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Bob & Tom Show Brings the Laughter Home for Third Year
Bob & Tom Show partners with NAPA & the USO to send love and laughter to deployed service members
Indianapolis, IN - October 27, 2007 For the third consecutive year in a row, The Bob & Tom Show and NAPA Auto Parts are joining forces with the USO this holiday season to provide a jovial treat to deployed service members. During the past two years, The Bob & Tom Show has raised more than $500,000 and sponsored more than 36,000 Operation USO Care Packages for our troops!
Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold of The Bob & Tom Show have put together a comical compilation in efforts of bringing many laughs and smiles to members of the U.S. armed forces overseas. The CD, which is entitled "Radio Rations,” is due for release on Nov. 9. A total of 20,000 CDs will be shipped to deployed service members, with the goal of Bob & Tom listeners sponsoring 10,000 Operation USO Care Packages that will accompany them. The event is scheduled to commence on Nov.26, continuing through Dec. 25. The album is underwritten by NAPA Auto Parts, the world’s largest auto parts network.
"We are extremely pleased to support Operation USO Care Package this holiday season,” said Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold. "The men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces risk their lives every day and we are proud to offer our audience the chance to personally thank our deployed service members for their service and sacrifice.”
"The Operation USO Care Package program is possible because of the support of The Bob and Tom Show and its audience,” said Elaine Rogers, USO of Metropolitan Washington President and Worldwide Administrator for Operation USO Care Package. "With their support, service members around the world will know they have not been forgotten this holiday season.”
The Bob & Tom Show is a comedy-based, nationally-syndicated morning program that reaches out to more than 150 stations across the country. They also are, also well known for their charitable work, having generated millions of dollars for various local charities.
Recognized by the Department of Defense, the Operation USO Care Package program provides a way for the American public to support the members of the U.S. armed forces who are separated from their families. Radio audiences can sponsor a care package full of requested items, such as pre-paid international calling cards, toiletries, disposable cameras, and sunscreen. Each donor also can include a personal message thanking them for their service and sacrifice.
Bob & Tom Show listeners can sponsor care packages to deployed service members by visiting www.bobandtom.com and clicking on the "Operation USO Care Package” logo. Listeners can sponsor as many care packages as they wish and include their own personal message of support.
About the USO
For more than 66 years, the USO (United Service Organizations) has been providing morale, welfare and recreational services to U.S military personnel and their families. The USO is a nonprofit, charitable organization, relying on the generosity of the American people to support its programs and services. The USO is supported by Worldwide Strategic Partners AT & T Inc., BAE Systems North America, Clear Channel Communications, The Coca-Cola Company, KRS Technologies, Inc. S & K Sales Co., TriWest Healthcare Alliance and The Walt Disney Company. Other corporate donors including the United Way and Combined Federal Campaign (CFC-11381) have joined thousands of individual donors to support the USO. For more information on the USO, please visit our Web site at www.uso.org.
About the Bob & Tom Show
The Bob & Tom Show was established in 1983 by Bob Kevoian and Tom Griswold, partnering with WFBQ Radio in Indianapolis. This early-morning program is among the highest rated in American radio, and has been nationally syndicated since 1995. Bob & Tom have been recognized repeatedly for their achievements by the National Association of Broadcasters, and noted as the only program to become a five-time winner of the NAB Marconi Radio Award. Visit www.bobandtom.com.
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