Team Little Guy is pleased to announce it is taking on a new fundraising effort! Over the past two years the team has endured 208 miles of running through the mountains of North Carolina to raise over $145,000 for the Carolinas Credit Union Foundation’s Micro Community Grant program. This year Team Little Guy is mounting their bikes to raise money for Hope for the Warriors, specifically the Warriors Hope and Care Center.

What is Hope for the Warriors? Their mission is a promise that the sacrifices of the wounded across military service branches and throughout the nation will not be forgotten, nor their needs unmet. They accomplish this mission through various programs, supported by donations, specifically designed to help wounded service members and their families cope with the struggles that most of us don’t face.

The Warriors Hope and Care Center vision is to provide a rehabilitative center with specialized services and family resources in a collocated, comforting venue. Coordinating with both the Marine Corps and the Navy, that vision led to the design of a robust rehabilitation facility that will now be built in eastern North Carolina with a level of care worthy of heroes. You can learn more about Hope for the Warriors at their website http://www.hopeforthewarriors.org/.

So what is Team Little Guy’s goal? We want to raise $100,000 by June 30, 2010 for the Warriors Hope and Care Center. To kick off our fund raising efforts we are riding our bikes 170 miles in The Tour to Tanglewood on September 26-27, 2009. Throughout the rest of this year and the first half of 2010 we will be participating in biking and running events to raise awareness of our fundraising efforts and also raising awareness of credit unions “People Helping People” philosophy.

Now, 170 miles might seem like a daunting task but it is no way as daunting as when a Wounded Warrior has to learn to walk all over again with prosthetic legs because he or she was wounded in a road side bomb attack in Iraq or Afghanistan.

The final event will be the “Ride for the Warriors.” On June 17, 2010, Team Little Guy will begin this event at Ft. Bragg. Over the next several days they will bike to all five major military installations in North Carolina and visit credit unions on the way. Our journey will end at Camp Lejeune where we will present the check to Hope for the Warriors.

We hope you will be a part of this fund raising event and there are many ways you can participate:

• Get involved in fundraising efforts i.e. pay a small fee for casual Fridays, bake sales, car washes, dunk tanks etc.;
• Get involved in a credit union chapter’s efforts to raise funds;
• Develop an idea and share with other staff.

As we begin this exciting journey that starts later this month in the Piedmont of North Carolina and ends on the sandy beaches of the NC coast next summer, we have updated the look and feel of the Team Little Guy blog. The blog site features more information about the fundraising effort, and will be a source of news and information about the team’s progress toward the $100,000 goal.

We invite you to share your fundraising stories with us on the blog, and encourage the team as it trains and rides. The blog includes a Share/Save feature that will also allow you to automatically relay the latest team information from the blog onto your social networking sites (Facebook pages, Twitter, etc.). By all means, please share this journey with us by participating in the life of the TLG blog!

Team Little Guy is well aware that the economy is slow to recover and is a struggle for everyone, but please remember the cause that is being supported and know that every dollar makes a difference! The warriors who have given so much deserve our help and we sincerely hope you will find it in your heart to help raise these funds.

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