“Home of the Free’: Fujifilm’s Honoring of our Veterans

As today marks Veteran’s Day in the United States, I found myself tuning into the morning news and absorbing the stories of both past veterans as well as all those troops currently in the field. What struck me was the deep level of sacrifice made them all in defense of our country and the values that we want to hold strong.

There was the story last week of President Obama going at midnight last week in sadness to meet the returning coffins of service men and women. There was an unbelievably touching story in yesterday’s USA Today about senior citizens in Maine who stand by on call to meet all the returning flights of servicemen which all tend to come into their town first as the touch down back to America, and to offer up free cell phones, snacks, big hugs and handshakes. Plus, Veteran’s Day hits closer to home than ever before, with most of us personally knowing families with a member recently serving overseas.   

In honor of Veteran’s Day, I want to help get word out on a great initiative by Fujifilm to honor our American veterans. Fujifilm has come on as a sponsor for Homes For Our Troops, a national non-profit organization that builds specially adapted homes to help severely injured veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan. These homes, given to veterans at no cost, have enabled injured service members to gain back their independence while providing a home for their families.  

As part of their sponsorship, Fujifilm SeeHere.com, the company’s photo sharing website, has made a commitment through their “Home of the Free” campaign to generate awareness for the cause and provide a way for the general public to help. Fujifilm will donate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of select items to the organization. Their website offers some cool advanced photo sharing, printing, storage and gift options. It also features a unique design-tool allowing you to enhance photos with special backgrounds, effects and decorations. Lastly, you can easily set up a personal web page for sharing favorite photos.

Fujifilm will also actively participate in home builds by providing veterans and their families with professional family portraits for their new homes, as well as new digital cameras and select photo gifts to chronicle the first year in their new homes, which can be shared through SeeHere.com.  Now how great is that- jumping in to help create holiday memories of their reunited lives with their families. I love when corporations embrace meaningful social causes related to their expertise- giving back by paying it forward.  

For more information about helping Homes For Our Troops and Fujifilm SeeHere.com, please join me in visiting: www.seehere.com/homesforourtroops  

Mom Central received a gift certificate from Fujfilm SeeHere.com in connection with this post.