If you live near a Six Flags theme park, you can take your family and friends for a day of adventure while saving money — and help support thousands of wounded veterans and military families across the United States.

Here’s how it works:

• Visit the Six Flags website and, in the upper right hand corner, enter the word “TRIBUTE” in the promo code field.
• Find a park near you, and purchase you discounted tickets. Everyone pays Kids Price — and Six Flags Friends will donate $1 from the purchase of your Six Flags Ticket to Beyond Tribute, the non-profit behind the Eleven-Eleven Campaign.

That’s it! Please note that your tickets are only valid one day during Memorial Day weekend, May 28-31, 2010, and the offer is not valid at water and animal parks. And remember: Kids 2 & under get free admission at Six Flags.

Can’t go to Six Flags this weekend? Then please consider making a contribution to the Eleven Eleven Campaign today in honor of our veterans this Memorial Day weekend– and help us continue to help vets.

You can vote for Beyond Tribute every day here:

http://pep.si/aq2XXC

Then, watch these videos and share them with your friends and family. We need your help to get the word out and really change the way Americans honor our veterans on Memorial Day and beyond.

But we need to reach the Top 100 by this Friday, April 30th, in order to stay in the running for a $250k grant from Pepsi.

Here’s how you can help:

1. Go to www.RefreshEverything.com/BeyondTribute and vote for Beyond Tribute’s grant proposal in the Pepsi Refresh Project.
2. Then click on one of the icons under SHARE OUR PROJECT and help spread the word. If you have a blog or webpage, please consider adding a widget to your site.
3. Help get the word out by sharing the video above on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and other online communities.

Want to know more? Watch Gold Star Mom Karen Meredith talk about why she’s voting for Beyond Tribute in the Pepsi Refresh Project.

Please share this video with your friends and family. And remember, you can vote every day — so please vote often!

Beyond Tribute and the Eleven Eleven Campaign are in the running to win a $250,000 grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project — a grant that will make a profound difference in the lives of our veterans. But we need to reach the Top 100 by April 30th — and we need your help to do that. Click here to take action and vote for Beyond Tribute in the Pepsi Refresh Project.

What does Memorial Day mean to you?

For many people, Memorial Day means good sales at the mall or the auto dealer.

But Memorial Day means more than that. In the video above, Edie Meeks (1st Lt. Army Nurse Corps, Vietnam 1968-1970) reflects on who she remembers on Memorial Day.

And here at Beyond Tribute’s Eleven Eleven Campaign, our goal is to transform our national veterans holidays by raising money to actually help our veterans and their families.

Can you take just a moment right now to help change the way America honors its veterans on Memorial Day and Veterans Day?

All it takes is a few clicks:

1. Go to www.RefreshEverything.com/BeyondTribute and vote for Beyond Tribute’s grant proposal in the Pepsi Refresh Project.
2. Then click on one of the icons under SHARE OUR PROJECT and help spread the word. If you have a blog or webpage, please consider adding a widget to your site.
3. Help get the word out by sharing the video above on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and other online communities.

Please also consider making a donation to the Eleven Eleven Campaign today — and help us actually help vets on Veterans and Memorial Days and beyond.

Share]]> http://www.eleven-eleven.org/2010/04/23/a-few-clicks-makes-a-profound-difference/feed/ 0 http://www.eleven-eleven.org/2009/11/11/speaking-up-for-our-vets-share-your-story/ http://www.eleven-eleven.org/2009/11/11/speaking-up-for-our-vets-share-your-story/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:07:30 +0000 admin http://www.eleven-eleven.org/?p=123 YouTube user prtini understands that the Eleven Eleven Campaign is about Americans taking action to support our Vets. She’s uploaded a video diary to explain why she supports the Campaign. Watch it:

Will you join her in taking action and supporting our Veterans?

• Contribute $11 or more: Click here to contribute online.
• Tell 11 Friends about the Campaign: Use our Tell a Friend tool to invite 11 or more friends or family members, or share on Facebook or Share on Twitter. Also join the Campaign on Facebook.
• Grab the Widget: Are you a blogger or have your own personal web page? Help us spread the word by putting the Eleven Eleven widget on your site.
• Share Your Story on YouTube: Follow prtini’s lead and explain to the world why you support America’s Vets and the Eleven Eleven Campaign. After you’ve uploaded your video, send us an email at info AT eleven-eleven.org with a link to your upload and we’ll add your testimony to The Eleven Eleven YouTube Channel. Or, simply tag your video 11-11 Campaign, and we’ll find it.

