A friend's husband, who is currently deployed with Thak's old unit, found a sweet little puppy in the mountains of Afghanistan. He brought the dog back to his camp, and named him Chuck. Everybody immediately fell in love with Chuck, and he has become a part of the family. It has become apparent that Chuck needs to come home to the US, because he has become such an important part of the Army family, and also because he doesn't have a lot of hope of a long and happy life if left there in Afghanistan.
This is going to be expensive, at least $3000-4000, and difficult since the only organizations that exist to fly dogs out of combat zones only work in Iraq. Operation Baghdad Pups already said no since the location he's in is too dangerous. Nobody has given up yet. About 50% of the money needed to bring Chuck home has already been raised, so he's well on his way to his new life in the US with his new Army family. He's not there yet, though, so if you're able to donate, please do. Anything helps, even $1. If you're going to be at Ft. Bliss next weekend for the post-wide yard sale, come see me at my friend Amber's house in the Red Brick Housing Area, where I'll be selling homemade dog treats (made by the wife of the soldier who has adopted Chuck!) to raise money for Chuck's journey home.
Click here to read Chuck's story.
And read this, too. I particularly love this one.
The link to donate is at the top right of that page. Like I said, anything helps, so if you can give anything at all to help Chuck get home to the US, it would mean a lot to a whole bunch of veterans, and one doggie.
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