. Wherever
and whenever they go, the USO will be there, until everyone comes home.”

http://www.uso.org/uso-mission-statement.aspx