Operation Uplink is a unique program of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). The contributory program is designed to keep military personnel and hospitalized veterans in touch with their families and loved ones by providing them with free phone cards. Using contributions from supporters like Wal-Mart, the National Football League and individual donors, Operation Uplink purchases phone cards and distributes them to servicemen and women who are separated from their families.

Cards can be sent to hospitalized veterans or active duty military personnel deployed away from home. Only one card request per servicemember is honored in any 60-day time period. Phone cards will be sent only to military addresses, hospitals or nursing homes.

According to Ron Brown at the VFW's headquarters in Kansas City, MO, because of the recent threat of war with Iraq, they're receiving more than 50,000 requests a week compared to the 300 to 400 normally received. Historically, parents, spouses and other relatives and commanders have requested cards in behalf of servicemembers, he said.

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