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'Hotels for Heroes'

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    New program allows hotel guests to donate reward points to wounded veterans and their families

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You how seriously wounded soldiers we think you do in fact we know we -- so hot dog -- hotels -- -- it won't cost a dime defensive big big big help to those who have sacrificed so much for each of -- so what is -- for heroes past and offers her one of the architects of this new program -- -- sexiest -- had a good to be here -- so tell me -- what is -- hotels for here.

Well senator Ben card and I -- kicked off a program last week.

-- hotel for here if you remember operation hero miles you help me I'm moving to get started where we help.

Troops who had to pay their way to go home when they were dropped off.

Coming back from Iraq when their R&R.

And they had to pay their own way so we lap put together program that allow people to know and they freak who fly our -- Now that's a very successful program it still is going on the Fisher house is his.

I hate group they've really has.

Poems like of Ronald McDonald house and all army navy base is that that have hospitals.

So what we decided to do with it at the hotel for heroes is we when we have wounded warriors and we owe them such an obligation.

And there and hospital for -- -- six months to a year and there in Washington DC.

It's very important for them to be with their families whether they're they're married their children and so -- it costs money.

And the Fisher house only has a certain amount of rooms for the -- to -- and so we decided is that asked people are people in our country today today.

There hotel reward points to the troops to their families can fly here on operation hero miles for free and stay and who -- for -- Well I I don't daylight standard hotel so I never give them my number is Alessio does go on vacation hotel but I did go back and my -- and go back through what I had 26000.

-- -- which is not a lot and we we gave I gave my 26000 wish I had given more and I cannot give more but.

I -- that's about three or four days in America.

Well that's great read and you know you really helped us get operation here -- -- started.

I was only a hundred -- -- international radio shows.

To try to permit operations -- -- and it to show you how patriotic Americans are in six months we had five million frequent flier miles -- and it.

That we were doing as well until I came when your show and once we got on your show that the program just took off.

What does not hurt but does that I have I didn't -- does not pressure and the viewers right now they've got a hotel -- this day and get and then -- -- like that I'll look like I can't keep up with the airlines stuff than we did.

Now if you -- to donate here miles to hotels what do you do.

Well we have -- hotels and about the program right now.

Merry wind and best western America can and it's like -- western Cheney.

And basically you go to their web page -- to their hotel reward.

Provision -- link on their web page and as result of that there will tell you exactly how to do it also the Fisher house.

Who is is coordinating and administering the program for -- just like -- -- operation hero miles.

And they also have a web page one hotel for heroes.

So that's how how we work through and it's if you don't want to go -- that only the to the Internet.

You get contact my office are senator card's office and we'll make sure you are underway and done it.

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This individual had a bit of -- -- nice and it was just it was heartwarming to see them come together and as a result operation hero miles this result could -- -- here -- These times you gonna come together we -- -- an obligation.

To the men and women who served us who have been injured wounded -- I want but I Greta wire act gaps of their for the united autocratic fashion CSMC --

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