Planned remarks to the NASDAQ Exchange by C. Blake Powers,
CEO, Cooking with the Troops Inc.
Good Morning!
Cooking with the Troops is a new, small charity with a rich
history of success. It is the combination
of two efforts, so that we can also provide career transition, homefront
support, and frontline support to U.S. and Allied troops, families, and
caregivers.
We are proud to stand with other small charities, such as
Pin-Ups for Vets, our partner on Operation Fight Post Holiday Blues; with
Standing for the Fallen, started by Mark Dolfini to raise money and supplies
for Soldiers’ Angels Germany; with small companies such as Baen Books who have
donated thousands of books to our troops with little fanfare; and, with
projects such as Soldiers’ Angels Valour-IT.
Working together, we accomplish much.
If everyone hearing this today donates $5, we would most
likely have Operation Fight Post Holiday Blues fully funded, have money to do
our barbecues for the wounded next year, and possibly even more. But I hope you will do something much
more important. With your
donations, we can do good things.
With your investment and partnership, we can do great things.
We can create the entrepreneurial bootcamps and mentoring
programs that will help start the new successful small businesses essential for
continued economic growth, as well as help people start new careers.
With it, we can create the programs that will teach new
generations the joy of cooking and how to do good food fast, and help tight
family budgets do more.
Working together, we can leverage what is done to create
success on many levels beyond the immediate and obvious good.
Yes, we do want and urgently need your donations, but we
want and need your partnership and investment even more. With that, we can provide comfort to
many; nutrition of body, spirit, and economy; and, hope for a brighter future
for all.
Thank you.
