Jake Tapper‘s dedication to helping veterans has already been noted on this site, but today it was revealed that his entire staff on The Lead gets involved with supporting the troops overseas.
Here’s a tweet from Tapper’s account:
Staff of @TheLeadCNN preparing to send care package to 18 ICU nurses in Afghanistan, assigned through @HomefrontHugs pic.twitter.com/4eaYyIX95S
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 11, 2016
He and his staff at CNN are sending gifts and treats to ICU nurses in Afghanistan through Homefront Hugs. The organization’s website reads as very sincere and greets visitors with this:
Welcome to Homefront Hugs USA, a somewhat corny but loving name for an all volunteer organization with a heart and passion for inclusion and peace, weary of the useless reasons for division, ready for us all to find our common humanity, and a passion to give unconditional support to our brave troops, their courageous families and our amazing veterans.
They maintain an active Twitter account, too, and used it to thank Tapper and his staff for their contributions:
Thank you @TheLeadCNN and @jaketapper for walking the walk ! These ICU Nurses needed a big morale boost ! #welldone https://t.co/aBy0hCDtU1
— HOMEFRONT HUGS USA (@HomefrontHugs) August 11, 2016
They followed that up with this call for donations, which will help send the CNN packages and more:
Noon update : 78 care packages just need postage funds to ship – please help if you can https://t.co/hr6GJo7lA6 pic.twitter.com/BWNuSDDE8d
— HOMEFRONT HUGS USA (@HomefrontHugs) August 11, 2016
Once they get the amount needed for postage, the Cheetos, magazines, and colored pencils donated by Tapper’s staff will be on their way to Afghanistan!
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