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    Operation Happy Note
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    November 20, 2008

    Hey Congregation,

    What's up? Please check out this organization and I hope that you will support their cause.

    -Kid Rock

    Operation Happy Note

    Help Operation Happy Note send the gift of Music to our troops for CHRISTMAS!!

    Operation Happy Note is a volunteer effort to send musical instruments to deployed service men and women throughout the world. Steve and Barb Baker from Fergus Falls, MN. and run Fergus Music started Operation Happy Note in March 2005 after their son was deployed to Iraq. They sent him a guitar and one to his friend, too. These soldiers were so pleased to have instruments while deployed that we found a way to get more instruments to our troops hence: Operation Happy Note
    With the help of major musical companies, as well as individual donators, we have sent thousands of instruments, including guitars, mandolins, banjos, violins, harmonicas, and accessories. Thousands of requests are still coming in; clearly these soldiers need the joy that music brings them.

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on Thu, 11/20/2008 - 10:47am

Hey Congregation,

What's up? Please check out this organization and I hope that you will support their cause.

-Kid Rock

Operation Happy Note

Help Operation Happy Note send the gift of Music to our troops for CHRISTMAS!!

Operation Happy Note is a volunteer effort to send musical instruments to deployed service men and women throughout the world. Steve and Barb Baker from Fergus Falls, MN. and run Fergus Music started Operation Happy Note in March 2005 after their son was deployed to Iraq. They sent him a guitar and one to his friend, too. These soldiers were so pleased to have instruments while deployed that we found a way to get more instruments to our troops hence: Operation Happy Note
With the help of major musical companies, as well as individual donators, we have sent thousands of instruments, including guitars, mandolins, banjos, violins, harmonicas, and accessories. Thousands of requests are still coming in; clearly these soldiers need the joy that music brings them.

Learn More

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Mon, 12/01/2008 - 10:03am — Fan_358
Operation Happy Note is a great support to our Troops! May I ask you to also please consider the following? When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please include the following: A Recovering American Soldier c/o Walter Reed Army Medical Center 6900 Georgia Avenue, NW Washington , D.C. 20307-5001
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Tue, 11/25/2008 - 10:27am — Fan_143
Hey, this is cool too. I saw a story on the local news the other night about a group called 15 Below that made jackets to give out to the homeless in Canada. To raise money they are selling a few of the jackets signed by a celebrities on eBay. I checked it out. There's one signed by Kid! Thanks Kid for getting involved in causes and helping to make a difference.
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Sat, 11/22/2008 - 11:59am — Bobbie Jean_2
Barb & Steve God bless you both for the difference you're making. I will be happy to give, as well as my family and my friends throughout the east coast. I have your link and will send on. Bobby - WOW! You know I always try to leave a comment when I see something like this, but it happens so often with you that I'm running out of words... so - WOW!!! God Bless Always, Bobbie Jean Chlt NC ps - Barb & Steve, your son and all our soldiers will remain in our prayers.
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Sat, 11/22/2008 - 10:22am — Fan_144
Check out the Show that I made with Barb and Steve! http://prtelweb.com/chamber.htm
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Fri, 11/21/2008 - 2:32pm — Fan_140
Hello Kid, What a great Christmas present to give to Operation Happy Note to link to their site, give them a shoutout etc. I just heard about this fabulous link from them and while I gave them money a few months ago, I know they need more, and I know I'll be sending more soon. Can you ask your buds to blog about them and maybe get people to send them some cash - even just a few dollars? They sure need it as they have many hundreds of packages to send out this Christmas and not nearly enough to pay for the postage - and just a few blog postings with the right kind of words from guys like Kid Rock could make a HUGE difference! -r PS: you've been so kind to do this blog posting, any chance you and your crew might want to do a benefit for OHN?
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Fri, 11/21/2008 - 9:04am — Fan_141
Hello Kid, Barb and Steve here fron Operation Happy Note. We want to say a Big Thank you for supporting OHN and our service men and women throught the world. Music is a way for them to relax, relieve stress and take them away from the horrors of living in a war zone if just for a short time. Thank you again Barb and Steve
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Fri, 11/21/2008 - 8:00am — Fan_142
Wow. Thank you, Kid and crew for your support of Operation Happy Note. It was started by the Bakers sending a guitar to their son in the war zone. His fellow soldiers "wished" they had a guitar and the Bakers have been sending musical instruments to soldiers ever since. I have personally viewed the hundreds of thank you notes and photos the Bakers have received. I have tears in my eyes right now just thinking about them. Music is the univerasl language and has been a blessing to many of our soldiers. The Bakers are not wealthy people unless you count their million-dollar hearts. They have scrimped and saved and gone without to keep this program alive. Steve is a professional and is able to work miracles in restoring the donated instruments so they are in top shape for the guys and gals on the receiving end. The Bakers pay out of their own pockets for materials, packing supplies AND THE POSTAGE IS JUST A KILLER, so they rely on donations which are slow in coming. Why should they have to pay this exhorbitant postage to send the gift of music to US soldiers? I could never figure out why some of the music world celebrities did not embrace this project. Now one of the biggest stars in music has done just that. God bless all of you who choose to help Operation Happy Note. Patty Wicken, Alexandria, MN
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Fri, 11/21/2008 - 7:01am — Fan_144
Hey! I am in a recording studio right now filming a local TV Show for the Fergus Falls Chamber Of Commerce and our guests "right now" are the creators of Happy Note Steve and Barb Baker. I found out that they have 1600 soldiers on there waiting list. They need help! Hey Kid how about a fund raiser? To ship there current inventory it will take about $20,000. I will post a link to the interview shortly, but you can check out their site at http://www.operationhappynote.com/ Tim Litt littti@gmail.com
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Wed, 11/19/2008 - 6:51am — SherZ
Splendid Idea.