Operation Uplink

October 23, 2008

Operation Uplink

Help a Hero Call Home This Holiday Season

Sport Clips Across the Country Partner with VFW’s Operation Uplink To Sponsor Service Men and Women’s Holiday Phone Calls

This from the Wall Street Journal Market Watch News page:

Beginning October 19, Sport Clips locations across the country will once again offer clients the opportunity to help soldiers call home this holiday season. Last year’s efforts raised $90,000, enough for 800,000 minutes of talk time December 25 for members of our nation’s military. This year’s effort will culminate with what the company is calling "The Biggest Haircut Day of the Year," a National Cut-a-Thon on Veterans’ Day, Tuesday, November 11, when $1 from every haircut service will be donated to Operation Uplink.

Operation Uplink is a Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) program that keeps military personnel and hospitalized veterans in touch with their families and loved ones.

"Our goal this year is to raise $100,000 throughout the Sport Clips system. We’ve set our sights high in order to increase the time our military men and women will be able to talk with those they’re missing back home during the Holidays and the rest of their time overseas. From my overseas tours in the Air Force, I know how important it is to hear the voices of loved ones when you are away from home for months at a time," says Gordon Logan, a Lifetime Member of the VFW and the Sport Clips Founder and CEO. "Last year, our Team Members and Clients across the country raised enough money to purchase VFW Operation Uplink phone cards and internet talk time to connect military families for 800,000 minutes. We are proud that Sport Clips and our Clients were able to make this statement of support and appreciation of our military heroes and their families."

For more information about Sport Clips and how to make a donation to Operation Uplink, visit SportClips.com.

About Sport Clips

Sport Clips was established in 1995 by Gordon Logan, Founder and CEO. Sport Clips is associate sponsor of the #7 GEICO NASCAR Nationwide Series car driven by Mike Wallace; the "Official Haircutter" of several teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Major League Baseball (MLB), and National Hockey League (NHL). It is the "Official Haircutter" of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and offers preferential pricing to veterans. For more information about Sport Clips, including its almost 600 locations throughout the United States, visit SportClips.com.