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		<title>Happy Veterans Day &#8211; We Honor You</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Berg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we prepare to honor America&#8217;s veterans for their patriotism, love of country, service and sacrifice, Veterans’ Day serves as a stark reminder that America’s sons and daughters are still in harm’s way half a world away and their sons and daughters are waiting and wishing for their parent to come home safely.  View our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Heart the Troops Memorial Day Celebration and Benefit May 13th</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Berg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We Heart the Troops Memorial Day Celebration &#38; Benefit in tribute to the thousands of service members who have served.  This event will take place on May 13th starting at 8pm at the Newport Beachside Resort in Miami.

We appreciate the We Heart the Troops foundation for choosing Operation Hug-A-Hero as one of their beneficiaries to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serving the Home Front</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Berg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It’s not easy hearing the challenges that other military families are facing.  I’ve talked to families struggling with the loss of their loved one, children having a hard time sleeping while daddy or mommy is deployed, kids staring out of the window each night waiting for daddy and not understanding why he doesn’t come home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking Sponsors and Participants for Harley RIDE April 11 NPR FL</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Berg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring is on the way and OPERATION Hug-A-Hero is starting to plan for events in April celebrating Month of the Military Child.  This year Operation Hug-A-Hero will be working with Gulf Coast Harley Davidson of Tampa Bay/New Port Richey, FL, to help Sponsor a unique fund raising event RIDE.
This will be a great event to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vote Operation Hug-A-Hero into CauseWorld!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Berg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Military Families need our help more than ever, and now you have a chance to help them by helping OPERATION-Hug-A-Hero, and its’ as simple as a vote.
Vote Operation Hug-A-Hero into CauseWorld!
We are listed as (Support our men in service with: Operation Hug-A-Hero)
CauseWorld is an iPhone and Android phone application that allows users to earn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Call to action: How YOU can help us spread the word.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Berg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 15 actions you can do to help us spread the word.
It’s been an interesting two weeks with  the news of the earthquake in Haiti and the ensuing calls for support to help their country in their hour of need.  The support has been nothing short of phenomenal from all the stories I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wives &amp; Military Deployments &#8211; SPECIAL REPORT by NEJM</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Berg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting story published on Thursday January 14th, 2010 in the New England Journal of Medicine entitled &#8220;Deployment and the Use of Mental Health Services among U.S. Army Wives&#8221; discovered that the wives of soldiers deployed suffered higher mental health issues.
This was the largest study ever undertaken. The results are very conclusive and indicate “that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TampaBayOnline Features OHAH</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Berg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Operation Hug-A-Hero&#8217;s Executive Director Lisa Berg and her family were featured on Tampa Tribunes&#8217;s &#8211; TBO.com (Tampa Bay  Online) .  The Story by Geoff Foxx of the Tampa Tribune is an inspirational story that details the history of Daddy Dolls as well as how the Dolls have helped Lisa&#8217;s children. Also of great importance is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children &amp; Military Deployments &#8211; SPECIAL REPORT -</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Berg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Operation Hug-A-Hero® we know firsthand the negative effects deployments can have on children. After all Hug-A-Hero® Dolls were created by two military wives who struggled with a way for their children to be able to connect with their fathers who were deployed Marines. That was the original basis for Daddy Dolls®. The founders Tricia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bay NEWS 9 behind the scenes story &#8211; Everyday Heroes</title>
		<link>http://www.operationhugahero.org/759/bay-news-9-behind-the-scenes-story-every-day-heros/</link>
		<comments>http://www.operationhugahero.org/759/bay-news-9-behind-the-scenes-story-every-day-heros/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Berg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We posted a story on Tuesday about the Bay NEWS 9 interview that ran on Monday August 24th, 2009.  That story featured  Lisa Berg of OPERATION Hug-A-Hero, however she was not the main focus of the interview.  The real stars of the interview are OUR Everyday Heroes. In this case it was the Dorr [...]]]></description>
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