Project Valour-IT has high aspirations -- to get as many computers equipped with voice-activated software to our wounded heroes as possible. How? Here's the plan:

Phase 1: Initial Phase
The National Naval Medical Center (Bethesda Naval Hospital) will be the first medical center to participate, receiving 25 fully-equipped laptops for their patients with hand and arm injuries at an estimated cost of $17,000.

Phase 2: Open Participation
All participating medical centers will begin to receive 20-30 voice-controlled laptops per center, once the Bethesda phase is complete.

Phase 3: Full Implementation
The number of voice-controlled laptops per center will be increased as funds become available, to an average of 150 laptops per medical center. Copies of the voice-controlled software will also be made available for patients to install on their home computers when they leave the medical center.

That's why we need your help. Project Valour-IT relies solely on donations (and since Soldiers' Angels is a non-profit, your donation is tax-deductible).

Today is Day 3 of the blog competition. If you haven't yet, be sure to either join or donate to the team of your choice - a.k.a. the Army Team :) .

For those of you who must donate to or join one of the other teams:

Jarheads (Marines) are led by Holly Aho

Zoomies (Air Force) are by Mrs. Greyhawk

Squids (Navy) are led by Mrs. Smash.

Of course, Doggies (Army) are led by Blackfive

You can also go here for updated totals from all teams, and to see who's blogging for each team. If you're a blogger, and you've signed up for one of the teams, you can get the code for the totals display and the donation button here.

As it stands now, the Navy Team is edging us Army bloggers out! Come on, folks - donate to the Army Team!