Local sports-themed hair care provider challenges team members and clients to make calls home possible for deployed and hospitalized U.S. service members through the VFW’s Operation Uplink™

Beginning October 15,2012, Sport Clips Haircuts in SOMD, in Waldorf, Prince Frederick & Lexington Park, will join more than 950 of the franchise’s locations across the country in launching its annual “Help A Hero” fundraising campaign to support the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ (VFW) Operation Uplink™. Sport Clips’ goal is to raise $500,000 in its sixth year of donating to the program, which offers free call days to deployed and hospitalized U.S. service members. The campaign will continue through Veterans Day, November 11, when $1 from every haircut service will go to Operation Uplink.

“As a local business owner, I’m proud to join this effort to support our nation’s heroes – many of whom are on their third or fourth deployment or fighting to recover from war injuries in hospitals,” says Jeff Burroughs, Sport Clips owner. “The free calls Help A Hero sponsors will help keep these service members and their families – some who may be right here in SOMD – connected monthly.”

Jeff Burroughs’s stores on November 11th (Veterans Day) will also offera FREE Haircut to any active duty or retired military. This is another way we can give back to our military community on a local level. All 3 stores (Waldorf, Prince Frederick & Lexington Park) will have extra staff on and extended hours of 9 am to 6 pm. Valid ID will be required on this day.

“There is still a great demand for the Operation Uplink program despite the drawdown in troops. The brave men and women who’ve been hospitalized or who are still serving in harm’s way need and deserve the connection home,” says VFW National Commander John Hamilton. “Our commitment to troops doesn’t diminish with a drawdown and we’re very grateful to have Sport Clips on our side to share in our commitment.”

To date, Sport Clips and its clients have donated more than $1.3 million dollars to Operation Uplink, making almost 2 million phone calls home possible for U.S. service members. Sport Clips is now the VFW’s largest “Free Call Day” sponsor.

To find out more, visit Sport Clips on www.hairctumensouthermaryland.com or go to http://www.sportclips.com/Hero  

About Sport Clips Haircuts

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