Sons of Anarchy Star Encourages Holiday Giving to USO
By: Meaghan Collier
Updated: December 19, 2012
This holiday season tens of thousands of service men and women will be spending the holidays away from their loved ones, and the USO is giving Americans a unique way to spread cheer to our nations troops, while sharing a gift with their friends and family.
Through USO Wishbook, the most comprehensive alternative giving website that solely supports U.S. troops and their families, consumers can find dozens of symbolic gift items our troops and their families need the most. You can simply purchase a gift in honor of a loved one and at the same time support our brave men and women in the military. Its the gift that gives twice...
USO Wishbook has gifts to suit every budget. Holiday shoppers can help support programs like Comfort Food Package with a gift of $15, which provides our deployed troops with their favorite comfort foods from home. And for those gift-givers looking to make an extraordinary difference in a military families life a $6,000 gift of support helps to fund programs such as Build a Bike for a Wounded Warrior. For $25 or less, you can fund a care package that helps get troops through the initial days of deployment, a kit to help a military child cope with the stresses of military life, or a calling card to keep our troops and their families connected during deployment.
For more information, please visit USOWishbook.org
MORE ABOUT KIM COATES
Kim currently stars as Tig Trager in FXs highest-rated series ever, Sons of Anarchy. His film career began in 1991 with The Last Boy Scout. Since that time he has starred in over forty films, including Academy Award winners Black Hawk Down, and Pearl Harbor. Kim returned to Entourage for its final season as Carl Ertz, a role he made so popular that his return was a direct request from fans. He appeared in a recurring role on CSI Miami. Other prominent guest starring television roles include CSI, CSI NY, Cold Case, and Prison Break. He has had roles in more than 20 MOW's including the NBC miniseries Hercules, and Disney's Scream Team. These dramatic turns on television have garnered him Gemini nominations for Best Actor in a Featured Supporting Role for HBO's Dead Silence and Best Performance in a Guest Role Dramatic Series for The Outer Limits.
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MORE ABOUT KELLI SEELY:
Kelli Seely is the Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer for the USO. Since coming on board in 2008, Kelli Seely has been responsible for overall fundraising efforts for the USO worldwide. Previously she served as the president and chief executive officer of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles. During her tenure she developed the foundation's first Entertainment Industry Ambassador Board, the National "Season of Wishes" holiday campaign and secured the largest major gift and planned gift in its 26-year history. Kelli also served as the chief executive officer at both the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau and the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce and Conference Bureau.
Through USO Wishbook, the most comprehensive alternative giving website that solely supports U.S. troops and their families, consumers can find dozens of symbolic gift items our troops and their families need the most. You can simply purchase a gift in honor of a loved one and at the same time support our brave men and women in the military. Its the gift that gives twice...
USO Wishbook has gifts to suit every budget. Holiday shoppers can help support programs like Comfort Food Package with a gift of $15, which provides our deployed troops with their favorite comfort foods from home. And for those gift-givers looking to make an extraordinary difference in a military families life a $6,000 gift of support helps to fund programs such as Build a Bike for a Wounded Warrior. For $25 or less, you can fund a care package that helps get troops through the initial days of deployment, a kit to help a military child cope with the stresses of military life, or a calling card to keep our troops and their families connected during deployment.
For more information, please visit USOWishbook.org
MORE ABOUT KIM COATES
Kim currently stars as Tig Trager in FXs highest-rated series ever, Sons of Anarchy. His film career began in 1991 with The Last Boy Scout. Since that time he has starred in over forty films, including Academy Award winners Black Hawk Down, and Pearl Harbor. Kim returned to Entourage for its final season as Carl Ertz, a role he made so popular that his return was a direct request from fans. He appeared in a recurring role on CSI Miami. Other prominent guest starring television roles include CSI, CSI NY, Cold Case, and Prison Break. He has had roles in more than 20 MOW's including the NBC miniseries Hercules, and Disney's Scream Team. These dramatic turns on television have garnered him Gemini nominations for Best Actor in a Featured Supporting Role for HBO's Dead Silence and Best Performance in a Guest Role Dramatic Series for The Outer Limits.
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MORE ABOUT KELLI SEELY:
Kelli Seely is the Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer for the USO. Since coming on board in 2008, Kelli Seely has been responsible for overall fundraising efforts for the USO worldwide. Previously she served as the president and chief executive officer of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles. During her tenure she developed the foundation's first Entertainment Industry Ambassador Board, the National "Season of Wishes" holiday campaign and secured the largest major gift and planned gift in its 26-year history. Kelli also served as the chief executive officer at both the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau and the Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce and Conference Bureau.