We have just hours to go on Veterans Day… please do all you can to continue getting the word out! Share]]> http://www.eleven-eleven.org/2009/11/11/speaking-up-for-our-vets-share-your-story/feed/ 0 http://www.eleven-eleven.org/2009/11/10/veterans-day-not-for-sale/ http://www.eleven-eleven.org/2009/11/10/veterans-day-not-for-sale/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:58:04 +0000 admin http://www.eleven-eleven.org/?p=117 Ruth Stonesifer, President of American Gold Star Mothers — a member of the Beyond Tribute Coalition and the Eleven Eleven Campaign — writes about the true meaning of Veterans Day over at the Huffington Post:

Veterans Day was always important in my family because a number of relatives served in uniform, including my two sons who both joined the Army, one in military police criminal investigations and the other jumping out of airplanes. But it became intensely personal eight years ago last month when my youngest son, Kristofor, was killed in a helicopter crash in Pakistan. He was one of the first American soldiers to die in the war on terror, just 38 days after the 9/11 attacks.

My grief channeled itself into action and all these years later I was chosen to serve as president of the American Gold Star Mothers, an 81-year-old organization of women who have lost children in uniform. Our mission is to provide services and support to injured or ill veterans.

My journey has been an eye-opener and one of the things I see clearly is how a ritual that was once held sacred in every corner of America has lost its meaning just about everywhere. Even as our best and brightest are patrolling and dying in the deserts of Iraq and the far-off mountains of Afghanistan, at home Veterans Day means an extra sleep-in, traffic-disrupting parades, and the launch of the Christmas retail season with noisy, patriotic sales pitches, which really do nothing for those who have served our country but go a long way to increasing the retailers’ bottom lines.

So how do we return to the true spirit of Veterans Day? Ruth writes:

At the individual level, I recently heard ABC News journalist Bob Woodruff, who suffered traumatic brain injuries covering the war in Iraq, speak about helping veterans this year by urging all Americans to each donate $1 in honor of the 1.6 million men and women who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

I want to raise the stakes. Let’s make it $11. Just imagine the profound impact we could have on the lives of the courageous men and woman who have volunteered to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan if 11 million of us also volunteered, in this case to each donate $11 to support them on Veterans’ Day. The incredible nature of such a collective act on Veterans’ Day, the 11th day of the 11th month, would be unprecedented in terms of raising awareness of the plight of returning veterans, particularly those who continue to suffer the invisible wounds of war, all while raising millions of dollars to ensure that these veterans get the help they need and deserve. To ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of such an “11-11 campaign,” there is already in place a grassroots coalition called Beyond Tribute that comprises eleven organizations dedicated to assisting veterans of all generations deal with the challenges of civilian life.

Please consider making a secure online contribution to support our Vets.

Here’s what you can do right now to change the way America honors its Veterans:

• Contribute $11: Text “VETS” to 85944 and reply “Yes” to the confirmation you receive. Or click on “Donate” in the widget on the upper right of this page and enter your cell phone number. Or contribute online.
• Join Up: Sign up for free email updates from the Eleven Eleven Campaign.
• Tell 11 Friends about the Campaign: Use our Tell a Friend tool to invite 11 or more friends or family members, or share on Facebook or Share on Twitter.
• Grab the Widget: Are you a blogger or have your own personal web page? Help us spread the word by putting the Eleven Eleven widget on your site

. Share]]> http://www.eleven-eleven.org/2009/11/10/take-action-today/feed/ 0 http://www.eleven-eleven.org/2009/11/07/join-our-blogger-call-this-monday-november-9th-at-8-pm-eastern/ http://www.eleven-eleven.org/2009/11/07/join-our-blogger-call-this-monday-november-9th-at-8-pm-eastern/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:39:13 +0000 admin http://www.eleven-eleven.org/?p=70 Getting 11 million Americans to contribute $11 to support our Veterans is no easy task. That’s why we need the support of bloggers from around the web and across the political spectrum.

That’s why we’re inviting bloggers to join us for a special announcement call on Monday, November 9th at 8 pm Eastern/5 pm Pacific, featuring Beyond Tribute’s Executive Director Matthew Boulay, Gold Star Mother Ruth Stonesifer, Democratic political consultant Joe Trippi, and Powerline blogger John Hinderaker.

Changing the way America honors its Veterans is going to take the participation of all of us. click here to RSVP and receive call-in information.