Where Is (Was) MEGEN? SJS Edition

 Team NAVY and MEGEN:

While donations are taken year ’round, there is an annual fund raiser (two years old now) that runs from Halloween to Veteran’s Day (11 Nov). During this period teams of bloggers, formed along Service affiliation lines, compete with one another to drive fundraising efforts. Last year four teams sought to be the first to meet their goal of $45,000 – Team Navy was first across the line a few days before the competition was over and turned our efforts over to help the Marines’ team. In all, three of 4 teams exceeded their goal and over $200,000 raised in that very short timeframe.

As the first over the line, Team Navy was declared winner and hence, became the first possessor of MEGEN (Most Excellent GoldEn Notebook)
In preparation for defending our position (and to challenge other teams in the coming year) we are running MEGEN around the country getting pictures of it in any manner of Navy/sea-themed locale and/or with people of note (Service or VALOUR-IT connected).

Also hoping that in the process, general awareness of and support for VALOUR-IT will be increased.

What’s VALOUR-IT?

VALOUR-IT (Voice Activated Laptops for OUR Injured Troops)

What: 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.

So where’d MEGEN go with the Scribe household?  Thought you’d never ask…

From Milepost 0 in Washington DC:

 

To Bath Maine:

 

And New London, CT

 

…and back to Occupied Territory and our own 9/11 Memorial.  From thence it has winged its way north for the next MEGEN escort in/around NYC about the time of remembering the 6th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.  Hopefully we’ll ge a few more from the heartland and Left Coast before the competion starts. 

And speaking of the competion, we’re a little over two months out from the ’07 edition of the competition – hope all you Army, Marine and Air Force team members are getting your game faces on!

Other waypoints for MEGEN:

• Pinch has hosted
• As has Fearless Leader and others

Watch this space for more...

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