CT Troops "Home for the Holidays"

Governor M. Jodi Rell today announced that "Operation Home for the Holidays" – her effort to raise $200,000 to help about 700 Connecticut National Guard troops home from their training bases in Indiana and Wisconsin during the Christmas and New Year's holidays – has not only met but exceeded its goal. The troops will be deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq in early January.  As of Friday, cash and pledges raised for Operation Home for the Holidays totals $253,157.51. The funds will be used to provide bus transportation for two large Connecticut units – the 1st Battalion of the 102nd Infantry Regiment and the 250th Engineering Company – to travel to and from mobilization stations in Indiana and Wisconsin , respectively, to Connecticut during a 10-day holiday break in their training. The remaining funds will be used to provide other kinds of support to these soldiers and others who are already deployed.  For more information, please visit http://www.ct.gov/governorrell/cwp/view.asp?A=3675&Q=452162 .