Spirit of America

Join Friends of Iraq Blogger Challenge

Support freedom, democracy and peace in Iraq
Leading bloggers are competing to raise funds to benefit the people of Iraq. 100% of all donations go to needs selected by these bloggers. Many of our projects support requests made by Americans serving in Iraq (Marines, Army, SeaBees) for goods that help the Iraqi people. Other projects directly support Iraqis who are on the front lines of building a better future for Iraq.

How it works
You can join the Challenge as an individual blogger, join a team or create a new team. It's easy. We'll create and host a custom fundraising page for you. All you have to do is link to your fundraising page and encourage your visitors to donate. The winning team and winning individual blogger get untold fame and bragging rights (we can't promise fortune). Bloggers that raise more than $100 get a snazzy Spirit of America cap and t-shirt. Bloggers can join the Challenge anytime. Fundraising begins December 1 and ends December 15 midnight Pacific time.

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BOWHUNTERS FOR A FREE IRAQ          Join

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Castle Argghhh! Fighting Fusileers for Freedom!          Join

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Lizardoid Nation          Join

Northern Alliance of Blogs          Join

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Republic of Canuckistan          Join

Spaniards for Iraq          Join

Students for Global Democracy          Join

TTLB EcoTeam          Join

Team Ciao          Join

Team HSPIG          Join

Team Pajamahdeen - Operation Viral Freedom          Join

The Alliance of Free Blogs          Join

The Yellow Project          Join

The Young Smart-Ass Bloggers          Join

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The Challenge is underway!! It ends on December 15th at midnight Pacific time.

What They Say About Spirit of America

The Wall Street Journal Spirit of America: "A coalition of the can-do."

Dan Gillmor, San Jose Mercury News Spirit of America: "a Web-based humanitarian project that almost anyone can endorse, regardless of one's stance on the wisdom of the war."

Major General Jim Mattis, USMC "The initiative and focused support provided by Spirit of America is beyond anything we have experienced. You have significantly impacted our ability to do good and, I fervently hope, reduce the potential for combat."

Senator John McCain “Americans want to help our troops and the people of Iraq and Afghanistan who are working hard to rebuild their countries through freedom and democracy. Spirit of America offers excellent opportunities for personal involvement. The name says it all -Spirit of America - and it is providing ways to give support that makes a difference.”

LtCol David Couvillon, U.S. Marines “They say there aren’t any ‘silver bullets’ for improving things in Iraq. I don’t know. Spirit of America just might be a silver bullet.”

About Spirit of America Some of our supporters see Spirit of America as a way to help people who have suffered from repression, terrorism and war. Others see us as a way to support our troops by helping them succeed with their mission. And others see Spirit of America as a way to contribute to the war on terror and advance freedom, progress and peace. We are all of those things.

Who put the fun in fundraising? Special thanks to Dean Esmay and Michele Catalano who came up with the blogger challenge idea and led the charge last spring.